Going to do my first dyes tomorrow!!

[EJBusch]

I picked up two cheap used discs (Champ Viking and Elite X Avenger. Apparently Nate Doss was the 2005 World Champion) $4 a piece and I should be able to clean them pretty completely.

I figured these will be decent because they're fairly cheap yet still decent throwers. Anyway, I'll probably be doing the acetone tonight, then doing it tomorrow!

Any awesome ideas for what I should put on these? I'll be doing a ton of dyes, just because I'm really amped about it, but I'll probably start with these just so I can get the stenciling right and everything.

I think, being from the great state of Minnesota, I'm going to put a Vikings' logo on the Viking, only too fitting.

The Avenger is white, so it's open for a lot!

Also, has anyone ever tried using the same die for multiple discs? Like, get one good black dye going, drop a disc in for 20 minutes, take it out, put another in?

 

[koogs]

Also, has anyone ever tried using the same die for multiple discs? Like, get one good black dye going, drop a disc in for 20 minutes, take it out, put another in?

You can reuse your dye indefinitely. I suggest not wasting it by putting a Viking logo on a disc, though.

 

[EJBusch]

You can reuse your dye indefinitely. I suggest not wasting it by putting a Viking logo on a disc, though.

A Sconnie, huh?! Tough loss last night.

 

[pfpro]

I bought a champ mako for cheap, it had a Minnesota Nice dye. It was sweet. State silhouette, with "nice" inside on the southern border and a basket inside the state. I lived there for 4 years, so knowing what that means is a bonus.

 

[EJBusch]

I bought a champ mako for cheap, it had a Minnesota Nice dye. It was sweet. State silhouette, with "nice" inside on the southern border and a basket inside the state. I lived there for 4 years, so knowing what that means is a bonus.

Awesome! That would be sweet.

Does anyone know that site where fit takes an image and makes it a flat back image for dyeing?

 

[pfpro]

Awesome! That would be sweet.

Does anyone know that site where fit takes an image and makes it a flat back image for dyeing?

Just open in word, you can edit the image to black and white. Non-digital would be to copy it black and white and mess with darkness/lightness. If you need it for a plotter, someone else will have to chime in

 

[discgolfcrazy]

good luck, hope it turns out great:thmbup:

 

[EJBusch]

Just open in word, you can edit the image to black and white. Non-digital would be to copy it black and white and mess with darkness/lightness. If you need it for a plotter, someone else will have to chime in

I just used Photoshop. Just adjusted the levels. I just wanted to see how the Vikings logo would look pure black. I think it might work out well. I figured my first dye should probably be a single color!

 

[EJBusch]

good luck, hope it turns out great:thmbup:

Thanks!

 

[bmxpunk01]

just as a warning - the first one is just the gateway into the addiction... soon, you'll be asking friends & family members for star & champion plastic...

 

[discgolfcrazy]

just as a warning - the first one is just the gateway into the addiction... soon, you'll be asking friends & family members for star & champion plastic...

lol, so true

 

[EJBusch]

I feel the addiction creeping in as a I wait for our mail carrier to arrive with my package! If the mail service lied to me, and they don't arrive today... Someone may get hurt.

 

[EJBusch]

Oh, and here's my ideas for my first two dyes!!

The Viking will be going on a Champ Viking, the Red Sox sox logo will be going on a brand new, perfectly white Pro Valk.

 

[EJBusch]

Got iDye Poly black, green and blue!

So I think soon I'll be doing the awesome Viking!

The Red Sox logo will have to wait for the red dye to arrive!

 

[EJBusch]

The results are in!

So... first mistake has been made... I cut the contact paper (Need to get better with an xacto knife...), then peeled back the Viking logo.... whoops. I realized right after I should have first put it on the disc THEN peeled back the logo. Right?

Anyway, the bleeding still wasn't terrible. I'm happy considering I bought this disc used for $4 at my local store and it is my first attempt!

Now, if I'm understanding this correctly, I can throw my iDye liquid from the pan into a tupperware and use it again? Can someone confirm this? It's currently sitting outside cooling off.

Thanks all for your help!

 

[codus1984]

i have used rit dye over and over again....lasts forever

 

[EJBusch]

i have used rit dye over and over again....lasts forever

Ok, awesome! I put it in a tupperware in the garage. I'll probably end up doing another dye tomorrow and hope I do better.

 

[discgolfcrazy]

i have used rit dye over and over again....lasts forever

i second this, i have tons of tubs of it in my garage

 

[EJBusch]

i second this, i have tons of tubs of it in my garage

Awesome!

I think I'll have to do another tomorrow then, and do my best to improve!

 

[bmxpunk01]

I keep my dye in old soda/pop bottles - the 33.8 oz'ers work perfectly when mixing 32 oz of dye... just label each color as I mix it & keep 'em all together.

The 1st dye is always exciting (& a learning experience)!