Red Worm Dip Eating Away at Plastic - Spin Dye

[will1442]

So my red worm dip has been giving me trouble while trying to spin dye. I think it is causing the plastic to peel away from the disc and then it gives me bad lines because of all the debris on my brush. Yes I do clean my brush during spinning with some water throughout the process. Has anyone ever encountered this? what can I do?

I can't tell if it is the worm dip that has the particles in it or if they are coming from the disc when putting the brush head to it. I believe it is the ladder.

 

[Improbably]

If there's a ladder involved in your spin dye process; I'd also be pretty confident the ladder was causing the problems...

 

[Casey 1988]

Thanks for the warning will1442.

 

[will1442]

My spins typically come out all wobbly from standing at the top of the ladder.. So annoying

Anyone have this happen to them before? I am thinking of just adding a bit of water to it to hopefully dilute the acetone

 

[roggenb3]

My spins typically come out all wobbly from standing at the top of the ladder.. So annoying

Anyone have this happen to them before? I am thinking of just adding a bit of water to it to hopefully dilute the acetone

What kind of plastic are you dyeing? I don't think worm dip should be causing it to deteriorate, but I also don't really use anything acetone based like that.

I do recall doing a few spins with it though, and the worm dip was like building up on the brush causing it to clump together all the time. It also built up a pretty think layer on the disc, which came off after rinsing.

 

[will1442]

What kind of plastic are you dyeing? I don't think worm dip should be causing it to deteriorate, but I also don't really use anything acetone based like that.

I do recall doing a few spins with it though, and the worm dip was like building up on the brush causing it to clump together all the time. It also built up a pretty think layer on the disc, which came off after rinsing.

Star and Champ plastic is what I use when dyeing discs. At first that is what I thought it was (the dip building up and clumping up), but this was a new brush and started to do this pretty directly after adding the brush to the disc. For some reason the Red is the only one this happens with. I have Orange and Yellow worm dip as well.

 

[Casey 1988]

Star and Champ plastic is what I use when dyeing discs. At first that is what I thought it was (the dip building up and clumping up), but this was a new brush and started to do this pretty directly after adding the brush to the disc. For some reason the Red is the only one this happens with. I have Orange and Yellow worm dip as well.

That is fine, I would only use Orange or Pink dye to make discs easier to see in if they are hard to see due to color of disc but I like how the disc flies unless disc is dark red, then I would use another color like Yellow to get the disc orange.