Rit Symmetric Dye - first attempt

[Shaver702]

So I did my first dye on a pink Zeus. Wanted the pink plastic to be a good undertone for the rest of the dye. I did a clear glue base and waited 20 hours. Have to say it turned out pretty good IMO.
I used the dye straight out of bottle. Anyone have some tips using Rit symmetric dyes?

 

[ray1970]

Looks to me like you don't need any tips. That thing looks really good.

 

[Puckstopper]

First off, really nice work especially for a first attempt. My wife and I have burned through a gallon of clear glue in the last week and have 4 more gallons showing up today. If you haven't found them, Discountschoolsupply.com is a great place to get cheap glue.

As far as the RIT goes, I'm going to guess you meant synthetic/DyeMore (although you did get my to do a quick Google search to see if RIT had some new product I should get excited about). For me the DyeMore works OK for hot dips, but hasn't produced great results in the one experiment I did with it on glue. Idye Poly mixed in acetone and denatured alcohol was an improvement, but when I tried ProChem Prosperse dyes I really got the results I was looking for. They seem expensive, but you're getting 2 oz of each color for the money you spend which is a metric ton by the time you mix it up with acetone for dyeing.

 

[Shaver702]

Sorry you're correct Rit synthetic dye. It worked pretty well. Thank you for the clear gluten source. I'll check them out.
So I have been looking at prochem dye. How do you mix it? Once mixed does it store well? How much does 2oz make?

 

[ray1970]

Thank you for the clear gluten source.

I found this funnier than it should have been.