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Having read loads on the interwebs about dying real steel polymer pistol frames & polymer mags different colours using Rit dye, I though I’d give a go.

 

The results are in, you can see the before and after pictures below 

 

Before : TM dog poo brown

 

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And after and hours soak in hot water & black Rit dye, the difference is startling, I’m sure you’ll agree

 

After:

 

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That is correct. Just so you don’t bother in future, it absolutely does not work, not the tiniest trace of dye remains, my FNX is still shit brown 😂😂😂

 

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@rocketdogbertDid you read the instructions?  Shake the bottle, etc.  Of course, the dye is really meant for real steel and not toys after all ;) 

It was a useful experiment for the community though. Have to try plan B now.

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lol😂

 

was it the powder or the liquid dye ?

I threw a load of pouches, various shades & brands, & some with plastic fittings, on to a barrel with the rit powder dye last week.

very mixed results, some stuff sucked the dye up like a sponge & other bits it barely touched.

I've got an acerbis tank for my xt I'm gonna dye, apparently the liquid dyes the way to go ?

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14 minutes ago, Jedi_Master said:

@rocketdogbertDid you read the instructions?  Shake the bottle, etc.  Of course, the dye is really meant for real steel and not toys after all ;) 

It was a useful experiment for the community though. Have to try plan B now.

 

Yup, exactly to the letter. Apparently only works on Nylon based plastic lol

 

5 minutes ago, Tackle said:

lol😂

 

was it the powder or the liquid dye ?

I threw a load of pouches, various shades & brands, & some with plastic fittings, on to a barrel with the rit powder dye last week.

very mixed results, some stuff sucked the dye up like a sponge & other bits it barely touched.

I've got an acerbis tank for my xt I'm gonna dye, apparently the liquid dyes the way to go ?

 

Liquid, I might try the synthetic liquid version, and your tank is nylon so you shouldn’t have an issue

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Well seeing as that was a roaring success , NOT ! 

How about these next ? 😇

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You need to use a different version of Rit.

 

Rit DyeMore will absolutely dye anything. Permanently.

As the Ghostbuster Khaki brown spots on my cooker top will attest to 😂

 

It says you don't need to add salt, but add it anyway. And keep that water hot.

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Having been advised by the expert, @L3wisD, I tried Rit Dyemore, graphite.

 

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First, hot (simmering) water with a teaspoon of washing up liquid.

 

Cook for half an hour. Suspended the frame as I wasn’t sure if the job would heat the pan so much it would melt the plastic.  

 

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Half way through, looking good

 

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And, ladies and gentleman, I’d say that was a result

 

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The End......

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8 minutes ago, rocketdogbert said:

Having been advised by the expert, @L3wisD, I tried Rit Dyemore, graphite.

 

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First, hot (simmering) water with a teaspoon of washing up liquid.

 

Cook for half an hour. Suspended the frame as I wasn’t sure if the job would heat the pan so much it would melt the plastic.  

 

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Half way through, looking good

 

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And, ladies and gentleman, I’d say that was a result

 

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The End......

 

Mead going to message you to see how this was going. Got a M4 stock I want to do, gonna have to mix dye colours as they don’t do the colour I want 😬

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1 hour ago, E21A said:

gonna have to mix dye colours as they don’t do the colour I want 😬

wish I'd done that, I wanted OD & their "dark" green looked closest, job done & it came out more like paddy leprechaun green lol, time for a dusting of krylon I think.

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34 minutes ago, Tackle said:

wish I'd done that, I wanted OD & their "dark" green looked closest, job done & it came out more like paddy leprechaun green lol, time for a dusting of krylon I think.

 

Just dye it again lol

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That looks lovely. Way better than baby diarrhoea... Sorry "tan" 😛

 

i love the FNX, the fact it only comes in tan put me off though. Same with the jungle/desert warriors.

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Here’s an update.

 

I bought another FNX yesterday, today it is scrap!

 

Using exactly the same process as before, as far as I can tell (same die, same setting on hob) the latest TM FNX frame shrank and twisted. That’s the end of that gun!

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2 minutes ago, rocketdogbert said:

Here’s an update.

 

I bought another FNX yesterday, today it is scrap!

 

Using exactly the same process as before, as far as I can tell (same die, same setting on hob) the latest TM FNX frame shrank and twisted. That’s the end of that gun!

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Whoops! That’s not gone well. I was gonna try this myself soon on some M4 furniture but think i’ll give it a miss. 

 

Can you buy just a replacement frame? 

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UPDATE

 

I just ran through the whole thing again, and I made a mistake. That actually makes me feel better, as it means I can still dye the next one.

 

Looking at my old photo’s, I realised I left the lid on the fish poacher this time, but hadn’t before. The trapped steam must have pushed the temp right up. Doh!

28 minutes ago, E21A said:

Can you buy just a replacement frame?


Eventually, I would think so, trying to track one down at the moment lol

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54 minutes ago, ChrisG said:

This is a funny thread. 

 

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So, third frame is on the go. 
 

I can confidently say that Frost Grey Dyemore DOES NOT work on the TM FNX frame at temperatures low enough not to distort it, so now I’m going black again 👍🏻

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57 minutes ago, rocketdogbert said:

So, third frame is on the go. 
 

I can confidently say that Frost Grey Dyemore DOES NOT work on the TM FNX frame at temperatures low enough not to distort it, so now I’m going black again 👍🏻

 

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