Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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Anyone had success using rit dye remover and a new color to change from the yellow frn?
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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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Welcome to the forum!

Unfortunately I don´t have an answer for you, but at least I can give your question a bump! :)
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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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I initially wanted to dye my salt as close to cyan as possible. Yellow dyed to green +blue = cyan. Neon green wasn't available locally, so I used the sapphire blue. A quick dip in sapphire blue turns the knife much more teal green/turquoise than cyan.

If you try it, I'd dye it full on neon green then use blue to get you back to cyan.

This is both a salt and a carribean turned sapphire blue. I'd do it over again if I had the chance. You know, I have a dragonfly salt....I'll order neon green and report back.
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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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Thanks! I'll have to give it a try. Still pretty new to home mods :)
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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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LanM wrote:
Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:24 pm
dye resize 1.jpgI initially wanted to dye my salt as close to cyan as possible. Yellow dyed to green +blue = cyan. Neon green wasn't available locally, so I used the sapphire blue. A quick dip in sapphire blue turns the knife much more teal green/turquoise than cyan.

If you try it, I'd dye it full on neon green then use blue to get you back to cyan.

This is both a salt and a carribean turned sapphire blue. I'd do it over again if I had the chance. You know, I have a dragonfly salt....I'll order neon green and report back.
i've heard the dye removal works well. at least well enough to take enough color back to do something different.
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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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At a glance, I read the title as, "Dyad Yellow Salt" and got excited...

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Re: Anyone Dyed Yellow Salt FRN Scales to a Light Cyan Blue?

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ladybug93 wrote:
Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:08 am
LanM wrote:
Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:24 pm
dye resize 1.jpgI initially wanted to dye my salt as close to cyan as possible. Yellow dyed to green +blue = cyan. Neon green wasn't available locally, so I used the sapphire blue. A quick dip in sapphire blue turns the knife much more teal green/turquoise than cyan.

If you try it, I'd dye it full on neon green then use blue to get you back to cyan.

This is both a salt and a carribean turned sapphire blue. I'd do it over again if I had the chance. You know, I have a dragonfly salt....I'll order neon green and report back.
i've heard the dye removal works well. at least well enough to take enough color back to do something different.
I was considering that, acetone seems to take it off readily....from the counter top at least.

I recently dropped my native and now it has a yellow corner scuff showing and couple small nicks so I might try the dye remover before I smooth out the dings and got at it again.
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