RIT-dyed white spydies -- how are they holding up?

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RIT-dyed white spydies -- how are they holding up?

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Here's a question to anyone who's dyed a white spydie with RIT dye... how's the dye-job holding up?

I'm especially curious if exposure to water causes any issues...
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Would that work? I believe RIT only works on fabric.
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RJNC wrote:Would that work? I believe RIT only works on fabric.
Someone just posted a thread showing their "baby blue" dyed one. Looked pretty sweet.
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RJNC wrote:Would that work? I believe RIT only works on fabric.
http://www.spyderco.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40042 :cool:
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After I saw that thread where someone did it, I plan on doing it to. It's just not a priority.

I am curious as well.
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Here is a another thread on a RIT dyed dragonfly

http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... +dragonfly




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I have an Atlantic (Yellow) that I tried to dye green with a blue dye (RIT Powder). It turned out black, and the only way I've found to remove the color is to scratch away at the FRN. This knife is by no means an EDC knife but the dye has held up great.

My pics are in the Thread linked in the post above.
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dd61999 wrote:Here is a another thread on a RIT dyed dragonfly

http://spyderco.com/forums/showthread.p ... +dragonfly




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the reason i ask... my girlfriend is hellbent on a purple endura 4. i want to secretly make her one as a gift... but don't want to give her one that's going to get dye on her clothes/hands, or that's going to revert to non-purple after a year or so...

any further comments would be appreciated...
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I just picked up Starlet,purple,royal blue...I gonna test it on my Dragonfly in a few minutes!
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i'd love to see some "tests," to see how the dye-jobs hold up. anyone? :D
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Looking nice!!!
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Gorgeous! Oh man, I am drooling all over!

Did you simply lower the FRN part of the knife into the dye? How long did you leave it there?
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cosmo7809 wrote:Looking nice!!!
I want to try the red now on my ladybug SE.


Just like the purple ladybug it is very hard to capture actual color...

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That looks good!
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clovisc wrote:Gorgeous! Oh man, I am drooling all over!

Did you simply lower the FRN part of the knife into the dye? How long did you leave it there?
I put the whole knife in for about 1 minute.
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That is freaking sweet.
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I'm gonna dye my spyderhawk PE black i dunno how the yellow would work with other colors so i'll just go all in and see what happens
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I'm geussing i should boil the water and technically boil the knife since i can't take it apart i wonder if this will affect the action of it
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