http://uparmored.tripod.com/index.htmlRJNC wrote:Any of you Rit dye guys ever tried dieing a white Spyderco knife to look like classic woodland camo? Could it be done?
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http://uparmored.tripod.com/index.htmlRJNC wrote:Any of you Rit dye guys ever tried dieing a white Spyderco knife to look like classic woodland camo? Could it be done?
actually, I think if you work with the right colors - say a light tan, a medium green, a fairly dark brown, and a black, you could do this:JNewell wrote:You'd have to do both the already-dyed areas and the to-be-dyed later areas. To illustrate, if you want three colors:
1. Mask area 2 and area 3, dye area 1
2. Mask area 1 and area 3, dye area 2
3. Mask area 1 and area 2, dye area 3
That would work with paint, but not with dye. Dye does not have the same degree of opacity as paint. It's one reason only white knives can be dyed successfully to colors other than black. Green over tan will not look green. Brown over tan might look brown, or not, but brown over green certainly would not.defenestrate wrote:actually, I think if you work with the right colors - say a light tan, a medium green, a fairly dark brown, and a black, you could do this:
A1=tan area | A2 = green area A3 = brown area A4 = black area
1. dye tan. no masking.
2. mask off A1 and dye green.
3. mask off A2 (leaving A1 covered) and dye brown.
4. mask off A3 (leaving A1 and A2) and dye black.
At least that's how I would do it I think. with enough contrast between lighter and darker colors, it should be plausible (though 4 colors may be a little ambitious for this method - It would be interesting to try nonetheless).
defenestrate wrote:actually, I think if you work with the right colors - say a light tan, a medium green, a fairly dark brown, and a black, you could do this:
A1=tan area | A2 = green area A3 = brown area A4 = black area
1. dye tan. no masking.
2. mask off A1 and dye green.
3. mask off A2 (leaving A1 covered) and dye brown.
4. mask off A3 (leaving A1 and A2) and dye black.
At least that's how I would do it I think. with enough contrast between lighter and darker colors, it should be plausible (though 4 colors may be a little ambitious for this method - It would be interesting to try nonetheless).
Toothbrush handles, even the cheapest ones, are almost always nylon and very often white. Hardware stores use to carry nylon rod stock, generally in black, white, and clear. PVC would probably be an acceptable substitute, but nylon may also be "slicker", hard to say for sure.JNewell wrote:That might work out great - only one way to find out! As Paul mentions, the dyes don't tend to overcoat or even mix well on a surface so experimenting might be useful. I saw someone testing on white cable ties, btw. I wonder also how similar white PVC piping (which is dirt cheap) is to white FRN? There must be cheaper ways to experiment than using real white FRN Spydiescales.
Brilliant!!! :DThe Deacon wrote:Toothbrush handles, even the cheapest ones, are almost always nylon and very often white. Hardware stores use to carry nylon rod stock, generally in black, white, and clear. PVC would probably be an acceptable substitute, but nylon may also be "slicker", hard to say for sure.
Paul, you're right... but if you don't progressively mask/dye in this way, you'll end up with messy borders and other problems--even if you used a form-fitted stencil to spray-mask each area, you'd probably still get some bleed in the texture of the FRN.The Deacon wrote:That would work with paint, but not with dye. Dye does not have the same degree of opacity as paint. It's one reason only white knives can be dyed successfully to colors other than black. Green over tan will not look green. Brown over tan might look brown, or not, but brown over green certainly would not.
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