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Customs / My experience with Rit Dye
« on: July 22, 2012, 10:53:00 PM »
I just did some experience with Rit Dye.
My goal: Build my own Blue S.N.A.K.E. army (like the regular 1985 one), but for cheap
My objectives:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Zf4v2pAiBBE/UAxhU0bHcEI/AAAAAAAAEUc/GEt9_N_iBNk/s912/NavyBleSNAKE-Comparaison.jpg)
S.N.A.K.E. #1 is the regular 1985 Blue S.N.A.K.E.
S.N.A.K.E. #2 is my custom
S.N.A.K.E. #3 is the ROC Black S.N.A.K.E. to see the difference of colour
Here is a close-up:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qLxOQ4TIStU/UAxhVp_w1TI/AAAAAAAAEUk/kvw7esoqZUs/s576/NavyBluSNAKE-CloseUp.jpg)
The camera is not showing it perfectly, but it has a "bronze/metallic" effect. I'm far from the Navy blue I was looking for, but at least it does make a good primer. So, instead painting from White, this darker purple will reduce the number of paint coat.
My conclusions:
Questions I still have:
What do you think?
My goal: Build my own Blue S.N.A.K.E. army (like the regular 1985 one), but for cheap
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My objectives:
- Learn to use Rit Dye
- See if only soft plastic takes Rit Dye
- I took a regular 1983 White SNAKE
- I removed all the stickers ans used Goo Gone to remove the glue
- I wash it with soap
- Then I rub it with finger nail polish remover (that contains acetone). The plastic becomes softer.
- I choose to use Navy blue Rit Dye in powder... it wasn't my first choice to select the powder version instead of liquid... but Rit Dye looks like a little bit difficult to find in Quebec since Wallmart is not holding it anymore and Zellers is closing... Navy Blue is the perfect match to get the 1985 Blue S.N.A.K.E.
- Then, I made my soup mix... at first, I just put in water and Rit Dye until water was boiling.
- I introduce only one part first... just in case something was wrong. My part turn purple quite fast.
- Since purple wasn't the colour I was looking for I add more powder... It's a game of trying and error here...
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Zf4v2pAiBBE/UAxhU0bHcEI/AAAAAAAAEUc/GEt9_N_iBNk/s912/NavyBleSNAKE-Comparaison.jpg)
S.N.A.K.E. #1 is the regular 1985 Blue S.N.A.K.E.
S.N.A.K.E. #2 is my custom
S.N.A.K.E. #3 is the ROC Black S.N.A.K.E. to see the difference of colour
Here is a close-up:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qLxOQ4TIStU/UAxhVp_w1TI/AAAAAAAAEUk/kvw7esoqZUs/s576/NavyBluSNAKE-CloseUp.jpg)
The camera is not showing it perfectly, but it has a "bronze/metallic" effect. I'm far from the Navy blue I was looking for, but at least it does make a good primer. So, instead painting from White, this darker purple will reduce the number of paint coat.
My conclusions:
- Not only soft plastic takes Rit Dye. Even the company is using Dye for plastic (http://www.ritdye.com/content/dyed-buttons) so we are not so "special" using it for our toys
- Pretty easy to do.
- One thing I didn't realized, is the quantity of power is important. It's not something to do by the eye. Based on Colour formula guide (http://www.ritdye.com/colorit_color_formula_guide#color_guide=2088), 2 TBS Royal Blue makes colour #592 (darker) while 1 Tbs Royal Blue makes Royal Blue (lighter). So I probably put too much powder in it.
- Glove is a must have
Questions I still have:
- Since I didn't get to colour I was looking for, can I Rit Dye it again with a lighter blue like Royal Blue?
- If I want to start over, can I use this: http://www.ritdye.com/store/laundry-first-aid/color-remover-group It says "Removes or reduces fabric color before dyeing to a different or lighter color."
What do you think?