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Post by jmc on Jun 24, 2014 6:58:13 GMT -5
Hi,
I was wondering if its possible to dye a jumbo torso. I have a gaiking torso that I can't get all the grime out of (I have tried everything I found on this forum). So I was wondering if dye would work. Would the heat of the water damage it?
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Post by bowhntr66 on Jun 24, 2014 7:07:53 GMT -5
Heat from water shouldn't damage it, it will soften it for a bit though. Have you tried running it through a dishwasher? Cleaned mine up pretty good.
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Post by jacoblb on Jun 24, 2014 7:35:16 GMT -5
I'd recommend you avoid using dye on Jumbos. It's possible the dye would take effect, despite the age of the plastic, but fading will occur over time.
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Post by Mr. Ginrai on Jun 24, 2014 9:03:01 GMT -5
You may be able to try automotive dye but it is expensive even in small quantities (highly concentrated) and must be shot through a commercial sprayer. We have used it to change full colors on plastic interior parts for automobiles, we changed an entire black plastic interior to white and you could not tell.
I don't know if the PE would be too porous or too thin for this kind of work, and as I said it would probably not be worth the cost unless you were doing a lot of these.
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Post by magengar on Jun 26, 2014 0:46:46 GMT -5
Heat from water shouldn't damage it, it will soften it for a bit though. Have you tried running it through a dishwasher? Cleaned mine up pretty good. That's true. I've run my jumbos through my restaurant kitchen's dishwasher machine with the hot water up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, and gently scrubbing the parts with dishwasher soap, then running them through the machine again a couple more times (allowing the parts to cool off 30 minutes between runs) ...the parts came out schqueaky clean!  zozo-mag |
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