RodRocket
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Back when I did r/c cars, there was a technique where you could add color to the white nylon plastic parts by using common Rit dyes.
We simply boiled the part in the dye until the color wanted was achieved.
Could this be used to color the nose cones from Madcow and others? Has anyone already tried it?
I don't know if it will work with the Estes plastic cones, but those are easy to paint with plastic model paint.
Thought about taking the trimmed off shock cord mount part from a nose cone and giving it a try.
If I remember right, I just used a simple large coffee can and filled about half way, then added the dye to the hot water.
Tied all the parts together with a string and hang them in the dye water checking them often until I had the color I wanted.
The cars I did this to have been long gone but seems like the plastic in these nose cones is similar. But I guess a test would be needed to see if the nose cone could handle being boiled.
Guess I have another winter experiment to try.
See ya,
Rod
We simply boiled the part in the dye until the color wanted was achieved.
Could this be used to color the nose cones from Madcow and others? Has anyone already tried it?
I don't know if it will work with the Estes plastic cones, but those are easy to paint with plastic model paint.
Thought about taking the trimmed off shock cord mount part from a nose cone and giving it a try.
If I remember right, I just used a simple large coffee can and filled about half way, then added the dye to the hot water.
Tied all the parts together with a string and hang them in the dye water checking them often until I had the color I wanted.
The cars I did this to have been long gone but seems like the plastic in these nose cones is similar. But I guess a test would be needed to see if the nose cone could handle being boiled.
Guess I have another winter experiment to try.
See ya,
Rod