Wheel Dye

[Metla]

Greetings all, Just ordered myself a B4 and I'm figuring I'll go for a complete black paintjob and was wondering if its possible to dye the wheels to match?

Anyone done it? success or failure?

[Oscar]

Its really easy,I use Dylon dye like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RED-DYLON-NO-9-PAGODA-RED-X-2_W0QQitemZ170143270827QQihZ007QQcategoryZ28162QQs sPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Put the dye and some salt in an old pan, bring to the boil, turn heat as low as possible, after a moment or two drop the wheels in and leave on the lowest heat for about 30 mins. (dont drop wheels in when boiling it could distort them). Job Done:)

[Metla]

Cheers, I have done it in the past with excellent results, Just really want to make sure the wheels themselves are suitable for the process, Its a 2 week wait to get gear to this part of the world, and I would hate to ruin the wheels before the kit gets its first run:mad:.

[New Losi]

Just make sure you place all the wheels the same way up and that they go in for the same length of time or you'll get differences. Dylon does give great results. If your going to put holes in the wheels put them in before you die them and you won't be able to see the white of the wheel showing through.

[Halcalanky]

My experiance with Dylon failed... this is with Proline dishes.

Heres my all black B4 with uh, bright orange wheels ;) (these photos were taken before my wonderful oople stickers turnt up ;))

[/URL]http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/dye/IMG_0087.jpg (http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/dye/IMG_0087.jpg)


http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/B4/bodymain.jpg (http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/B4/bodymain.jpg)

[URL="http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/B4/rearshot.jpg"]http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/B4/rearshot.jpg (http://www.akashicnetwork.co.uk/lanky/rc/B4/rearshot.jpg)

[New Losi]

Just a quick note, dylon won't work on old wheels that have had super glue on them as the dye won't cover the superglue, with new wheels I've never had a problem.

[Metla]

Very cool, I'm going to throw up a couple of pictures, Granted they aren't anything associated but...meh, they show what I'm trying to go for.

First off, My black Gator with Orange dyed wheels, The effect worked well imo and the car looked pretty snazzy when first painted. She has had a hard life since then as my main bash till death RC. I even raced it a couple of times when my preferred cars were out of action.

anyhow.

http://www.imagef1.net.nz/files/car.jpg

What I would like to achieve with the B4 is along the lines of this next pic, also a Gator.

http://www.imagef1.net.nz/files/Copy_of_1.jpg

[New Losi]

You should be able too, here's my pred with Dyed black wheels, the B4 is going to get them next I just need a new shell painted.

http://www.the-pred.co.uk/mkportal/modules/gallery/album/t_a_165.jpg (http://www.the-pred.co.uk/index.php?ind=gallery&op=foto_show&ida=165)

[lazerboy]

this should be helpful:
http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/faq/dye.htm
http://www.rpmrcproducts.com/faq/dyepg2.htm