Mayhem White Lightning Series

[TEDROCKZ]

For a while now I've had a set of white Delrin wheels that Mayhem Engineering sent me to do some dying on. With work being hectic for the last several weeks I have not had time to get around to it. Sorry Dan

This is a really simple process just takes a little time and patience. This will give anybody a chance that wants the light weight features of Delrin and have some color options other than black.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THIS OUTSIDE OR IN SHOP WHERE A LITTLE SPLASHING WILL NOT MATTER
First find a color or you can mix colors for different effects.
Color Chart

Then get about a 3qt boiler bring the water to a boil and add dye.
Drop the heat to a slow simmer
Use 1 or 2 beadlock screws to attach some tie-wire or something similar to the wheels.
Then dip the wheels fully submerged and hang the tie-wire over the side of the pot for easy access.
Heres where the patience takes place it may take a good while to get the shade you want since these wheels are really dense. The ones I just done took over an hour.
Finally when at the shade you want remove from boiler and rinse w/cold water and thoroughly dry them blowing out the bead and the screw holes to prevent a later mess.


Here's some pics of the wheels I just completed. Its a mixture of Scarlet & Wine colored dyes with just a hint of black. I'll use these on my Losi 1/10 when it arrives. Kinda hard to believe these started out bright white

[Kamikaze]

Awsome!! You can't beat those wheels.

[nj05nismo]

Damn dude...those look awsome.

[joesbruiser]

They turned out great

[CRAZYACE63]

I like the way they fade in to the center with the darker rings out towards the ends. Maybe hit up the lock rings with a coat of black and it would really set it off.

[Shorty40]

First up, those rims came out sweet

Maybe a silly question.........but does boiling delrin for an hour do anything to the integrity of the material ?

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by Shorty40

First up, those rims came out sweet

Maybe a silly question.........but does boiling delrin for an hour do anything to the integrity of the material ?

No integrity issues the delrin is pretty resilient. It just take longer soak times since the delrin is so dense. If you let them soak for a short time they are more semi-transparent. You really don't need to actually boil them just keep the hot.

[Rockcrawler]

Those turned out nice Steve.

[Harvo]

Any idea how deep the dye goes? When they scratch, will you see white again?

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by Harvo

Any idea how deep the dye goes? When they scratch, will you see white again?

It penetrates fairly deep. It will take some pretty good scratches to get to the white. I'll gets some pics of the depth of the dye later.

[Bundy]

Nice work , those are b..a..utiful!!

[860Crawler]

thats a great color. With the amount of dye choices out, you could pretty much make any shade you want.

[Lil Toy]

i want to see the those pics you posted but it not show up on my computer that pic link seem broke?

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by Lil Toy

i want to see the those pics you posted but it not show up on my computer that pic link seem broke?

I don't know what to tell you I've got 3 different pc's here they all see them. Maybe some of the computer gurus on here can help

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by 860Crawler

thats a great color. With the amount of dye choices out, you could pretty much make any shade you want.

Yeah pretty much an infinite potential

[losijay]

what kind a price are they?

[TEDROCKZ]

Originally Posted by losijay

what kind a price are they?

PM or E-mail Mayhem he'll hook ya up

[TEDROCKZ]

Just thought I would add a couple of pics of the completed Wheel/tire combo.
Front

Backside

[Lil Toy]

Thank to ya TEDROCKZ that now I can see the rim, it look sick!