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01-11-2006, 04:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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|  dyeing aluminum wheels
Has anyone ever tried dyeing aluminum wheels or any machined aluminum parts in general?
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01-11-2006, 04:15 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Only way that I know is anodizing or machinists dye (used for layout work). Anodizing is available in almost any color...machinists dye (correct name?) I've seen dark blue and I think red, don't recall for sure about the red...just brush it on and let it dry.
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01-11-2006, 07:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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machinests dye! hmmm never thought of something like that. I'll have check it out thanks man!  |
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01-11-2006, 07:31 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: A City
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Where can you get that stuff. Also would RIT dye work like it does on plastic things such as proline wheels. Never used it just seen it on here and you can find that at Wal mart
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01-11-2006, 08:19 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cedar Rapids
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Rit dye stained the stainless steel bowl I dyed rims in. So it might work. Cole |
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01-11-2006, 08:35 PM
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| 06 Super National Champ   Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Stark Industries Bar and Grill
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Send'm to me. I'll run'm down here in the Georgia clay and send'm back to you. ;) It's how we anodize stuff orange.  |
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01-11-2006, 08:50 PM
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LOL That clay will stain anything!! | |
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01-11-2006, 09:34 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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sure does. I have a shirt dyed with GA clay. It is a nice orange tiedye look.
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01-11-2006, 10:48 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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01-12-2006, 10:33 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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If youre not to worried about the durability of the finish you could try a candy type paint, they come in a variety of different colors.
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01-13-2006, 02:59 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: north central IL
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Not sure how durable that machinists dye would be. Seems it would get scratched really easily. Matt |
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01-13-2006, 03:11 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Corruptifornia
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Anything short of hard anodizing that you can put on al rims is going to get pretty scratched up around the outer bead area...it's farily tough, but solvents like brake cleaner and carb cleaner wash it right off. It's easy to touch up. |
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