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Offline Ben.

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Plastic Dye?
« on: May 19, 2009, 11:49:40 PM »
I heard plastic dye was a good way of painting/dying your controller?

Has anyone tried it?

What type of dye should I use?

And How?

Thanks :tup:

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Re: Plastic Dye?
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2009, 04:19:07 AM »
IDK , I used marking paint. it adheared well and seems to be fairly durable. I used a painters scuff pad to take the shine off the controller, and then cleaned it with a degreaser (alcohol works) and then painted it, I an very pleased with it, I will put up a pic when I get it all put back together. 

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Re: Plastic Dye?
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2009, 07:20:07 AM »
what you are looking for is called Vynil Dye.  It actually dye's the plastic where as paint just covers it.  I have heard mixed things about it, but it obviously has pretty specific applications as it would be hard to dye a black controller white :yess:

some light reading:
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/modding/46

Also my friends over to xbox-scene forums have done quite a bit of leg work for you in the hardware/case modding section of the forums.
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=site%3Aforums.xbox-scene.com+vynil+dye&aq=f&oq=
There is definately some technique involved, I think Rit Dye was the most popular.

here is some phenomenal results from Rykin over at the scene:



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Re: Plastic Dye?
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2009, 08:01:09 PM »
Wow that's sweet... How did he manage to get the words "wii" and "power" to stay? Isn't it hard to cut a piece of masking tape that precise?

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Re: Plastic Dye?
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2009, 11:19:04 PM »
Thanks Guys.. I'lll check those links out.. ;)

 

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