Customizing your Grill

[just5]

I have been on the hunt for a few colors of Vforce grill masks without any luck, but after looking on PBnation at some of the offers, I decided to create my own custom grill mask.

I researched and was told a few tips on the procedure of how to dye my mask. I thought I'd share it here and perhaps get some more feedback from those who have done it already on how to dye it more effectively.

You need a white grill for this to work

1. Make sure you remove the jewels, foam and strap, you only want to dye the mask frame not the foam or jewels
2. find a huge pot that will fit your mask in
3. fill it with enough water to submerge the whole mask
4. boil water(without mask in it)
5. once it starts boiling add the whole container or dye into it
6. then add mask into water(turn off stove)
7. stir mask occasionally
8. let it be submerged for 30-60mins.
9. take out the mask and let it sit on paper towels or an old towel
10. Then wash off until the water runs clear.

The guy who I talked to said that he was unable to get the intensity of the color right, and the red ended up being lighter than he expected. Do you think that adding a hint of black dye would solve this? I was also told that the dye/water ratio does not really make a difference. Is this true?

Here is a pic of how his mask turned out:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9179/cimg8684.jpg

My question is: do any of you have a better way of doing this? Did you end up with an intense color? Could you post pictures of your final product? Thanks

PS: I am going to try and find a pair of white grills, and then dye it so that it turns out blood red (like the deathstix barrel blood red color).

 

[Gassy]

I have dyed a couple of flex 8 faceplates black.

Personally i found the longer you leave it the better the colouring so leave it in over night.

RIT dye is the stuff i used.

 

[Pigeon]

Looks good bro! Good Job

If you submerged the whole mask how comes some of it is still black not all red
(Sorry if im missing the point)

 

[Swooop]

Would this work on rotor shells?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

If you submerged the whole mask how comes some of it is still black not all red
(Sorry if im missing the point)

if im right it HAS to be white to 'absorb'/change the colours.

if its a dark colour, its hard to go over with a lighter colour/change it to a lighter colour

if you get what i mean, the dye hasnt really affected the black as its too dark to take the colour.

 

[3L1TE hax]

this now means you can make any colour combination you want! you can dye the squegy bit, and spray the rubber parts.

Purple and green?

 

[Fisz]

what brand dye did you use and where did you buy it?

 

[Pigeon]

if im right it HAS to be white to 'absorb'/change the colours.

if its a dark colour, its hard to go over with a lighter colour/change it to a lighter colour

if you get what i mean, the dye hasnt really affected the black as its too dark to take the colour.

Ahh so the Red bits used to be white then yeah?

Makes sense now

Thanks Trick

 

[Dave284]

The guy who I talked to said that he was unable to get the intensity of the color right, and the red ended up being lighter than he expected. Do you think that adding a hint of black dye would solve this? I was also told that the dye/water ratio does not really make a difference. Is this true?

Here is a pic of how his mask turned out:
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/9179/cimg8684.jpg

what brand dye did you use and where did you buy it?

If I read right, just5 hasnt done this yet.. and is just doing research. This is not his mask..

 

[just5]

yep rit dye is the stuff to use.

It will only work on white parts I believe, and that is why it also loses a little bit of its intensity. When I try this I will try to put it in for longer, have a greater dye/water ratio and perhaps also put a tad of black into the mix to make it a bit darker. If the color wheel can be applied to this process, mixing two dyes should simply make the color darker, and less "Pink". It looks darker because its in a room. I got a pic of it outside and its significantly lighter.

Gassy, when you dyed your faceplates, did you have to remove the glossy first layer with nail polish or something of that sort? I assume that no such thing has to be done with grills as they dont have such coating on them.