Right, after reading lots on here and other forums about dying eggy shells I decided to give it a go.
So we took 1 Eggy:
Eggy
Some Dylon Dye:
Dye
And A big Pot:
Big Pot
1st we dismantle the Egg:
Oops
Then give it a Wash:
Splish
Next we Boil the big Pot O water, then add the Dye:
Mmmmmmmm
Then we chuck in the eggy bits and the white Bolt for my Timmy and stirr for hours and hours, keeping the water just below boiling. I used Scarlet Dye, which was poo, then found a Darker one which seemed a lot better, but I wish I'd used the darker earlier
With just the scarlet the bolt came out quite red:
red!
But I wanted darker, so added the other stuff and tried again, came out much nicer:
Dark
However, after a few hours and about £11's worth of Dye the shells came out a bit... Orangey-Pink and are streaked from the stirring:
Erm...
Now 3 more pics, 2 of the Redder bolt in the marker, then one with all the finished bits.
Boltage Close
Boltage Far
All the bits
I do intend to try this again, hopefully with just the dark colour, and suspending the bits in a better tank. I shall undoubtedly post on my progress.
For the mean time, if anyone wants a few pints/L of dark red Dye, great for white Delrin Bolts, they're welcome to it
On a side note, does anyone know for sure if these shells have some kind of saturation point? IE will they only take so much dye or can you just keep boiling and trying?
Cheers
So we took 1 Eggy:
Eggy
Some Dylon Dye:
Dye
And A big Pot:
Big Pot
1st we dismantle the Egg:
Oops
Then give it a Wash:
Splish
Next we Boil the big Pot O water, then add the Dye:
Mmmmmmmm
Then we chuck in the eggy bits and the white Bolt for my Timmy and stirr for hours and hours, keeping the water just below boiling. I used Scarlet Dye, which was poo, then found a Darker one which seemed a lot better, but I wish I'd used the darker earlier
With just the scarlet the bolt came out quite red:
red!
But I wanted darker, so added the other stuff and tried again, came out much nicer:
Dark
However, after a few hours and about £11's worth of Dye the shells came out a bit... Orangey-Pink and are streaked from the stirring:
Erm...
Now 3 more pics, 2 of the Redder bolt in the marker, then one with all the finished bits.
Boltage Close
Boltage Far
All the bits
I do intend to try this again, hopefully with just the dark colour, and suspending the bits in a better tank. I shall undoubtedly post on my progress.
For the mean time, if anyone wants a few pints/L of dark red Dye, great for white Delrin Bolts, they're welcome to it
On a side note, does anyone know for sure if these shells have some kind of saturation point? IE will they only take so much dye or can you just keep boiling and trying?
Cheers
