Like the topic asks. I know Magpul stuff dyes a-OK but I tried dying a VLTOR stock last year and it literally wouldn't take dye. I dried it from FDE/TAN to Black to match my current build and after about 10 days it would just turn grayish purple. I would dye it again, same thing. Also the battery tube caps would not dye at ALL.





Figured I would ask before I tried it! I would like to throw some brown dye at it to dark it up a bit. Maybe closer to the LMT or even just a light brown.









 

I'm interested to see if anyone has tried this as well. On a side note, how do you like the Blade? I was pretty convinced I wanted one but then read a couple reviews on amazon that were negative, saying the polymer wasn't thick enough...but maybe they got knock offs.

Thick enough for what?

- OS

I'm at Walmart (shudder) looking for dye to turn my FDE blade plum right now. They don't have the burgundy (wine?) dye I want, heading over to fabric store. I'll post results.

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Seems kinda shiny relative to MP furniture, I know most polymer molds have some slick stuff applied to ease removal from mold. Might need to have my dad sandblast it. Starting to think I should've ordered black cause FDE would ook retarded for my application. May as well be white.

Starting to think the same thing! I think black would have looked better.







 

I have not done a shockwave, but I did some TangoDown QD VFGs from OD to Black and they came out beautifully. I also did some Magpul Sand PMAGs to blue (to distinguish my 300 BLK mags from my 5.56) and it worked flawlessly. The trick is to get the water to a very light boil and to have enough dye to water so that the dye fully opacifies the water.  You should not be able to see your part in the solution when it's submerged.  It takes about 30 min. to get a really rich color; less for pale colors. Given my experience with the Magpul Sand, I think you're GTG on your brace as the materials seem close.

I  would also like to know how your blade came out. I did the same mistake by getting FDE instead of Black.

i was trying to go for a multicolor look (black upper, OD lower, FDE furniture). I don't think it looks good. Especially since the magpul FDE does not match the blade FDE.

Update: That's a negative on the dye. Does not take. Dyed it with RIT for 15 min and came out exactly the same. Going to try Krylon paint next.

FYI: Brownell's Alumahyde in "Coyote" is a very good match to FDE. The shade is right in between Tangodown FDE, Vltor FDE, and Magpul FDE.

In the pics below, I painted the KAC VFG and the Surefire G2 with Alumahyde...

I have the OD shockwave and its not quite magpul OD.

Dammit. Just what I suspected. Haven't gotten around to trying yet, I guess I won't bother now.  I suppose I could see how receptive it looks after it's sandblasted but I doubt it would make much difference.

I know nylon will take dye, I am pretty sure that not all types of plastic will take dye. Used to dye USC gray stocks to black, and when I started machining nylon barrel shrouds (fake cans),could only find white material, so would dye them black.

Pretty sure it depends on what type of plastic it is.