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Posted: 5/2/2016 9:07:16 PM EDT
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This is why I am not a fan of trying to dye PMags unless you can find the formula online from someone who has already tried for the same outcome. Trial and error is a real headache with doing this.
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Posted: 5/2/2016 9:23:27 PM EDT
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I've been hoping magpul would sell some dye kits for there colors or work up some recipes
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Posted: 5/3/2016 12:11:44 PM EDT
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this is why i use the top covers to test dye, i use the whole cover but i've seen members here who cut them up first so they get more test chips out of it.
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Posted: 5/9/2016 8:55:03 AM EDT
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What the fuck this is? An arts and crafts forum? 
Magpul needs to get off their ass and make mags that are FDE and gray. And don't split. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 11:04:12 PM EDT
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What's wrong with the original or just Rattlecanning them?
Are you really trying to match the color perfectly for some reason? |
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Posted: 5/11/2016 2:25:29 PM EDT
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I am really disappointed with Magpul not having FDE and OD mags anymore. I have 2 new rifles that I put Magpul FDE and OD green furniture on, but can't find mags to match. How many people really want to dye mags? Make small runs of OD and FDE, Magpul. You already have the polymer.
Does anybody like the Sand color? I'm a Magpul fanboy but this seems like a bad idea. |
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Posted: 5/12/2016 5:26:25 AM EDT
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I like the sand color. I dye my mags using RIT pearl grey . Gives me a color I like. And can tell my mags from anyone else's when we go to the range.
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Posted: 5/13/2016 5:02:59 AM EDT
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Why will Magpul not just dye their own sand mags in large quantities so they can get consistent results and make colored mags that the public wants that way? Does dyeing them weaken the material? That's why they won't sell colored plastic anymore for mags, right - material is somehow weakened by the color?
If the dye doesn't weaken them, you'd think Magpul would be doing that themselves. |
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Posted: 5/13/2016 5:04:00 AM EDT
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But at least we know the color mix now to get FDE t-shirts, since they say their blend is designed for fabric.
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Posted: 5/14/2016 5:53:04 PM EDT
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I hate the sand colored mags, always ran black and FDE mags. Why they stopped making FDE mags I have no idea. In the end, I really don't care about the color of my mags enough to be dying them different colors like I'm some kind of arts and crafts guru. My mags get beat to hell after a year or so, anyway. Not gonna be dying them anytime soon.
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Posted: 5/14/2016 9:17:03 PM EDT
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I would've thought that when you mixed that color it would be apparent it was never going to be FDE.
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Posted: 5/16/2016 9:11:23 PM EDT
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This is why I am not a fan of trying to dye PMags unless you can find the formula online from someone who has already tried for the same outcome. Trial and error is a real headache with doing this. You could always buy a single mag and cut it into many small pieces. Then use the mall pieces to test with. Just have to get the dye mixes correctly mixed it smaller amounts. |
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Posted: 5/17/2016 3:41:44 AM EDT
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This is why I am not a fan of trying to dye PMags unless you can find the formula online from someone who has already tried for the same outcome. Trial and error is a real headache with doing this. x2. IMO, if magpul was gonna do sand right they would have got with rit before they even launched Sand and come up with formulas to make their traditional colors (fde, stealth, ODG, etc) and then maybe added 3-4 tacticool colors and released all that info at the time of launch. That way, people that want to dump a fortune trying to guess how to make colors could do that...and the other 99.9% of the population could have the colors we all know/love. All of that said, not even making AK M3 in sand is the bigger treachery. Steel reinforced am mag fans are stuck with black and nothing else. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/17/2016 11:09:31 AM EDT
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The issues with formulations of dyes is that final color is very dependent on time, temperature, and concentration of dye. If we put out a "use this, this, and this to get this," we'd have a bunch of folks who were disappointed because it turned out a half shade off due to 30 seconds too long or a few degrees off of ideal.
We will likely have some formulations to post in a bit. We will indeed have some formulations coming. We are also looking at dyeing at the press with some new technologies that don't affect the polymer in the same way as older colorants, and bulk dyeing afterwards. You may indeed see the return of some colored skus. Dyeing with liquid dyes does not weaken the polymer in any way. It also doesn't hurt UV significance, or have any other negative effect, really. |
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Posted: 5/17/2016 6:32:37 PM EDT
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You may indeed see the return of some colored skus. go on..... |
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Posted: 5/18/2016 6:54:48 PM EDT
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I'm waiting for Magpul to release their own brand of paints which match their OEM colors. That way your front door can match your carbine stock, vehicle rims, other items as needed.
Spray paint cans first, quarts would be fine later on.
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Posted: 5/18/2016 8:55:58 PM EDT
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The issues with formulations of dyes is that final color is very dependent on time, temperature, and concentration of dye. If we put out a "use this, this, and this to get this," we'd have a bunch of folks who were disappointed because it turned out a half shade off due to 30 seconds too long or a few degrees off of ideal. We will likely have some formulations to post in a bit. We will indeed have some formulations coming. We are also looking at dyeing at the press with some new technologies that don't affect the polymer in the same way as older colorants, and bulk dyeing afterwards. You may indeed see the return of some colored skus. Dyeing with liquid dyes does not weaken the polymer in any way. It also doesn't hurt UV significance, or have any other negative effect, really. that would be awesome!! |
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Posted: 5/18/2016 9:27:31 PM EDT
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But at least we know the color mix now to get FDE t-shirts, since they say their blend is designed for fabric. Shh, only engineers are worried about things like facts. |
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Posted: 5/19/2016 9:28:07 AM EDT
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The RIT instructions probably assume you are dying something that is white... and the sand mags are not.
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Posted: 5/23/2016 5:50:50 AM EDT
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some of y'all, good lort
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Posted: 5/24/2016 12:41:12 AM EDT
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If it were legal for me to have new >15rd mags where I live, you bet your ass I'd have a pile of sand Pmags dyed in a variety of colors. Colors don't match exactly? What is this, housewives trying to pick out interior paint?
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Posted: 6/6/2016 3:04:54 AM EDT
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When will Magpul come up with a recipe for FDE dyeing? Is it really that hard? WTF.
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Posted: 6/6/2016 6:35:36 AM EDT
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When will Magpul come up with a recipe for FDE dyeing? Is it really that hard? WTF. Look 2 posts above yours. Doing your own colors is the beauty of the sand mag. |
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Posted: 6/6/2016 1:56:36 PM EDT
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Understood, but you realize it takes a precise amount of dye to water mix, temp and time to come up with a specific color right?
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Posted: 6/8/2016 1:19:05 AM EDT
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Found a YouTube vid once where he got it dyed very close to Magpul FDE, I believe he used 3 different colors.
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Posted: 6/16/2016 5:07:40 PM EDT
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Found a YouTube vid once where he got it dyed very close to Magpul FDE, I believe he used 3 different colors. This may be it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKOAp3g1cs Recipie using RIT dye: 6 tsp tan 1 tsp earl grey 1 tsp dark brown 1 qt water Heat to 175 deg and dye for 2 minutes I can't for the life of me understand why MagPul didn't already come up with this and the other popular colors in some sort of guide. |
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Posted: 6/16/2016 6:58:56 PM EDT
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This may be it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKOAp3g1cs Recipie using RIT dye: 6 tsp tan 1 tsp earl grey 1 tsp dark brown 1 qt water Heat to 175 deg and dye for 2 minutes I can't for the life of me understand why MagPul didn't already come up with this and the other popular colors in some sort of guide. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Found a YouTube vid once where he got it dyed very close to Magpul FDE, I believe he used 3 different colors. This may be it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXKOAp3g1cs Recipie using RIT dye: 6 tsp tan 1 tsp earl grey 1 tsp dark brown 1 qt water Heat to 175 deg and dye for 2 minutes I can't for the life of me understand why MagPul didn't already come up with this and the other popular colors in some sort of guide. Yup, that's it, thanks! |
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Posted: 6/26/2016 10:18:48 PM EDT
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I would like to see Magpul sell bits of their sand colored plastic, like thumbnails, that will allow for color matching in a cost effective way
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Posted: 6/27/2016 2:33:45 AM EDT
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I would like to see Magpul sell bits of their sand colored plastic, like thumbnails, that will allow for color matching in a cost effective way That would make almost to much sense... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 6/27/2016 2:18:09 PM EDT
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That would make almost to much sense... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I would like to see Magpul sell bits of their sand colored plastic, like thumbnails, that will allow for color matching in a cost effective way That would make almost to much sense... Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile Does the amount of material you are trying to dye affect the recipe? In other words, if all other things were equal, would you get two different results if you dyed a PMAG swatch versus an entire magazine? I suppose you could sacrifice one or two mags to make your bits, then you'd have a couple of leftover springs and followers to keep around for a rainy day. |
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