SUMMARY:


(My pics will be back up soon.)

Edit: 5-13-16.  Only pic I could find:

The dark orange was FDE dip in an entire solution of Rit Orange powder.  In real life it is almost burgundy, Yep, too much.

The more golden/brown/orange-y mags are also FDE but with a more measured application of orange lol.

Then two FDE mags for comparison. (the last two are foliage green.  terrible for color dyeing )

As of 2016 Magpul's "SAND" color is nearly white in reality.  Easier to get the color you want.



IMG_20160513_231453 by Dan Passaro, on Flickr







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Ingredients:

Rit Dye (Walmart bleach section [not crafts section], shoe shine area from my local Winn Dixie grocery store are the places I've found Rit Dye.)




FDE PMAG



Lessons learned:

Both amount of dye and amount of time factor into the color change so try to do everything at the same time.
I did one PMAG first and then the other the next day and was really, really, really close in a color match. I ended up leaving it in the solution about 30 seconds longer than I should have.
If you end up doing more later on, dip in increments until you get the match.


Bring water to a near boil instead of an actual boil.
My first PMAG tests were in boiling water and while there doesn't appear to be any actual function issues I figured it would be best not to push it lol.


FDE is the best host color to get the color you're looking for. Yellow rit dye on foliage green simply resulted in a darker, puke green.


Add dye to the water until you are just slightly darker than the color you're after.
The brick red PMAG is a result of adding the whole sunshine orange packet to 6 cups of water lol. The lighter, more orange PMAG was the second attempt using that little tip.


Use stainless steel pots and tongs for easy cleanup.




To be investigated:

Rit Dye is available in white. I'll be trying this out on FDE to lighten it up and then follow with orange/whatever to see what happens. Never found it.




Some pics showing the penetration of the dye:

It is just penetrating into the material. Just to clarify some heat is needed to help penetration.







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ROUND 3

Looks like FDE is the best host color and Orange is better than Yellow for getting closest to orange.

There is a White Rit Dye but they didn't have any in stock. Here is a sample from Walmart. They're not in the crafts section (there is a different dye there but the employee said the Rit is superior) but in the bleach section.

I bought several colors this time for other stuff.

One day I'll try white and then follow up with orange/whatever















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ROUND 2:

I got away from boiling and dipping. I got the water to almost boil and then took it off the stove. Just in case (ref: the plastic).

Just hot/hot water and let it sit for about 5-7 min. Again just in case lol.

This time I added powder until it became like orange bug juice.

Not enough in the result.

So a little more until it was closer to red bug juice.


Result:

Camera color balanced off an 18% gray card.





Conclusion:

I have another FDE PMAG and two FG PMAGs. Yellow RIT Dye tomorrow
















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ROUND 1:

This was khaki with Sunshine Orange. So next time I'll do Yellow on Foliage PMAG

Boil water in SS pot, mix in one packet (or less), drop in parts for 5 min or less, while stirring with stainless tongs (ideally). The stainless cleans up easiest.

Remove and rinse under cold water for a bit.









Intersting factoid, reference: delrin.  Not a material I've seen used in polymer parts.  Just interesting

dupont pdf http://plastics.dupont.com/plastics/pdflit/americas/delrin/230323c.pdf

Anyone try dying an ETS clear mag yet?

ETS AR Mag

I have seen some pics of the clear Ruger 10/22 mags being dyed and was curious about the ETS. I have some ETS Glock mags and an AR mag coming and may try the AR mag, but figured the hive here may have already given it a shot.

I need to get some more mags for my wife's purple AR that she got last year, but keep slacking off on doing so. I was thinking a couple purple tinted ETS mags might be a good follow up gift for this year.

Don't think the ETS mags will dye. The composition is totally different.

Thanks for the info. The smoke mags will work too. Hoping they ship soon

I used powdered Pearl Grey RIT dye to dip these mags. Had to use the whole packet in 3 qts of water . Dipped them for about a minute or two..

Any way to compare those to say black pmags?  I'm looking to do some gray and another more vibrant color.

Here is a grey (ish) mag along side a black 40rd, lying on top of Magpul Stealth grey hand guard.

Might need to add a little black to the grey dye to get it closer to Magpul's Stealth grey.

I'm going to get a few 20's from the LGS and do them in royal blue next.

That's actually the exact type of color I'm looking to do.  Thanks!  Looks awesome by the way.

 
I concur.  Matches my Midway Drag Bag in grey...I may have to try that!

I didn't leave them in very long. About 2 minutes, tops.
The floor plates took a reddish tint in a few spots. I did them first, I don't think the water was quite hot enough yet.

I wouldn't mind an orange one.

I like your grey much better.

I know this is an odd question, but has anyone dyed the Magpul sand mags to a FDE color? I need them for a FDE rifle build, here in Kommifornia.

I finally got around to trying to dye some sand pmags. The only Rit Dye colors i could find tonight was apricot orange and super pink.

I used 2 gallons of water @ 170* and i used a Nyquil medicine cup to measure the dye 20 ml to 2 gal.

Put 2 mags along with base plates and caps in water for 10 minutes rotating everything every few minutes and looking at the color.

Anybody come up with a recipe for foliage green since magpul discontinued it?

This info is from a friend of mine and I've seen his finished mags:

(1)  Magpul mags advertised as "SAND" color are really "OFF-WHITE".  

(2)  When dying mags the water has to be maintained at the same temperature or the color will be hard to get exactly the same from one batch to the next because the time the mags have to stay in the water/dye mixture varies depending on the water temp.

(3)  Oil or even fingerprints on the mags before dying will ruin the dye job if not cleaned off before dying.

(4)  RIT TAN and DARK BROWN mixed half and half will give you a beautiful earth-tone military looking color on off-white (Magpul Sand) mags depending on how long you leave them in the water.  (3-4 minutes works well.)  Looks similar to COYOTE BROWN @ +/- 4 minutes.

I tried this as well this weekend to match Magoul pink.  Couldn't find the super pink Al used and could only find Fuchsia.  

I did two cap fulls to 2qt of water for 6 min.  Color is definitely not a match, too much red in the dye I think. Or maybe only 5 min soak time.

Hope this helps someone. If I get my hands on the super pink and some more sand mags I'll try again.

OP edited.  Only pic I could find again from my original test

I tried matching the Magpul pink and gave up.  I originally emailed Magpul to see if they would provide the RAL or Pantone # for the Pink. I figured I would take that and contact RIT.  Magpul's reply "Thank you for contacting us.  Sorry we don’t give out our Pantone numbers, and I don’t know what the best formula would be. I would pick up some 10 round mags and use them as testers."

Funny how Magpul advertised the dying of these mags but  they won't help one bit.  Fuck you Magpul.

I cut up one 30rd mag and tried a bunch of variations.  No go.  I gave up when I realized I had wasted $30.

perhaps this will help in some way

Magpul pink on color picker

Camera color balanced PMAG30, gen3, sand

Full size photo: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7738/27012641095_dcb7122b8c_o.jpg

Interesting

would love to see the results,might have to get an extra sand mag and try it when I do the Aquamarine mags



 

Has anyone dyed molle gear?

A coyote tan admin pouch into grey for example?

Some stuff works, some doesn't. I tried that with a Silencerco pouch and it's didn't take at all.

If it isnt white fabric rit dye works very weird. I tried to dye a green beanie black, used 3x the needed amount of dye and 3x the time recommended on the bottle and it turned out light brown.

Has anyone come up with a recipe to make a sand mag match MagPul OD? I want to dye some 20rd sand mags to match the od furniture on a build I am working on for my son.

Has anyone tried the Rit Dye More stuff yet?

Supposedly it works on polyester when using the heat method.

I did 20 in a Homer bucket with a full bottle of tangerine RIT dye and 180-ish degree water. 45m, stirring often, they turned out very nice. It's obvious they're not a factory dye/color with a few spots where the dye didn't quite take as well as it could have, but I am very happy with the results.

Works great!!!

What mix was used for this batch?  It looks like it might be close to the Larue Red.



 

Straight Scarlet Red (liquid)

There is a Cherry Red, don't use that !  (cherry is a blue-base solution)

Scarlet Red
Scarlet Red


One tip I saw on the Rit site was to dip a paper towel in your solution to see the color of your solution (so you can set the lightness/darkness)

Bump!  Anyone still dyeing mags?

These look brighter blue than the pic. The lighting is terrible. I dyed these aquamarine for blanks to use in my can cannon.

Oops here's the pic

I dyed a FDE stock, the plugs didn't take. This is a FYI post, heated Rit green from a bottle.

I know that's not what you intended, but I kinda like it

Looks good like that

Anyone have the balls to dye a Sand colored Magpul D60 drum yet? A proven formula would be a must.

I need an idiot prof recipe to turn my FDE grip coyote brown to match the scar lower color. Just tried lemon yellow and dark brown and I got OD. The rti color chart told me those were the colors

Using just dark brown has got me pretty close, but its been so long I dont remember my recipe. Use trial and error the floor plates of the FDE pmags, not the sand ones though cause I know they take color differently.

Thanks. I figured it would be to dark?  I found the post on page 10 I wish I'd seen before I went out and bought three different colors I didn't need. The guy who was matching the ACR coyote brown claims he just used tan and checked it every 30 seconds till it matched. Going to try tomorrow just need to find a bottle of tan in stock. One Walmart I checked earlier didn't carry that color.


ETA:  I got an exact coyote ACR match with 4 tablespoons of tan, 1/2 tablespoon dark brown in 16 cups of water heated to 170. At 7 minutes my tester was a perfect match.

I dyed one forest green I really like it. I used Kellys green on a sand magazine. It came out like a bright grass green. I liked it but it was a little too bright. I then used black rit dye to darken it up.



I also have one that's a midnight blue but I don't have a picture right now.

Just did these yesterday. Cherry red rit dye on FDE PMAGs. Dyed them for about 3 minutes, they are a little more red than they look in the pic.

I need the formula for this.
Wife want hers just like it.

Thanks for any help you can provide.