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Posted: 4/2/2010 12:26:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: DrDrake]
[#1]
Originally Posted By DasRonin:
Originally Posted By Hotgun:
The porus nature of the material allows chemical dying to occur. Plastics can/do absorb moisture. Moisture changes the shape and nature of the material. I'd be especially careful about getting chemical contaminents on these mags...it will affect their function and life....maybe not today, but perhaps next week. Hotgun First of all, I love this thread. You guys are some creative Fellas! I like it. I would say that we've tested the PMAG against a number of chemicals, not Rit Dye though. We've yet to find a common military or commercial chemical found to be in contact with weapons that would neg effect the PMAG. I'm interested on the "it will affect their function and life" statement. Not today but next week? Come on. Pencil pusher commentary at best. Care to elaborate? Due diligence is part of our culture. You poke around here enough to know that though right? |
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Posted: 4/2/2010 2:06:19 PM EDT
[#2]
Thanks for the input. Going to do some testing now?
White PMAGs any time soon? |
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Posted: 4/2/2010 2:38:01 PM EDT
[#3]
Originally Posted By danpass:
Thanks for the input. Going to do some testing now?
White PMAGs any time soon? get UDE ones, practically white |
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Posted: 4/3/2010 4:12:36 PM EDT
[#4]
One pg 1, pic 1, the center mag has a rust color. How did you do that?
An all rust furniture would be the cats ass! |
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Posted: 4/3/2010 4:53:18 PM EDT
[#5]
bump
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Posted: 4/3/2010 7:58:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: danpass]
[#6]
Originally Posted By 50cal:
One pg 1, pic 1, the center mag has a rust color. How did you do that? An all rust furniture would be the cats ass! I added sunshine orange powder until it became like orange bug juice. So a little more until it was closer to red bug juice. That produced the copper/cinammon/rust color. It does look good IRL
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Posted: 4/3/2010 9:36:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 50cal]
[#7]
I'm waiting on midlength MOE handguards to to make my 6.8 an all rust colored rifle. Found an annodizer that will hard coat anno my upper and lower rust colored, now that I can make the furniture match I'm off on that project rifle.
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CA, USA
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Posted: 4/3/2010 11:09:08 PM EDT
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I'm trying to dye some black parts is there anything i can do ? or am i screwed & have to buy lighter parts to dye ?
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Posted: 4/4/2010 12:24:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: dpmmn]
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Originally Posted By jtzshooters: I'm trying to dye some black parts is there anything i can do ? or am i screwed & have to buy lighter parts to dye ? you'll need the lighter ones. Much more experimentation over <link removed, hotlinking to that site it not allowed........dpmmn> |
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Posted: 4/5/2010 12:14:00 PM EDT
[#10]
This is neat but why dye instead of paint? If the dye isn't penetrating very far into the surface, will this hold up any better then paint, particularly something like Cerakote that can be baked on without melting the plastic?
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Posted: 4/5/2010 12:44:39 PM EDT
[Last Edit: danpass]
[#11]
less mess, no drying time, easy availability, cheaper, easier to work with
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Posted: 4/6/2010 9:25:59 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By danpass:
less mess, no drying time, easy availability, cheaper, easier to work with My big question or concern would be, how well will the dye wear? My big problem with Krylon is how quickly it will wear and chip off. I could see the dye method being a lot more wear resistant and if that is the case, that would make it very attractive to me. |
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Posted: 4/6/2010 11:15:03 AM EDT
[#13]
Originally Posted By airgunner:
Originally Posted By danpass:
less mess, no drying time, easy availability, cheaper, easier to work with My big question or concern would be, how well will the dye wear? My big problem with Krylon is how quickly it will wear and chip off. I could see the dye method being a lot more wear resistant and if that is the case, that would make it very attractive to me. it penetrates into the plastic. the plastic would have to come off for the color to come off. |
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LA, USA
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Posted: 4/7/2010 3:11:49 PM EDT
[Last Edit: PraesulPresul1]
[#14]
I may have missed it in here but here could point a guy in the general direction of color combos:
Rit Dye Color Chart |
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Posted: 4/7/2010 3:18:57 PM EDT
[#15]
Originally Posted By PraesulPresul1:
I may have missed it in here but here could point a guy in the general direction of color combos: Rit Dye Color Chart Well shit, that's new. Big help! |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/7/2010 4:41:51 PM EDT
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I vote this thread for a sticky!!!!!
awesome, im going to try some red or blue tiger stripe |
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Posted: 4/7/2010 7:01:00 PM EDT
[#17]
Originally Posted By PraesulPresul1:
I may have missed it in here but here could point a guy in the general direction of color combos: Rit Dye Color Chart I thought I had posted that. I'll add your quote to the OP |
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Posted: 4/8/2010 4:39:54 PM EDT
[#18]
Is a UBR buttstock that hard to detail strip? My 6.8 rifle is going to be all rust colored if a UBR can be stripped and dipped.
Found an anoodizer that does MIL-A-8625F annodizing and can do my stripped upper and lower in a rust color. It will have a sponge look so the rust looks natural. A rifle done like that would be killer. |
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Posted: 4/8/2010 5:00:41 PM EDT
[#19]
Originally Posted By 50cal:
Is a UBR buttstock that hard to detail strip? My 6.8 rifle is going to be all rust colored if a UBR can be stripped and dipped. Found an anoodizer that does MIL-A-8625F annodizing and can do my stripped upper and lower in a rust color. It will have a sponge look so the rust looks natural. A rifle done like that would be killer. Why rust? |
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Posted: 4/8/2010 5:02:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 50cal]
[#20]
Saw it on a friends paintball gun and it looked really nice. Surprisingly nice. Who's seen an all rust AR anyway?
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Posted: 4/8/2010 5:29:09 PM EDT
[#21]
who does the anodize? have an address or websight?
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/8/2010 5:56:31 PM EDT
[#22]
Originally Posted By danpass:
Thanks for the input. Going to do some testing now?
White PMAGs any time soon? Factory white PMAGS and MOE furniture would be AWESOME!!!! Do it up Doc! I know you won't let us down!!! |
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Posted: 4/8/2010 7:34:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 50cal]
[#23]
Hell yeah white mags and furniture would go over like crazy! I would powder coat an upper and lower and have a winter rifle.
Can't have too many AR's. Especially set up for different conditions. |
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Posted: 4/9/2010 9:18:09 PM EDT
[#24]
op.
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Posted: 4/13/2010 12:00:42 AM EDT
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I know what I am doing tomorrow
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Posted: 4/13/2010 6:07:30 PM EDT
[#26]
Taped off an OD mag and used black. The other mag was FDE and was dyed light brown. Also taped it off, but didn't like it so I put it back in the pot. Also did a couple MIAD gip parts.
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Posted: 4/13/2010 6:11:52 PM EDT
[#27]
Just a light amount of brown over the FDE? Looks good.
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Posted: 4/13/2010 6:54:13 PM EDT
[#28]
Originally Posted By danpass:
Just a light amount of brown over the FDE? Looks good. Just a cap full if light brown for about a minute. |
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Posted: 4/15/2010 9:12:13 PM EDT
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What did you use to tape the mags off? it looks like you tried electrical tape (I had similar results a few pages back)
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/18/2010 12:35:24 PM EDT
[#30]
RIT hell! Let's use PAAS. Now that would be something.
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Posted: 4/28/2010 9:51:00 PM EDT
[#31]
Round 2 for me.
Ordered some new FDE mags, rail clips to experiment on, and some good tape. The OD camo mag came out alot better. Used tan mixed with a little brown on the OD window mag. The blue mag was straight royal Blue, and the purple mag was purple with a pinch of fuchcia. Was trying for a pink mag for my wife, but she will have to settle for the purple. The pink just doesn't work. Atleast it matches her purple Larue armadillo. To bad we can't get some white Pmags.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/28/2010 10:11:15 PM EDT
[#32]
Really great results everyone. You have now given me yet another thing to do to my rifle. I have found some MARPAT type images that I plan to make into stencils. I figure if I use a sheet of decal paper to print them out on, they should mask pretty well. Time will tell though.
Thanks for the great thread. Ron ...Semper Fidelis... |
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Posted: 4/29/2010 1:09:14 PM EDT
[#33]
Dude- Love the "orange" and blue rail covers. I think that alternating down the sides of my mk18 mod1 would be a nice Bears tribute.
Hell, Blue and Red would be great for Cubs but I'm not so into the cubs. We can't get white to do white and black so... Originally Posted By ALLANJ: Round 2 for me. Ordered some new FDE mags, rail clips to experiment on, and some good tape. The OD camo mag came out alot better. Used tan mixed with a little brown on the OD window mag. The blue mag was straight royal Blue, and the purple mag was purple with a pinch of fuchcia. Was trying for a pink mag for my wife, but she will have to settle for the purple. The pink just doesn't work. Atleast it matches her purple Larue armadillo. To bad we can't get some white Pmags. http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/pmags_003.jpg http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/pmags_005.jpg |
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Posted: 5/1/2010 6:50:43 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MTguns]
[#34]
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done.
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Posted: 5/2/2010 12:16:05 PM EDT
[#35]
Originally Posted By MTguns:
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/LastImport-14.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/untitledevent-2.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-20.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-05.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/15.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/16.jpg My mind is blown  
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Posted: 5/4/2010 5:42:38 PM EDT
[#36]
Originally Posted By MTguns:
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/LastImport-14.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/untitledevent-2.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-20.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-05.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/15.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/16.jpg Alright, this thread is tagged, if only 'cause of this post. |
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CT, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2010 3:01:33 PM EDT
[#37]
GREAT WORK !!
when will these be listed in the EE? |
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NY, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2010 5:01:51 PM EDT
[#38]
Right now RIT is experiencing booming sales with a demographic they never expected...
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Posted: 5/6/2010 5:08:02 PM EDT
[#39]
Originally Posted By MTguns:
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/LastImport-14.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/untitledevent-2.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-20.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-05.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/15.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/16.jpg How do those MSAR mags function for you? |
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Posted: 5/6/2010 5:17:53 PM EDT
[#40]
I had desert digital stock set on the EE three weeks ago.
My MSAR mags are flawless so far. They are not as smooth as my pmags to load and they do not drop free from my AR. If any of you are interested just jump in. Start on your mag covers to experiment. I am working on another attempt at Multicam on a MOE set. When I am happy with my process for MC I will be picking up a Tan polymer pistol. Still undesided as to which model. |
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Posted: 5/7/2010 1:43:02 PM EDT
[#41]
Polymer Pistol opinion-wise, I got my wife an S&W MP40 and we both LOVE it, my battle bud has 2 HK USPs that he somewhat regrets, and I'm sure I don't need to say anything about Glocks.
I scored 10 of the translucent amber MSAR 30 round mags and they lock in and drop free on both my ARs, but they only feed in my Ruger. In my Olympic they are bolt-over-base every time. It does have a tighter magwell than my Ruger, my PMI mags actually get STUCK, but my Pmags, Lancers, and C_Products mags work fine in it. The MSARs are not that tight in it though, so I have doubts about it being the tighter magwell to blame, and wanted someone else's opinion on them. Thanks for the insight. They sure are pretty though... 
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Posted: 5/8/2010 10:40:40 PM EDT
[#42]
Originally Posted By MTguns:
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/LastImport-14.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/untitledevent-2.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-20.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-05.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/15.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/16.jpg 
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MA, USA
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Posted: 6/19/2010 12:26:42 AM EDT
[#43]
Very nice guys!!!
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OH, USA
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Posted: 6/19/2010 9:27:22 AM EDT
[#44]
Awesome. Is there a dye color which will take a black stock to Magpul OD Green?
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Posted: 6/19/2010 9:34:55 AM EDT
[#45]
Originally Posted By GracieMae:
Awesome. Is there a dye color which will take a black stock to Magpul OD Green? nope 
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Posted: 6/19/2010 9:43:03 AM EDT
[#46]
Originally Posted By MTguns:
I have focused mostly with doing patterns. my other stuff is at the link in the OP. But here are the mags I have done. http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/LastImport-14.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/untitledevent-2.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-20.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/VinniesBushmasterproject-05.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/15.jpg http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad50/AKsnowHare/16.jpg Very nice work. |
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Posted: 6/19/2010 10:00:22 AM EDT
[#47]
Thread relevant to my interests....
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Posted: 6/22/2010 2:26:00 PM EDT
[#48]
Originally Posted By ALLANJ:
Taped off an OD mag and used black. The other mag was FDE and was dyed light brown. Also taped it off, but didn't like it so I put it back in the pot. Also did a couple MIAD gip parts. http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/dyePmags_001.jpg http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/dyePmags_005.jpg The mag on the right looks very close to Georgia red clay. 
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Posted: 7/5/2010 8:04:26 PM EDT
[#49]
Originally Posted By ALLANJ:
Round 2 for me. Ordered some new FDE mags, rail clips to experiment on, and some good tape. The OD camo mag came out alot better. Used tan mixed with a little brown on the OD window mag. The blue mag was straight royal Blue, and the purple mag was purple with a pinch of fuchcia. Was trying for a pink mag for my wife, but she will have to settle for the purple. The pink just doesn't work. Atleast it matches her purple Larue armadillo. To bad we can't get some white Pmags.
http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/pmags_003.jpg http://www.dfwstangs.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/10013/pmags_005.jpg interested in the purple. starting color, dye used, and time would be greatly appreciated |
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Posted: 7/5/2010 9:43:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ALLANJ]
[#50]
The purple mag started life as FDE and I used two or three spoon fulls of purple powder , a little bit of fushia, with about 4cups of water of nearly boiling for about 2 minutes.
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