recent dye

[twmccoy]

Here's one I just did this week.

Nothing seriously fancy. It is a champion boss.
First pic is the cutout of the contact paper. I used vaseline around the edges of the contact paper and then peeled it off and brushed the dye on. Once it has time to bleed a little it will look really good. The dye is much darker than it appears in this pic. The flash must have hit it.

[Craig Smolin]

Did you put the vaseline on the disc surface? Did it block the dye from hitting the disc? Leaving the contact paper portions "available" for dyeing?

More details please!!!

[twmccoy]

Did you put the vaseline on the disc surface? Did it block the dye from hitting the disc? Leaving the contact paper portions "available" for dyeing?

More details please!!!

I put the vaseline on the disc and over the contact paper design. I then peeled off the contact paper which left the vaseline lines. You have to do it carefully so you don't smear the vaseline around. The vaseline makes a good line and the dye won't go through it.

[Fritz]

Why not just cut the design in reverse order?
I bet the Vas is a bitch to remove.

[Jesse B 707]

Why not just cut the design in reverse order?
I bet the Vas is a bitch to remove.

yeah no doubt, looks like you made it as hard as possible

[twmccoy]

Nah, it really wasn't that hard. The contact paper bleeds too much when you use acetone on it.

Here's a disc I did a while back using the same method.

[Craig Smolin]

what did you use to brush on the black? rit+water or rit+acetone? that's the part that I'm interested in...

[twmccoy]

The black is rit + acetone done with a brush. I just dyed the red first and put the black right on top of it.

[twmccoy]

I might add that this disc took the black and red dye very well. Some discs don't dye this nicely.