Do It Yourself: Different color PMAGs and other polymer/plastic items

**wes007** · 02-22-10, 19:53

Will this process work on other polymers as well?

**glockeyed** · 02-22-10, 20:04

Originally Posted by wes007

Will this process work on other polymers as well?

it could. i had just dyed some wood grips, and it colored the plastic bowl i used.

as for the mags... i just had a thought that you can test it on the dust covers first

**danpass** · 02-22-10, 20:12

Originally Posted by wes007

Will this process work on other polymers as well?

it'll depend on the polymer.

I bought a dark green Plano 50rnd ammo box and wanted to dye it black to make it different from my other ones.

Even after 20 minutes BOILING in a FULL pack of Rit Black dye it only got to a dark navy color.

So, while it did dye the polymer, it didn't quite meet the intent.

But it was 'close enough' lol

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**danpass** · 02-22-10, 20:17

Originally Posted by glockeyed

it could. i had just dyed some wood grips, and it colored the plastic bowl i used.

as for the mags... i just had a thought that you can test it on the dust covers first

I did that with the foliage green dust cover to find out the effect of yellow.

at least I don't have one puke green PMAG now (just the dustcover)

**Mung** · 02-22-10, 20:47

Hmmm... I can't find a black ACS stock in stock. Maybe dying a foilage green black will work?

**Heavy Metal** · 02-22-10, 21:01

I doubt black would work very well.

**skyugo** · 02-22-10, 21:16

cool!
i remember guys used to dye nylon RC car parts. the stuff was generally white nylon back in the early 90's when i was into that stuff. supposedly the boiling process made the nylon "stronger" too. i have some doubts on that.

**Vic303** · 02-22-10, 21:43

You can use RIT to dye natural color G-10 for things like knives. Best to make it black as black tends to work best on G-10, but for FRN, especially white Sprint Run Spydercos you can use the whole range of RIT and get some really neat colors.