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Moose-Knuckle
03-31-10, 13:31
Has anyone ever painted Micarta material before? I recently received a set of Micarta panels and I'm not pleased with their coloring, supposed to be a OD but came out more like a Desert Tan. I am considering hitting them with some rattle can.
Vic303
04-01-10, 08:21
Paper Micarta, Linen or Canvas? If Linen or Canvas I suggest removing them, and mixing up the appropriate shade of RIT dye and attempting to darken them that way first.
Moose-Knuckle
04-01-10, 09:57
Paper Micarta, Linen or Canvas? If Linen or Canvas I suggest removing them, and mixing up the appropriate shade of RIT dye and attempting to darken them that way first.

The particular panels I have are Canvas. Thanks for the RIT suggestion as that didn't even come to mind when I was pondering. :cool:
Vic303
04-01-10, 10:25
Glad to help out. I know you can dye PMAGs, G10, and FRN, so I suspect canvas micarta would be just as easy.
Harv
04-07-10, 18:28
Just finished changing the color of these Micarta handles on my BK-2 with a $1.69 worth of RIT die.... worked great...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/harv24/BK-2greenhandle001.jpg

Find it on the food side of Wal Mart in the laundry detergent isle.
LockenLoad
04-07-10, 18:40
that was a great tip and the result looks good as well
Moose-Knuckle
04-08-10, 07:44
Just finished changing the color of these Micarta handles on my BK-2 with a $1.69 worth of RIT die.... worked great...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v494/harv24/BK-2greenhandle001.jpg

Find it on the food side of Wal Mart in the laundry detergent isle.

Looks good, those are the exact Micarta panels I was refering too. I got a set for my BK7. What did you mix yours with?
Harv
04-08-10, 20:55
Dumped the contents of the RIT dye into a plastic Gladware bowl and filled it with hot water and stirred. Dipped the scales in and swooshed them around (Wear rubber gloves) for about a minute and laid them on a newspaper and let them dry for a min or two.... checked the color... repeated the process until I got the shade I liked... let them dry over night and install.
Moose-Knuckle
04-09-10, 08:30
Dumped the contents of the RIT dye into a plastic Gladware bowl and filled it with hot water and stirred. Dipped the scales in and swooshed them around (Wear rubber gloves) for about a minute and laid them on a newspaper and let them dry for a min or two.... checked the color... repeated the process until I got the shade I liked... let them dry over night and install.

I'm going with color 529. There site has a great resource of color pallets to help you choose what color you want to acheive and the combination of dyes to make it.

http://www.ritdye.com/ColoRit_Color_Formula_Guide.96.lasso