What paint / dye for Magpul furniture?

[wetidlerjr]

Alcohol is kinda hard to find these days, what about brake cleaner?

Use something like Dawn or Simple Green and warm water. I've dyed mags and stocks without using anything heavy duty.

[Red*Lion]

Rit dye if far superior to painting of any type. Easy to dye and it will last forever unlike paint. Looks great as well.

[Budget]

+1 for rit. I dyed a magpul AFG like 8 years ago and it hasn't shown any sign of the original OD shining through.

[logan09]

I Rit dyed a FDE Magpul PRS and M93 stock. Dye would NOT fuse to the M93 stock. Turned my PRS stock a 50/50 of black and deep blue.

[maxpetros]

Interesting to know RIT dye works. I'd assume lighter colors like fde and grey would take the dye better. How long do you dye them for?

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[Leonidas24]

I'm not sure how well the OD will take the dye. It's typically better to start with FDE or Sand colored polymer parts if you want to achieve a specific color.

The recipe I used at one point was 1 tablespoon of liquid dye per quart of water in a big pot, held at 140 degrees F. 10 minutes or so got me the color I wanted each time, but take it out every couple of minutes to check. Rinse well with cold tap water after it's been removed from the dye. Suspend the parts in the dye using string tied off to a spatula or something similar so they're not resting on the bottom of the pot.

[The Rat]

I like rit dye and rustoleum for gun purposes.

[kirkland]

I like rit dye and rustoleum for gun purposes.

Whoa, that's cool.

[georgeib]

I'm not sure how well the OD will take the dye. It's typically better to start with FDE or Sand colored polymer parts if you want to achieve a specific color.

The recipe I used at one point was 1 tablespoon of liquid dye per quart of water in a big pot, held at 140 degrees F. 10 minutes or so got me the color I wanted each time, but take it out every couple of minutes to check. Rinse well with cold tap water after it's been removed from the dye. Suspend the parts in the dye using string tied off to a spatula or something similar so they're not resting on the bottom of the pot.

That's pretty neat! What color dye did you use to get the FDE to turn brown?

[Leonidas24]

That's pretty neat! What color dye did you use to get the FDE to turn brown?

That was from 10 years ago, but I think dark brown liquid Rit Dye.