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Originally Posted by Kris C
So I have a DX Aviar thats been sitting in the dye (black) for 2 days now, and still has almost no color at all. It's a batch of dye that I've used before (the Hawaiian God disc above). I've dyed a couple other DX discs that took color just fine. I've had it warm most of the time. I turn the stove off when it feels too hot. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
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At first I thought you had blue vinyl on a white Dx Aviar, but now I see that the disc is blue and the vinyl is taking the Rit just fine. I don't know what to say except Dx is lame for dyeing. I tried to dye Dx and KC Pro stuff a long time ago and gave it up after a couple of similar attempts to yours.
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Originally Posted by Kris C
Can dye be "used up" so it no longer has enough potency to dye a disc?
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I have no idea how long it takes Rit to break down into something other than dye. I guess it must, due to exposure to oxygen and heat, but I don't think it is something to worry about. I used the same box of black Rit for over a year of dyeing at least one disc a day, and the only problem I ever had was that the water in the pot would evaporate over time, so I just added a little more whenever necessary. Never did I add more dye in that year, and eventually I just had to throw it out because I was moving apartments and pans full o' black Rit death don't handle the moving process very well.
If you do the same, make sure you have a good stainless steel pot, because Tim tried the same thing in a thin aluminum pot and the dyebath ate right through the metal.
Short answer, you had better be dyeing a whole ton of plastic if you want to use up all the dye in a box of Rit (depending upon the amount that your process wastes with each dip.)