Dyed Discs

[gwillim]

Here's a project that I'm doing today, I might not finish it until tomorrow, but I'll post it when I'm done.

[sk8architecture]

Anybody know of a good Vinyl cutter for Disc Dying??? Roland is the Best but $$$$$. This will be just for hobby use not for everyday production stuff.

[gwillim]

Originally Posted by sk8architecture

Anybody know of a good Vinyl cutter for Disc Dying??? Roland is the Best but $$$$$. This will be just for hobby use not for everyday production stuff.

I'm a big fan of the X-acto 360 combo'ed up with a human hand.

Otherwise...

Check with Nate of discgolforegon.com if you must have a plotter, he uses one.

[Trozzle!!!]

They have this machine out, I have no idea how well it would cut vinyl though.

http://www.seenontvgoods.com/cricut.html

[gwillim]

Here is the finished product. I messed up pretty badly in the planning stage and got a lot of bleeding. This is one my sloppiest dye jobs in the past six months and I’m not very happy with it. I was able to salvage it enough that is looks nice from a couple feet away, but up close it’s pretty poor work.

[TYVEK]

Alright here is another of mine. i did this for a friend and he was having a very hard debate with himself as to throw it or hang it on the wall.

it is a crystal buzzz.




so i had a question for people that have been dyeinig for while. i didnt do any dyeing over the winter time and my my dye just sat in its jug on the back porch. i got it all mixed up again and went to dye a disc. after two sittings in the black dye of at least 1/2 hour each the black on the disc was only very dark purple when held up to a light. so i went and bought a couple more packets of dye and put them in and got them mixed up.

but on the next disc i did, it was the same deal. the dye just doesnt want to stay mixed up like it used to last summer and even with two fresh packets of dye in it is still isnt as potent as it used to be. i dont have a lot of liquid, less than a quart of liquid and the equvilent of 2 bottles of liquid dye and 2 packets of powder dye in it(which almost seems like overykill)


anybody have any tips or solutions on why my dye isnt as potent as it was and how i can get it better again without just starting a whole new batch of dye?

thanks.

[Mystjava]

Nice work! Just seeing all these beautiful work just makes me wonder.. is it possible, but I am not quite ready to "spoil" my discs yet.

[gwillim]

Originally Posted by TYVEK

anybody have any tips or solutions on why my dye isnt as potent as it was and how i can get it better again without just starting a whole new batch of dye?

Put it in a big pot and heat it up to just about boiling. Stir it up a little. The heat mixed with the new dye should revive the whole thing again.

[TYVEK]

Originally Posted by gwillim

Put it in a big pot and heat it up to just about boiling. Stir it up a little. The heat mixed with the new dye should revive the whole thing again.

i did exactly what you described before my second disc yesterday, but it didnt fix the problem. any other thoughts. there is a possibility that the whole solution froze at some point in the winter. has anybody had any experience with freezing their dye and then trying to dye with it after it has thawed out again. i am thinking that maybe if it froze that it change the molecules somehow. im no physicist though.

thanks!

[modified]

Did a new dye last night on a Champion Monarch.

Just put it up on the disc golf blog I just started back running.

Let me know what you think.

[gwillim]

Admin,
Can we merge the two dyed-discs together?

@modified;
Very clean lines, I like it!

[Trozzle!!!]

Originally Posted by gwillim

Admin,
Can we merge the two dyed-discs together?

I second that!!!!

[Adam Schneider]

Originally Posted by Trozzle!!!

I second that!!!!

Merged.

[TYVEK]

I am suprised at how quite this thread has been over the last few days.
here are some discs that i did yesterday. maybe this will start some more action here.

ENJOY!

This one is a feldberg boss.




and this is a redo of my other "jack" dye. this is one a 2008 USDGC Roc.


well thats it for now. i got another couple im working on.

[Trozzle!!!]

I got 2 in the works right now. one may be posted tomorrow. The other one may be posted in a few days or so, but I may hold off posting that one until I give it to the Pro Player at the BSF and get a pic of them posing with me and holding the disc.

And when I say "Pro", I mean not a local pro

[snap7times]

boooo boooo trozzle... i would rather have my picture taken with the local pros bro... locals rock, they put us on the map...

[AchimbaProphet]

I presume that Trozzle already has the local pros looked after.

All these dyes are excellent! They have all created this inferiority complex that keeps me from pulling out my materials to dye some discs.

[TYVEK]

Here is one more that i just finised up last night.

this is a ICE CLEAR X-out Boss. i have dubbed it the SUPERBOSS now!! hope you enjoy it and have a great weekend! i will be heading out to Walla Walla this afternoon!! GO TEAM OLY!

[Tim]

Good lookin' dyes, Orion. I like the layered/3d effect you have on those earlier ones, and that blue on the superboss is friggin' sweet!

[KenGilmore]

Some recent dyes, all very sloppy for some reason.

Blinky, Version 2, on a Star Destroyer


Groovy, Version 1, on a Glow Champion Firebird


The orange and yellow background actually looked more brownish for some reason in person, so I decided to "fix it." As usual, that was a bad idea:



Changing the orange to red introduced a lot of bleeding.

Stupendous Man! on a Glow Champion Teebird
My homage to the best cartoon ever.


Even with all the "uglies" and sloppiness, they actually look quite good in person. Either that or I just have extremely low standards.