Blue Scott

[Paintball Monkey]

Yet another mask that I dyed. I like this one better than the purple...
http://www.paintballmonkey.com/blue_scott2.jpg

[MuckRaker]

Cool dye job, how'd you do it?

[TLplus84]

yeah i wanna do it to my SPectra..how'd ya do it?

[Jordan]

yeh how'd ya do it?

or i can just pay you to do ir for me :)

[Paintball Monkey]

I dyed a yellow spectra, but it takes a long time and doesn't come out as nice as the scott masks...

[Jordan]

............how did you do it?...............

[Richy_C]

very nice, but i don't like scotts, thats still cool

[MuckRaker]

C'mon man, tell us, How'd you do it???

[Pakman]

Yeah, how did you do it? Do you think it will work with a Flex 7 mask? I mean it isn't like paint where it will chip or something, right?

[Paintball Monkey]

it is dyed... so it won't chip, scratch or rub off ;) I cannot tell ya how it will work on a spectra flex 7. It seems to e that the rubber on the flex 7 might be too sensitive to heat. Anyway, all you do is get a bog pot (one big enough to submerge your whole mask), fill it with water, add some RIT Dye (amount depends on how dark or light you want it), and boil for a few minutes. Be careful how long you boil it as some plastics might be more sensitive to heat than others. Also disassemble your mask completely and don not dye your face foam or lenses!

RIT dye is a wonderful thing. I have dyed delrin bolts, masks, hoppers, hopper lids, pretty much anything plastic... you just have to be careful about the heat tolerance each plastic has... unfortunately it's trial by error...

[Creek]

600 bucks later and a pile of what used too be your mask,and the only one that took out of the bunch turn pink instead of red Lol.just a pun.

[MuckRaker]

I guess if I wanted to give it a try I could make some tests on some of my kids' toys ... My daughter might actually appreciated a green Barbie. :eek:

[Paintball Monkey]

it isn't really that bad, the only thing i have destroyed since i started dying (sounds funny) was a VL hopper lid... masks take a lot of heat to melt them, and it only takes a couple minutes to dye them. As for the barbies, my wife collects them and i have been very tempted to make an "alien" barbie with some green dye ;)

[Mad Ogre]

Sounds like someone found a new toy...
Got any Captain Kirk dolls?

Kidding...

That dye job looks very nice... Can you do White and make Ref masks outta old gogs?

[Paintball Monkey]

Unfortunately you can go darker but not lighter. I would like to get a hold of a bone diablo mask, considering the goggle is all one piece, and white you could get some cool designs. The next step is to make multi colored masks.

[Mad Ogre]

Tye Dyed... Hmmmm....

[CRUCIATUS]

Maybe im just an idiot,,but is the mask you dyed started out black,,,how can you dye a black mask a different color. It just seems like it wouldnt change color. I hope so,,because im damn sure going to do it!!!!

[TLplus84]

i'm gonna dye my mask today so i can use it tomorrow..any suggestions?

[Richy_C]

do the whole thing blue, then change the color and only dip half the mask, voila multi color mask

[Mad Ogre]

If not dye you can always use paint to do details if you dont want the whole thing colored.

There are a lot of drawbacks to paint - but thats cheap paint. Talk to the guys in a paint store, find the right paint types for plastic and use that. I have used hi-temp automotive paint designed for engine manifolds to color other plastic items... that stuff worked great. I imagine that it would work well on a mask. Comes in about any color you could want. And it takes an act of God to get it to chip or wear off.

[Paintball Monkey]

like i said the masks were yellow. you cannot dye the black masks. painting is also a bad idea since the masks are flexible the paint will crack and chip.

[Creek]

Bumper paint might work for a bit i think.But i dont think i'll be doing that anytime soon.