Black label.

[dbhost]

Might just have to go to a thrift store to pick up a junk pot to do this in...

[Jules V.]

Your regular stainless pot with welded handles should be ok. Dye will not stick to.

[dbhost]

No stainless pots at my house. I do have a Copper Chef though... As long as the dye doesn't ruin it...

[Bruce K]

Jules, can you provide the specific directions you would use to dye say a dozen handles?  How much water, how much dye, when to put the handles in, when to start and stop the heat, etc....

And yes, I realize this is an old thread.

[Walchit]

Damn those look really good.

[hemi_charger]

Been using this for dyeing RC car parts for over 20 year's.

This is great, thanks for the successful experiment! The RIT dye people are going to see an odd spike in black dye sales.

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[View to a Grill]

They look nice.

[Tbagley]

I would imagine if your kettle is sitting in full sun post dying, they may get pretty warm to the touch?  Looks great though, people have been dying plastic parts for a long time with good success provided the original base color is fairly neutral.

[getlego]

I absolutely love the look of this. I've never been a fan of those mushroom handles. They are very comfortable but by the time they age they really stick out. I'm thinking about turning this in to a black and blue kettle now. I have the originals but I put the wood ones on from a ten dollar GGA.

I'm thinking black foot, ash pan, handles and wheels. The whitewalls have fallen off anyway.


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[blu082003]

Finally got around to dying the handles they look great and bring new life to the kettle thanks for the advice @Jules V.


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[bigjeffb]

Reviving the thread after I did my own experiment today. I grabbed a standard grey handle I recently received and did the three hour simmer in plain old rit black dye. The first pic after the dye bath was after iy 30 minutes. Turned out nice, but I wish I removed the Weber printing from the handle. Turned out almost greenish (?).  The last pic is a comparison with a factory black MT handle.
Not perfect but overall this is a HUGE improvement over grey! I may do this to my white handle and some wooden ones I have coming.
Hell....I may even try to dye my old plastic performer table!


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[JEBIV]

looks good to me @bigjeffb

[Samuel]

Yes, I dye all my plastic parts black, especially on older model grills.

[bigjeffb]

Thought I would share the final product of dyeing the wood handle I plan on using for my crimson LE gen 2 performer project. I wish the original impression in the wood was more visible, but they were pretty worn to begin with. Took my sweet time doing this and only applying the spar urethane when the weather was juuuussst right to minimize sanding.
Next step is Little Man and I making a wood tabletop for it as his project for scouts.
Wonder how hard it'll be to dye those planks as well.....

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[TXFlyGuy]

I use high heat brake caliper spray paint. Comes in many colors. Works well.