Black label.

[Jules V.]

Can't find the specific black handles that i want  so upon recommendation from @56mpg, i decided to dye them instead.  Placed a bottle of dye in a pot and simmered it for 3 hours. Also decided to dye the stock wooden weber handles and applied 5 thin coats of spar varnish. The wood handles were dyed overnight along with tap water.  It's a week long process as i have to wait a day before sanding and applying new coats.

[Transit98]

Nice. I have tried to dye white plastic orange but the color didn't really take well. The black looks very Im going to try this on my gray handles.

So do I keep the water boiling for the 3 hours or just boil, add dye then drop the handles in a soak over night?


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[Firemunkee]

That is awesome!

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[Jules V.]

Nice. I have tried to dye white plastic orange but the color didn't really take well. The black looks very Im going to try this on my gray handles.

So do I keep the water boiling for the 3 hours or just boil, add dye then drop the handles in a soak over night?


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I let it simmer for 3 hours and left it in the pot until the next day. Next time around I'll try it on a pressure cooker.

[56MPG]

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

[ClubChapin]

Those look great!

[YardBurner]

Go pick up a cheap Goodwill crock pot or two.
Used to have a couple cooking way in the garage
for removing paint from reclaimed antique door
and window hardware.

[avega2792]

Those black handles looks fantastic, I may have to dye the ones on my black kettles!

[dbhost]

How well does the dye hold up on the plastic / (Glass reinforced nylon) handles?

I REALLY hate the gray / whiteish color of the ones on my daisy wheel kettle and would LOVE to go to black on the handles.

[Jules V.]

How well does the dye hold up on the plastic / (Glass reinforced nylon) handles?

I REALLY hate the gray / whiteish color of the ones on my daisy wheel kettle and would LOVE to go to black on the handles.

It's very durable as the dye will bond to the plastic. Won't get affected with heat, steel wool, cleaning agent etc.

[qrczak1]

They look really fantastic

[XRichard23]

Well I guess I'll be dyeing my "white" handles this evening.  I think I have a blue bottle, I'll try that out on one of my blues and let you all know how it comes out


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[Jules V.]

The key here is to let it simmer for at least 2 hours.

This the product that i used. Also tried a different brand in powder form but it didn't work nearly as well.

This is a dye specifically for synthetics but unfortunately it doesn't come in black, more of a very dark grey/graphite.

[Seth1025]

I've been wanting to try this and have a few white handles reserved. The AR15 crowd had been using the liquid Rit dye for years on the FDE and tan rifle furniture and magazines.  One company Magpul even released a Sand colored line of their pmag magazines specifically to be dyed by the end user.   For the handles do you use straight rit dye or add water?  Also has anyone tried red?

https://gunmagwarehouse.com/blog/ritdye_sand_pmags/


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[Jules V.]

For the handles do you use straight rit dye or add water?  Also has anyone tried red?

I add enough water to  fully submerge the handles and also compensate for evaporation.  Keep the lid on to minimize evaporation. Never tried different colors yet.