How to dye a wheel-Step by Step(pics included)

[Lil Steve]

someone please sticky this in a month there will be a thread asking how to dye wheels

Its in the scooter modding thread.

 

[JonnyJonDogg]

sick ive always wanted to die my micro metal cores

 

[jcas367]

hey thanks for putting it in the scooter modding thread, but dont you think that it would be spotted easier if it was its own sticky? i guarentee some one else will ask to to do it haha

 

[domd]

some people have said before that they buy the dye at walmart. what isle could it be found in?

CVS. Duan Reade.

pets isale in some grocery stores
if you have glue in your wheels it dies the glue too

 

[Devon Garcia]

thanks man i am going to dye some stock wheels soon =].

 

[302scooters]

Won't it like fade off though?

 

[Lil Steve]

Won't it like fade off though?

No not really.

 

[Jason Beggs]

will it ever wear off or does it make the urethane more slippery??

 

[jcas367]

nope and that question is already anwsered in the FAQ's i posted

 

[Bret Lentine]

some people have said before that they buy the dye at walmart. what isle could it be found in?

CVS. Duan Reade.

pets isale in some grocery stores
if you have glue in your wheels it dies the glue too

i get it at fry's. walmart has this shittyy dyeco or something that doesn't work at all

 

[Mattt.C]

Great tut dude. Im not sure you can get rit dye in aus tho...

Lincraft <33 $19 http://lincraft.cart.net.au/cat/2014003.html

 

[jcas367]

wow $19! its like $4 for the liquid the u.s haha

 

[DonaldM]

A couple things you should know about dying wheels:

Clean the wheel as much as you can before AND after the process.

The water should be boiled before you put the dye in.
Let the water simmer before the wheels are put in.

Hot glue will allow you to make designs.

If you take the logo off AFTER you dye, the original color will be there (sometimes) So, take the logo off before you do it.

If you are trying for a certain color, and not black, use a white wheel. Make sure you check on it very frequently. And NOT to leave it in for 3 or 4 hours. Say you wanted a pink wheel, you use red rit dye. if you leave it in for to long, it will turn red.

 

[byreen]

so if i want a really nice purple like to match purple edwin animals, how long should i leave it in?

 

[zprestoe]

So sick dude,
Mad props.

 

[DonaldM]

I couldn't tell you the exact time. But it'll probably be under 10 minutes. You just need to keep looking at em.

 

[byreen]

And if its not just put it back in again?

 

[alexiorio]

And if its not just put it back in again?

You got it.

 

[scoot4life1811]

i am getting pink metal cores from c4scooters and i hate the pink will dye work on this wheel?

 

[dezbert]

It Should^^^