How do you ??????

I have seen many people post pictures of their discs that have been dyed on this web site.

I have met people that personally dye their discs.

I have been told how some people dye their disc and I have looked it up on the internet.

I went as far as using an acitone to clean the stamp off my Nuke and it warped the hell out of it and it never flew the same again.  I ended up using a "Sharpie" to draw a design and it looks like crap.

Apparently I have not done the process any justice, I am not good at it.

 

So to all the "ARTISTS" out there, How do you do it ???

I want to be an original out there.

Instead of saying, "I lost a yellow Nuke".  I want to say "I lost a yellow Nuke with a kick ass Mushroom cloud on it" or something like that.  I hope you get what I am saying.

 

Please help me become an "Artist"

[Kory Olko]

The Artist formally known as Daddy Dragon. What's your symbol?

[Daddy_Dragon]

This is my symbol

[Daddy_Dragon]

I apologize.  The flags represents what I am.

This is my symbol and has been my symbol since I was in Jr. high.....

[Wicked Dyes]

I use nail polish remover with acetone in it. I put it on a paper towel not directly on the disc. Then wipe off the stamp.

[Daddy_Dragon]

Acetone or acitone.  Anyway, I used the 100% acetone and placed it directly on the disc to remove the stamp.  Two bad things happened..... 

One, it didn't remove 100% of the stamp.  Is there a difference between brands or types of discs (ie Discraft versus Innova)????

Two, it warped the disc so it never flew the same again.

You put it on a paper towel.....

Do you slowily rub the disc with the acetone towel or do you put the acetone towel on the disc and let it soak.  I do not want to ruin another disc's flying ability.

[Tim]

just poor a lil acetone on the paper towel and remove a lil but at a time..add more acetone to the towel as needed its best to do this on a new disc older disc seems a lil harder to remove......and you get less chances of bleeding when you goto dye the new disc the disc. Makes sure to wash the disc after to get the acetone off the disc...just a lil dawn or whatever an some warm water.

[Wicked Dyes]

Sorry I responded via my phone.  but anyway yes you put a little on a paper towel and slowly rub the stamp off of the disc adding more acetone to the towel as needed.  I found that Lat. 64 discs are the easiest to remove the stamp followed by innova then discraft.  Discraft i think embeds the stamp a little farther than any of the others leaving little grooves for the stamp to remain in.  I have yet to figure out how to get the stamp completely out of these grooves.

 

[Eric Day]

Kinda funny, one of my first dyes was a yellow nuke with a mushroom cloud.

Anyway like others said acetone on paper towel and remove one area at a time. Silver stamps are the best to remove. Color stamps can bleed dye the disc if your not carefull, also I'll use the ink from the stamp to swirl the disc. I only ever warped a disc by over heating on the stove. Now I dye without heat so that's no issue anymore. There is a couple YouTube videos that you might look up, they will get ya started.

[Daddy_Dragon]

I have a question.  When it comes to dyeing a disc, could I use a wax pen versus cutting on special paper to make a design.  I am better at drawing then I am with messing with exact cuts for a design.  Then after applying the dye, I can just rub off the wax.

[Wicked Dyes]

I have no idea. if you try it let us know how it works

[Daddy_Dragon]

I went to the store today.

I bought the following items...............

Acetone (from the supply section versus the nail care section like I did in the past)

Contact paper

Exacto knife

tape

paper towels

Rite Dye (Black and blue)

Scissors

Foam brush

 

I had an idea.  I bought a white "Ching JuJu" for my first real attempt at dyeing.

The Household supply Acetone is difinantly better then the nail care acetone.  I did not have to rub hard with this type of acetone. 

Bad news...................

Ching engraves their discs as well as stamp them.  So even though I was able to remove the stamp, I can still see he engraving.

I am taking pictures of my process, and I'll post them up when I am completed.

[Daddy_Dragon]

The first disc that I decided to attempt Dyeing is the "Ching JuJu".  Here is a picture prior to me touching it.

 

Then

 

Here is the disc after I used real Acetone on it.  The blue ink came off with out a hitch.  And I did not warp the disc like I did with my first attempt on my favorite "Nuke".  But I notice that Ching had etched this disc.  So even though I plan to dye it, there will be an after effect on my design.

 

Now I have to find a design that I want.  Then cut it out of the contact paper.  I am having a hard time.  I have practiced cutting with an exacto knife on a design taped to contact paper and it is not as easy to do as the guys did on YouTube.  But once I have the cutting down pact, I'll dye.

I'll post when that disc is done.  Hopefully, I do not screw things up.

Sorry about taking so long but free time is something I do have a lot of.