That purple Milwaukee impact you showed used a light blue dye with the explicit intent of making it that exact shade of purple, to imitated the Japanese Makita impact driver color scheme. If you use black dye, it turns black, just like your Ryobi glue gun.
PS: Placing a pan with evaporating acetone so close to a open flame stove was maybe a bad idea.. So if you’re going to do this project, please use an electric stove to be safe.👨🔬
That purple Milwaukee impact you showed used a light blue dye with the explicit intent of making it that exact shade of purple, to imitated the Japanese Makita impact driver color scheme. If you use black dye, it turns black, just like your Ryobi glue gun.
The purple is sort of interesting on the Milwaukee. I wonder why it would do so and if it would vary among tools
because of the original color, the lighter the better dark colors cover it. red is quite dark so it shows thru partly making it "purple"
Because he used light blue dye and not black dye. That purple was intentional, he wanted an impact driver the same color as the Japanese makita one
PS: Placing a pan with evaporating acetone so close to a open flame stove was maybe a bad idea.. So if you’re going to do this project, please use an electric stove to be safe.👨🔬
Doesnt that change the plastic dimension or tolerances?
not to the point it has any effect on the parts fitting
Can this be done in bright colors? Like royal blue?
If the plastic is white, yes. Otherwise you can only stain it a darker color (the result will be a mix of the two.
That’s basically the color of dye that was used for the Milwaukee driver he showed, red + blue = purple, and thus it turned purple.
Hello. Thanks for the video. Does the dye act like painting or does the layer actually bounds with the base material ?
The dye stains it like ink would stain wood. So more like the second option you gave.
@@HandyBear I appreciate your answer. I will consider your method.
Why the acetone? Doesn't it evaporate with cooking?
It's probably bleaching for the dye already in the plastic so the black can take to it better, that's as close as I can figure at least
It’s to open up the pores of the plastic and make it take in the color better.
How long the colour last? 🥵
Unless you scrape it with a knife it will last forever.
The saturation is great, but it just doesn't look....right. Like it's kinda splotchy, not a smooth even color. That's the only problem I'm seeing.
Looks fine except for left and right of the ryobi logo. Might be scuffed from prior use and left on its side before dyeing.