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A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Fri, Jan 31, 2014 12:21 PM About dyes and vinyl... I've been working on another project in another application where I've run into the need to dye plastic. I just ordered, and will be testing soon, some magic in a bottle to color plastics. A company called "Narad Corporation" sells petroleum dye in many colors. This stuff is to be mixed with Methyl Ethyl Ketone ("MEK") and allows you to dye PVC and other plastics, maybe even vinyl, by bonding with the chemistry of the material. This stuff is not paint but an actual dye. Everything I've read tells me that brown and green versions of the dye could also be very good to use with vinyl flooring. It comes in 1oz bottles for $11 plus shipping and is mixed at a rate of 1ml dye to 4oz MEK. I haven't tested this stuff yet, and I will soon. But hey, since you all could benefit from this, I thought I'd share this here right now ahead of my upcoming work with it. You can look this stuff up on the web, maybe it's something you'd like to try? If you don't try it, then I will definitely find some scrap vinyl and test it myself in the next few weeks and report back here and also post some photos. Ok, so re-reading that stuff above, it could really be taken for spammish "sales" email, heh......

About dyes and vinyl...

I've been working on another project in another application where I've run into the need to dye plastic. I just ordered, and will be testing soon, some magic in a bottle to color plastics. A company called "Narad Corporation" sells petroleum dye in many colors. This stuff is to be mixed with Methyl Ethyl Ketone ("MEK") and allows you to dye PVC and other plastics, maybe even vinyl, by bonding with the chemistry of the material. This stuff is not paint but an actual dye. Everything I've read tells me that brown and green versions of the dye could also be very good to use with vinyl flooring.

It comes in 1oz bottles for $11 plus shipping and is mixed at a rate of 1ml dye to 4oz MEK.

I haven't tested this stuff yet, and I will soon. But hey, since you all could benefit from this, I thought I'd share this here right now ahead of my upcoming work with it. You can look this stuff up on the web, maybe it's something you'd like to try? If you don't try it, then I will definitely find some scrap vinyl and test it myself in the next few weeks and report back here and also post some photos.

Ok, so re-reading that stuff above, it could really be taken for spammish "sales" email, heh......

Post #706367 by AceExplorer on Fri, Jan 31, 2014 12:21 PM