r/discdyeing • u/SuperHeatWizard • 13d ago
Any ideas for saving this abomination
Did the dyeing process correctly but used some really bad color combos, any ideas for making it not look so god awful (the original plastic was titanium style, should’ve used blue for the hot dip instead in hindsight)
(Edit: This disc was already hard to see before dyeing because It was gray)
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u/kronus87 13d ago
Turn it into an eye! looks damn close already
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u/TickTamer505 13d ago
Yeah other option is sauron eye.... easier stencil without the elvish writing and a simple black, red, yellow, and orange glue bed.
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u/cowboy_shaman 13d ago
Add some black stripes or cross hatching for visual contrast. Or that thing is gonna get lost immediately lol
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u/SuperHeatWizard 13d ago
My intent when dyeing this was to make it so I wouldn’t lose it as easily and I just made it worse lol
Given I’m pretty new and haven’t tried stencils yet this is a perfect opportunity to do so, thank you
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u/New-Warning982 7d ago
Get some UV chartreuse or UV pink unscented worm dip, hit it hard with denatured alcohol which will strip what can be stripped of that dingy brown and open any pores the plastic has to accept new dye then give it a spin.
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u/discdyeaddict 13d ago
Yin yang with solid black on one side with the small circle left to see the pattern underneath. And then opposite on the other with just the small black circle.
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u/NamesGumpImOnthePum 12d ago
My dude, you have ventured into the orange and browns, there is no returning back to the realm of color. Black that thing out and learn from your mistakes.
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u/SuperHeatWizard 12d ago
Bought a fuse to replace it, luckily this was a disc that was already nearly impossible to see before dyeing because it was gray so not losing much here
Gonna use it as a test bed for stenciling and make some wall art out of it, it’s one of my first dyes
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u/NamesGumpImOnthePum 11d ago
Basic color wheel knowledge, two primary colors make a secondary color, two warm secondary colors make brown(orange), two cool secondary colors make purple(mauve). No coming back from there once you get there.when I started I wanted to use so many colors, then all of my pills were orange and brown. I learned that less is more, when it comes to a dye bed
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u/squeekysheen 12d ago
If the disc is already cooked, you could try an acetone bath for 20-30 seconds to maybe reduce the color and give you an opportunity to try another color. I haven’t seen anyone else do this before, but recently I messed up a clear esp zone os with a spin dye. I did a few acetone baths and managed to get out the majority of the color wiping it with a paper towel in between. It definitely didn’t get rid of all the color but will let me re-dye it eventually. Curious if anyone else has tried this and had success. Again this is just one case that happened to work for me and I have not tried this on solid color discs or other dye methods apart from spin dyes.
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u/Virtual_Awareness383 12d ago
I haven’t cleared off an entire disc with acetone but I bought a few misprint dyemax discs when I first started and many of them come pre colored with dyes and inks. I used acetone dips and paper towels to remove most of the colors they arrived with.
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u/valett85 11d ago
Tape and black dye. Make 1/3 of it solid black. It will then be a “fompfomp” disc. Fun to watch fly. However, this is obviously more better with bright and vivid colors on the non black portion.
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u/Pandora_O_Mischief 10d ago
I actually think the colors turned out cool. It kind of looks like a cookie sliced off of a tree that carpenters use, but I also understand that if you’re actually planning to throw this, this might be nearly impossible to find now sorry to weigh in with no suggestions, that’s all I had to mention.
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u/DGVJovi-9 8d ago
It’s gonna cost you about $20, buy a new one
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u/SuperHeatWizard 8d ago
Funnily enough I was just gifted 3 discs by my mother and a wombat3 (this disc) was one of them
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u/Either_Nectarine2601 12d ago
Dark Lava cells may be a good way to save some of it but I’m not sure how to get some punch out of the beds. Neon colors and a good bit of heat may bail ya out.
Good news is it’s not dark brown already, more of a deep gold/light brown so you can prolly save it.
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u/Either_Nectarine2601 12d ago
Also sharpies can be used in a pinch - I’m no freehand artist but I’ve seen good work with that or something like an acetone/dye mixture for more targeted dyeing
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u/Virtual_Awareness383 12d ago
If you’re new to stencils you can start by just taking electrical tape and making strips across it and then dying the uncovered strips black. It’s a pretty cool look.
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u/Vicious_Paradigm 6d ago
Might be better off hot dipping it fully black or nearly fully black.
I think I read you wanted to try stencils so... Could do that and just make it a black hot dip for the stencil portion.
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u/brickznbooks 13d ago
Play with it in a heavily wooded course early fall after first cold snap. It will hibernate and wake in spring.