[Spridgets] Lessons learned about vinyl dyes... just not necessarily the right ones

David Woerpel dwoerpel at wi.net
Sun Nov 23 00:05:57 MST 2008


Yup, BTDT!  And the furnace kicks in and spreads it all over the house.  
I ended up building a wooden spray booth with a bathroom vent fan 
"Tee-d" into the electric clothes dryer vent.  Just don't have it set up 
near a gas water heater.  Do wear a mask; your brain cells will thank 
you.  Wanna know how I know that?  I'm the guy going after the wind 
chill record......"which way did they go George?"

Dave

David Booker wrote:
> A few days ago, my son and I decided that since my wife was out for the
> evening, it would be a good time to dye my used tan headrests black to match
> the rest of the interior.  Rattle can said it must be between 70 and 90
> degrees ambient temp to spray successfully, so I figured the basement would be
> a good place since the garage is unheated.
>  
> We set up an area in the far corner beyond the laundry room for the work.  The
> dropcloth was carefully laid out to catch any overspray, and we set up a place
> to hold them afterward for drying.  After cleaning the vinyl and taping off of
> the parts not getting dyed, we began.  The Dupli-Color spray covered well and
> before long both headrests were newly blacked and hanging off shelves to dry. 
> The smell was a bit strong, but I didn't think much of it since all paints
> smell a bit, right?   


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