RIT Dye on Civivi Baklash and Color Interactions

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New here, sorry if this is in the wrong place! I'm getting a Civivi Baklash once it comes back in stock, and I've been thinking about specifically the tan (pictures below) and then using RIT Dye to dye the scales a light/medium gray. I've seen a bunch of instances where people use a certain dye and it doesn't come out as what they anticipate, such as LuvThemKnives on YouTube who dyed the tan G10 on his Civivi Statera with navy blue dye and it came out purple. Usually, you wouldn't expect tan and navy dye to react and make purple, and because of that I'm not sure what color dye I'd use on the darker tan G10 of the Baklash to achieve the light/medium gray I'm looking for. So, has anybody tried to achieve a similar color shift, and what color did you use? Any help with RIT Dye is appreciated!

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I have only dyed black over od green and it worked perfect. I suggest using the powder as I had no luck with the liquid.
 
007Airman said:
I have only dyed black over od green and it worked perfect. I suggest using the powder as I had no luck with the liquid.
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Thanks for the tip, but I'm confused because on the RIT website they say they're exactly the same but that the liquid is more concentrated. They might not be considering G10/FRN dying because it is a special use case though.
 
I only know what I tried and the liquid didn't work at all. Maybe others have had better luck. The powder set the color perfectly. I used a little vinegar with both as suggested in online instructionals.
 
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A useful rule of thumb for RIT dyeing scales is that you cannot go lighter in color. Ever. Period. If you want lighter colored scales, your best bet is to buy a new pair that are already the color. If you are okay with making things darker, then continue on. A quick search of the forums here will yield numerous dyeing threads with tons of information. What I have noticed for myself is that using the powder is more effective than using the dye. Water that is hot will not dye worth a damn, when they say use boiling water they mean it--and the vinegar helps. You don't need to use a gallon of water for a couple of knife scales, I use less water in the pot; basically, just enough to fully cover the scales that I rest on a little wire jig that keeps them from sitting on the bottom of the pot. The concentration of the dye is more important than the amount of solution you have boiling over the scales. Check occasionally to see how the color is developing if you feel like you might want to stop the process, because you can't take the process backwards.

And dispose of the used dye carefully, because if you get that gunk on your wife's custom tile there is going to be a reckoning that involves lots of elbow grease and cleaning products.
 
BitingSarcasm said:
A useful rule of thumb for RIT dyeing scales is that you cannot go lighter in color. Ever. Period. If you want lighter colored scales, your best bet is to buy a new pair that are already the color. If you are okay with making things darker, then continue on. A quick search of the forums here will yield numerous dyeing threads with tons of information. What I have noticed for myself is that using the powder is more effective than using the dye. Water that is hot will not dye worth a damn, when they say use boiling water they mean it--and the vinegar helps. You don't need to use a gallon of water for a couple of knife scales, I use less water in the pot; basically, just enough to fully cover the scales that I rest on a little wire jig that keeps them from sitting on the bottom of the pot. The concentration of the dye is more important than the amount of solution you have boiling over the scales. Check occasionally to see how the color is developing if you feel like you might want to stop the process, because you can't take the process backwards.

And dispose of the used dye carefully, because if you get that gunk on your wife's custom tile there is going to be a reckoning that involves lots of elbow grease and cleaning products.
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Thanks for the info, I've searched around about the actual process already and I know what to do, but my main worry is what the right color to use is to get a medium gray. I'm worried that if I use a gray, the warmness from the tan will show through, and that if I use a light blue, it wouldnt even be gray and just go straight to blue. The knife is too new for aftermarket scales to be available and I'd feel silly having to buy a new knife if I mess the scales up.
 
tsmax said:
Thanks for the info, I've searched around about the actual process already and I know what to do, but my main worry is what the right color to use is to get a medium gray. I'm worried that if I use a gray, the warmness from the tan will show through, and that if I use a light blue, it wouldnt even be gray and just go straight to blue. The knife is too new for aftermarket scales to be available and I'd feel silly having to buy a new knife if I mess the scales up.
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The color develops slowly enough that if you check it at frequent intervals you can kind of guess where it's going. RIT powder is cheap enough I would get the gray and give it a go, and if it wasn't enough either start over with a light blue or add some blue to your gray. It's more of an art than science, but making your own color batch might get you exactly where you want to be.
 
That g10 is dark. Light grey will not be achievable. Maybe a very dark grey with a good soak time.
 
115Italian said:
That g10 is dark. Light grey will not be achievable. Maybe a very dark grey with a good soak time.
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Do you think I should just go for black then? If all I can get is a really dark grey thats close to black, I'm not sure if it's worth the effort to dye it in the first place.
 
tsmax said:
Do you think I should just go for black then? If all I can get is a really dark grey thats close to black, I'm not sure if it's worth the effort to dye it in the first place.
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For sure black is the easiest, that's what I did with my old Dpx heat. From od to Black was easy.
 
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I dyed this knife with brown rit powder. This was the results...
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I had to keep it soaking just to cover the tan. Finally when I got the color covered it was way darker than I expected. And it wasn’t a clean brown color. T tsmax
 
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