Rit dye on G-10

[shotgunner11]

Yup, against my better judgement I tried to dye the brown/tan G-10 scale on my newly aquired ZT-0302 black using Rit dye.

Well it worked much, much, much better than I had expected.

The scale is now a rich, deep black. Frankly, I think it's a nicer black than standard black G-10.

Whole pack of Rit, about a quart of water brought to a rolling boil, added the degreased handle scale, stirred for about 5 minutes and it was beautiful.

It's been the better part of a week of daily carry and no signs of fading or black coming off the scale onto clothing or hands.

The urban legend turns out true. I don't understand how it worked but it did.

 

[Brutus013]

Any pics?

 

[rycen]

Man I wish you posted the a week agnly reason I traded mine was I wasnt digging the tan with the tiger stripe.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Logically, I don't see how it could work-but years ago people were using Rit dye on their plastic Keltec pistol frames, so it must work.

 

[shotgunner11]

I do have after pics but frankly, I didn't anticipate it working so I didn't take any before or during pics.

It really makes no sense how it works but it does.

I'll post some pics tonight, I'm posting right now from my crackberry.

 

[kc custom]

Has anyone wieghed a before and after scale slab on a powder scale to see if there
is any difference in the weight ? Like after a day or so of dry time.
Ken.

 

[thebrain]

Pics or it didn`t happen

 

[Gavin S.]

Bump to remind OP that he said he would post pics.

 

[str8flexed]

Sounds great. Now you can make all sorts of colors (although darker)

 

[Gavin S.]

OK, I decided to try this out and here are the results. Looks great, IMO. Here's my previously tan ZT 302 scale after the RIT dip. Thanks for the tip shotgunner.

 

[vic2367]

looks good

 

[shotgunner11]

Crap, forgot to post pics. Glad someone else tried it though.

That's pretty much what mine looked like.

Looks good!

 

[Gavin S.]

It really does look great. It is a little darker to the eye than my picture shows and it matches up pretty well with the Ti side of the knife.

 

[loonybin]

so here's a question in the opposite direction: Can you take colored RIT dye and turn your black G10 a different color (dark blue/red/green), or is the black G10 too dark to do anything with?

 

[houtex]

Can you bleach it first,then dye it???????????

 

[65535]

I'm surprised it took to the die, I would be interested to see someone die a small slab (scrap) or G10 then cut it in half to check penetration.

I'm not sure about bleaching G10. Not sure I would risk it on something I cared about.

This is impressive and is good news to anyone that can't find a knife they like in a color they want.