I was hoping that someone would have a little advanced advice on using vinal dye for coating plastic, and if anyone has found a body filler that takes this dye well. I'm looking to patch a few holes in a case front that I'm going to be using as a case/network closet (i.e. putting my router / cable modem / vonage box in as well as a low powered but high capacity red-hat server and a few other goodies that will turn this into my home digital furnace). anyway, I digress, I don't want to do the n00b thing and just use bondo or iceing to fill the areas that are going away, unless these materials take the dye well... but at the same time I'm doing some etching / carving that will definatly respond well (when finished) to the dyeing process... someone fill me in? Thanxxx

Quote: Originally Posted by Slavedheart I was hoping that someone would have a little advanced advice on using vinal dye for coating plastic, and if anyone has found a body filler that takes this dye well. I'm looking to patch a few holes in a case front that I'm going to be using as a case/network closet (i.e. putting my router / cable modem / vonage box in as well as a low powered but high capacity red-hat server and a few other goodies that will turn this into my home digital furnace). anyway, I digress, I don't want to do the n00b thing and just use bondo or iceing to fill the areas that are going away, unless these materials take the dye well... but at the same time I'm doing some etching / carving that will definatly respond well (when finished) to the dyeing process... someone fill me in? Thanxxx

Skip the dye and just use paint, not really any other option in your situation. Polyester filler will accept dye, but it will look different than the surrounding plastic.In other words it will probably look like crap. Just use paint.

Hummm... might have to can some of the idea's then... I'm kinda bent on using the dye, if just for the fact that it's my first large scale project that would involve it. Besides, the idea of not sanding and preping the plastic made this quite attractive an option, I was hoping to use it in the future for more intracate mods... also, the etching I plan on doing will gather and drool in the corners if painted... hummm... might have to consider not filling the holes in... anyway, thanxxx for the info

To add to lunamods post, there is an excellent guide in the guides section on how to paint plastic (including filling, etc, etc).

Quote: Originally Posted by Kr!msoN To add to lunamods post, there is an excellent guide in the guides section on how to paint plastic (including filling, etc, etc).

Yup, thanxxx man, seen it long time ago... didn't want to paint, wanted to dye... but you're right, it is an excellent guide, and have used the advice in it quite a bit....