Post by singlesadact on Dec 2, 2019 14:43:04 GMT
The dye in question is Rit Dyemore, which comes in bottles of various colours. These are only my discovceries so far. First note: how to use. Heat water & a measured amount of dye in a pan (colours like Royal Purple will need less, while Kentucky Sky will need more) which you use ONLY for dyeing, ensuring there is enough to completely cover your Pony or parts. Have a container of cold water on standby, plus a jug (not for food use) & some old, cleaned out glass bottles, one for each colour to save waste. The other thing you will need is tongs (again not for food use). The water & dye mix should be just starting to simmer (you get those tiny wee bubbles on the top but it isn't yet a raging boil). When it reaches that stage, turn your heat to low to keep it there. If dyeing the whole Pony, place the separated, cleaned, de-glued Pony into the dye pan & begin gently stirring, checking your Pony every few minutes (or every minute for royal purple) until s/he is as the correct colour. Once this colour is achieved, empty all dye-water from Pony then place Pony in cooling basin. Take pan off of heat, pour dye-water into jug, then when Pony is cooled, remove from cooling basin & pour its water, or clean water, into the dye pan. Bring water (with tongs in it) to a proper boil (big bubbles & threatening to spill over the edges) by which time you've transferred your dye-water to a glass bottle & written on said bottle with a marker. Remove pan from heat, turn all heat off & pour water into jug, complete with tongs. This has rinsed the worst out of the pan & is now doing the same with the tongs & jug. Finish the rinse with hot tap water. NOT rinsing your dye pan & other items after use WILL result in dye contamination!!!
Now the pictures
Yellow dye without rinsing pan, possible green contamination therefore this (perfect for Baby Tootsie though lol)
Sapphire Blue & how it looks different on glitter Ponies as opposed to plain Ponies
My first dyeing experience with Green
Four differeent colours
More glitter versus plain, green this time
Teal, pink & red: Apoxie dyes well in all 3 colours, glue does not (wings, grafted horn, hoof tufts)
When the purple gets too intense!!! (boiling the Ponies lightened their colours a bit but you can't take it all away) Also featuring plain orange
Yellow solved (added a hint of Sandstone), also featuring glittery orange & red.
Also to note: intense dyes can leach into paint, so prepare to repaint or layer up. I had to paint Carnelian (orange dragon)'s belly several times to get it white rather than pale orange, & you can see how red Yeoman's eyes were after dyeing. I tried dyeing an Apoxie'd Pony in Royal Purple & the Apoxie dyed an ink blue & stood out!!! Meaning I have to paint said Pony instead. As pink, red & blue seem to work well though, do a combination of them for any purple you want where you have Apoxie features. If you have a go at dyeing, let me know about your experiments below
Now the pictures
Yellow dye without rinsing pan, possible green contamination therefore this (perfect for Baby Tootsie though lol)
Sapphire Blue & how it looks different on glitter Ponies as opposed to plain Ponies
My first dyeing experience with Green
Four differeent colours
More glitter versus plain, green this time
Teal, pink & red: Apoxie dyes well in all 3 colours, glue does not (wings, grafted horn, hoof tufts)
When the purple gets too intense!!! (boiling the Ponies lightened their colours a bit but you can't take it all away) Also featuring plain orange
Yellow solved (added a hint of Sandstone), also featuring glittery orange & red.
Also to note: intense dyes can leach into paint, so prepare to repaint or layer up. I had to paint Carnelian (orange dragon)'s belly several times to get it white rather than pale orange, & you can see how red Yeoman's eyes were after dyeing. I tried dyeing an Apoxie'd Pony in Royal Purple & the Apoxie dyed an ink blue & stood out!!! Meaning I have to paint said Pony instead. As pink, red & blue seem to work well though, do a combination of them for any purple you want where you have Apoxie features. If you have a go at dyeing, let me know about your experiments below
I see you have really worked at getting this write and have your technique down to a fine art 
I am very impressed and thank you for sharing 
The only dye available to me at the time was Dylon Dye (the kind in the tins). I stuck to dying hair after the splotchy pony 
I completely FAILED, not only did they dye not take, but the hair stopped glowing 
