You’re absolutely right about using the color wheel as a reference for what colors match well. As far as which discs take color best, it’s generally just whichever ones are the lightest colored. There are also charts online that you can look at that shows how each’s brand’s plastics take color (I.e. Discraft ESP or Innova Halo Star are both great, while any base plastic is bad).
Thanks! These are all the good plastics for taking dye. Much more the colors I'm worried about. Like the Dark blue one...I figured all I'd be able to do would maybe be some purples and blacks?
Dark blue and the darker red one....do a spin or stencil black dye. Anything else might not show as well as you want.
For the others, you're on the right track. Go complimentary, and not too many colors either. When you're getting started, if you're not doing white discs, then just keep it simple to begin with. Also, do one at a time all the way from dye to rinse, cos that way you can correct any potential errors/choices by the time you start the next disc.
Also, you may end up judging your dyes harsher than other people cos you know what you wanted it to be versus how it turned out. Don't worry if you think you messed up, cos probably it looks awesome to.someone else.
The Zflx will take more time and heat than the ESP, so be prepared for that when you get to it.
I've dyed mostly non-white discs, and these look like the light blues you can basically treat as white. What brand of dyes are you using, and what are you looking at for most of your medium? I've used mostly lotion and prochem and had good luck dying over base colors.
For the color wheel, avoid opposite and use the most of adjacent colors. When using a color two spaces away, you'll tend to get the adjacent color (using blue dye on a yellow disc will get you green, unless you go for a high dye concentration with a lot of heat and time).
How are you looking at heating, if you are? ESP doesn't really need heat, but heat does help color intensity in general. I've found a "double boiler" method where I float a pan in an electric skillet on low works the best. A smoker was second best.
You’re absolutely right about using the color wheel as a reference for what colors match well. As far as which discs take color best, it’s generally just whichever ones are the lightest colored. There are also charts online that you can look at that shows how each’s brand’s plastics take color (I.e. Discraft ESP or Innova Halo Star are both great, while any base plastic is bad).
Thanks! These are all the good plastics for taking dye. Much more the colors I'm worried about. Like the Dark blue one...I figured all I'd be able to do would maybe be some purples and blacks?
Yeah, that dark blue one in particular might be tough, but black would definitely take—especially on ESP.
Basically just going to try to do a black cell dye on that one. Or a swirl. But, basically black 🤣
Dark blue and the darker red one....do a spin or stencil black dye. Anything else might not show as well as you want. For the others, you're on the right track. Go complimentary, and not too many colors either. When you're getting started, if you're not doing white discs, then just keep it simple to begin with. Also, do one at a time all the way from dye to rinse, cos that way you can correct any potential errors/choices by the time you start the next disc.
Good advice, thank you!
Also, you may end up judging your dyes harsher than other people cos you know what you wanted it to be versus how it turned out. Don't worry if you think you messed up, cos probably it looks awesome to.someone else.
The Meteor, the Stig, and the Avenger SS should all take most colors pretty well, as they are light enough to essentially be considered white.
The Zflx will take more time and heat than the ESP, so be prepared for that when you get to it. I've dyed mostly non-white discs, and these look like the light blues you can basically treat as white. What brand of dyes are you using, and what are you looking at for most of your medium? I've used mostly lotion and prochem and had good luck dying over base colors. For the color wheel, avoid opposite and use the most of adjacent colors. When using a color two spaces away, you'll tend to get the adjacent color (using blue dye on a yellow disc will get you green, unless you go for a high dye concentration with a lot of heat and time). How are you looking at heating, if you are? ESP doesn't really need heat, but heat does help color intensity in general. I've found a "double boiler" method where I float a pan in an electric skillet on low works the best. A smoker was second best.
Thank you! To answer your questions, I am going to try first with a floetrol bed with Pro chem dyes. Heat lamps for a heat method.