yellowkobe
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I was scared to dye them as well lol all my friends were saying I'd mess em up. Was just really careful and did 10 minute sessions so it wouldn't be too blue. Wanted it more like the 2011 blue tint than the 2016
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DragonGalvy
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I wish you could make the dye more like a gel, just using water makes me think it will run off and go where it's not supposed to. But so far, that didn't happen to mine, I gave mine short sessions too. Anyone know how to make water + dye more gel-like so it stays where it's put until you wash it off?
yellowkobe
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I used sea glow and rit dye which is still liquid, but I'm assuming you could use sole sauce or the hair product ppl are using to ice their soles and mix it with the rit dye
cavx
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Which dye did you use?
DragonGalvy
Sr Member
it was Dylon's "china blue" colour , a powder that you mix in with hot water.
Mixed up and painted on very slowly with the shoe on a slight angle and then left for a while, then soaked up with tissues. Took a couple of treatments.
It made mine appear less yellow without turning them as blue as some I've seen here. I didn't want mine to be particularly blue, just clear. But to each his own. Maybe when the grip wears down enough I'll just replace the soles with a set from BTTFWizard. The first set I got from him are supposed to go on my display pair but I've been slack and haven't done it yet.
Mixed up and painted on very slowly with the shoe on a slight angle and then left for a while, then soaked up with tissues. Took a couple of treatments.
It made mine appear less yellow without turning them as blue as some I've seen here. I didn't want mine to be particularly blue, just clear. But to each his own. Maybe when the grip wears down enough I'll just replace the soles with a set from BTTFWizard. The first set I got from him are supposed to go on my display pair but I've been slack and haven't done it yet.
cavx
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Sounds like the stuff I used the first time round. I mixed mine into 1 litre of water. Later, when compared to the blue from the RIT dye it was still yellow and why I did both pair. I also found the powered mix left a residue on the rubber that I didn't like. The liquid RIT dye mix that I heated dried with no such residue. It did seem slightly oily for the first 24 hours or so, but now feels like normal rubber. The key difference between the two dyes in that the RIT I used is made for synthetics. The other dye was not.
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DragonGalvy
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Yes the dye which is already in liquid form sounds like it works better for this purpose. It was twice the price (or something like that) so I tried the cheapest option first. If I ever need more, I'll go with the liquid form one.
cavx
Master Member
A pack is about $8 - $10 vs $20 for the bottle of RIT. Because the RIT is mixed by RIT, no powdery bits and there is enough in the bottle to treat at least 20 pair. Even though I poured the RIT into other containers to heat it, I ended up pouring it back into the origina bottle after it cooled.
cavx
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Just remember, English is not their first language and they probably use a translator program. So whist this email makes perfect sense to me, the term "in person" may not translate well to Chinese.
DragonGalvy
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Well, imagine younwere buying them in a store where you could physically see them. If there were something not quite right, would you ask if they had another pair to look at? I would, especially for $500. I actually did that for my pair of air max 2017s at a foot locker because the display pair were a bit scuffed and had a glue mark on the bubble, and they were only $200. Don't feel guilty, you were polite about asking.
cavx
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It is a lot of money for a pair of shoes. The only return on investment here is personal satisfaction. These will not go up in value like the 2011 shoes did. They have been designed to be worn (and worn out) and enjoyed for what they are.
thatguyz
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I have been on a mission to try and lighten my yellow soles. I Bought a bottle of Seaglow and taped up my soles. I applied it and then left the shoes under a uv light for just one hour before realizing I had to go out and didn't want to leave them alone. I tried to remove the Seaglow from the soles but the seaglow will not come off. The product is still very visible under UV light. This is no the worst part. I was in a rush tapping and applying causing Seaglow to get on the fabric. This has left a permanent stain that I have scrubbed but still wont come out. Do you think dry cleaning would remove it?. Any other ideas?
cavx
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Is sea glow a clear liquid? I would have thought it was water soluable? Even though the fabric does go darker when wet, it will dry and go back to the light grey it was. The only thing that might happen is that you get a water mark. In that case, you will need to clean the whole shoe.
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cavx
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I have never used the stuff, so I really know next to nothing about it. I've done research on it to learn how it works and discovered it is a UV light reactive bleaching agent. So my concern now is, will there be lightening of the fabric in the parts where the SeaGlow has touched?
Is there anything on the instructions about clean up? Maybe you might have to run with a spirit to clean this up. If that is the case, then you run the risk of other reactions. Although I used acetone to clean all my white parts on my V2s including the elastic laces without issue.
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