Looking for a buggy project

[squeeforever]

Brian, I think dye will work well with the plastic pieces. Try it on a scrap piece....

[BrianG]

Thanks Meat. I'll be waiting a while before purchasing the motor/ESC/batts, so I can take my time to do other stuff right. Still tough with a hacksaw, dremel, and files to work with.

Well, it's kinda like that dense cutting board material you'd find in places like Subway where they make the sandwiches. Sorta translucent at the edges, like it's made of slightly watered down (or skim) milk. It's a little difficult to work with. It's cuts sort of OK, but cleaning up the edges in a PITA. Will dye work on that kind of material? I know, that explanation was not very exact, eh?

[jhautz]

From what you described, that material sounds like its probably acetel (also called delrin). That plastic is not hydroscopic (does not absorb water) so dye will not work very well on it. Most of the plastic parts on a rc that you would typically dye are made of nylon. Nylon is very hydroscopic and dyes very easily.

Anyway. Really sweet conversion. Very clean.

What are those battery straps made out of? Where did you get it? I have been looking for something like that to use instead of gmaxx straps. It looks almost like seatbelt material. That looks like it will hold up much better than the material the gmaxx straps are made from.

[Hydrodancer]

I used to work for a machine shop that made alot of plastic parts and it looks like nylon or Polypropylene to me. Polypro kinda looks like it is made out of compressed "flakes" and their might be a few discolored flakes in them. Its a pain to cut and if you want to get the burrs off you need to use a BRAND NEW razor blade. If you figure out what it is you can find out if it is dieable. OR, just try it.