Dying black polymer...

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Birel99
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Dying black polymer...

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Hey F1T,

I have searched everywhere on techniques used to dye black plastic a lighter color.

Obviously you can only dye light to dark but is there a way to fade or bleach black plastic to its native color and then dye it?

I have tried letting the piece of polymer soak in hot bleach bath overnight, no effect. I have used just about every household solvent I can think but still no effect...

I have heard that UV radiation will lighten the black but also make the piece brittle, so im not going to try that.

Any ideas/suggestions?