Stealth-E Trail Riders

Alternatively, buy a set of standard plastics and put them out of sight on the top shelf.

Buy some dull military colours in that self etching plastic paint and splash it on the tatty ones.

At sale time dress up in the shiny ones and explain the benefit of the not so shiny set.

Oh yes can anyone tell me what the paint is called and where it can be purchased .......

this any good ?

http://www.patrolbase.co.uk/details2.asp/ProductID/168/krylon-olive-drab-camouflage-ultra-flat-spray-paint.htm

UK based and £6.50 a can

i have a spare scruffy set of plastics so paint or dye ?

Replace the tank with a Fuel Cell....oh bum, it all just got too expensive.

How about disguising the tank with a sheepskin. This may look suspicious though

Sticky back plastic has to be the answer. Cheap and when it starts flapping about it'll make the bike look like a tree!

whisp wrote:

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Been wondering how to do a fuel tank.

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 tank is already black as standard

probably should have watched the video before ordering the dye.................

who's got a pot and stove big enough to boil mudguards ?????????????????????

i will let you know the quantities when it arrives.

an empty 45 gallon drum as a short term trial pot ??

it has arrived !!!

There is also a sink/bucket method which involves mixing it in hot water but no heat source.

for dying fabric its 1 packet to 3 gallons.

i will provide the dye for our test run then.

how many do we need ?

whisp wrote:

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I have just had an entertaining vision -

It consists of a bonfire of wood with a decapitated  gas bottle in the middle and some people dancing anxiously around

what could possibly go wrong ?

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run out of beer halfway through ?

 

i will bring the packet for you to read on tuesday.we can discuss more then ...........

i will email them and try to get a deal on 5 more packets.

i will let you know how i get on

I had another chat with a certain non stealth YZ250 freestyle rider, who gave me the low-down on what he did.

He did three gallons in a big metal pot on the gas stove at home .

He did a trial on an old mudguard when the water was at 80c ( the min temp) and dipped it in half at a time for approx 3 minutes.
It went proper black and when gouged with a stanley knife, still looked black.

He did a fuel tank by filling it with cold water and sealing the top.
The tank now seems to hold a bit more fuel cos he didnt allow for expansion, and where he stuck the graffix on, the glue seems to have pulled the dye out of the plastic. He thinks leaving it a bit longer to actually dry might have helped.

There were a few black drips landed on the engine after the bike was left out and it rained. A period of setting then a wash would seem to make sense.

Some of the plastics that seem to contain more nylon, disc protectors, chain slider etc, do not darken as well as the big flexi plastics.

Handling the 3 gallons in his kitchen and trying not to splash or drip the dye mix onto any surfaces, was a big problem.

Yon FMX rider has just purchased another YZ250 and would like to partake in a dyeing sessions
( not to be confused with the dying they do at the Swiss clinic,  Gravitas ).

Dont know how long it would take to heat 75 litres (17 gallons) up to around 90c, probably a couple of hours to build a suitable fire and nurture it.
Then weve got to work out how best to insert and remove big and small bits of plastic into a container thats got nearly a metre deep hot black liquid and surrounded by fire.

I guess light the fire about 1pm on a Saturday, dunking from 3pm onwards ?
Churchfart, you were going to try and get a deal on 5 packs of dye, any progress ?

whisp

6 packets in my possesion

Ok, when is a good time for those interested ?

Suggest a saturday afternoon and not raining so the fire wood can be gathered without getting us wet and dirty.

Oh thats what we do anyway   .... 

easier to light the fire and more pleasant to hang around and discuss shades of black though

Hows about Sat 3rd April at Haccadown Woods ?

whisp

blimey, is it ?

Ok, what about the saturday after the easter weekend ?

Just trying to find a time that would suit enough to make it worth lighting the fire and sharing the cost of the dye.