My New Black Trackball (I used fabric dye) and it works! - Page 11

azboricua · Thread Author #**151** 01-14-2009, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by supafreak2000

sweet my idea worked!!! haha nice job man im gonna work on that now.
http://forums.crackberry.com/f2/dyed-trackball-70068/

your thread is probably where i read the idea from. I knew i saw this idea beind tossed around somewhere!!!!

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Originally Posted by typerda9

Has anyone had any issues with the dye rubbing off on them.. Because I'm sure if you found a supplier who would sell you the track balls at below retail price ..let's say 3 or 4 bucks a piece if you bought in bulk.. you could mass market the different colored ones and sell them on places like fleebay.. Probably make some good coin.. Let's say you sold 1k track balls w/ a profit of lets say 5 bucks each..that's 5 g's..

Nope I'm testing my red one now, going on a week, no dye rub off, as long as you keep it away from alcohol.

typerda9 · #**152** 01-14-2009, 11:34 PM

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Nope I'm testing my red one now, going on a week, no dye rub off, as long as you keep it away from alcohol.

nice..I'm going to try a blue one..

azboricua · Thread Author #**153** 01-14-2009, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by typerda9

nice..I'm going to try a blue one..

try to remember, the longer in the dye, the darker it will be.

xliderider · #**154** 01-14-2009, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by typerda9

nice..I'm going to try a blue one..

Finally a blue one... go for it.

Try to keep it light though, so the light can get through the ball. You can always go back and repeat the dye process if it's not dark enough, it's almost impossible to go back if it's too dark.

I've been rubbing on my green ball with alcohol dipped swabs and the color coming off is very minimal. The dye really gets into the plastic material, it's not just on the surface.

typerda9 · #**155** 01-14-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dvdfan2k

Finally a blue one... go for it.

Try to keep it light though, so the light can get through the ball. You can always go back and repeat the dye process if it's not dark enough, it's almost impossible to go back if it's too dark.

I've been rubbing on my green ball with alcohol dipped swabs and the color coming off is very minimal. The dye really gets into the plastic material, it's not just on the surface.

I'm going to pick up the dye tommorow.. I'll post pics when it's done..

typerda9 · #**156** 01-15-2009, 12:14 AM

Here's a color chart of all the different colors..The possibilites R endless..

CountryyLovee · #**157** 01-15-2009, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by typerda9

Here's a color chart of all the different colors..The possibilites R endless..

That's awesome!!! I'm so gonna have to try this! Thanks a lot!

xliderider · #**158** 01-15-2009, 12:28 AM

My WalMart had only about 4 colors.

Ended up going to a Ben Franklin, the RIT cost almost double what WalMart charged, but at least they had more colors available. Still, they only had about 1/3 of the colors on the chart.

GmrPnm21 · #**159** 01-15-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dvdfan2k

My WalMart had only about 4 colors.

Ended up going to a Ben Franklin, the RIT cost almost double what WalMart charged, but at least they had more colors available. Still, they only had about 1/3 of the colors on the chart.

Find a decent craft store near you! They should have a much larger variety of colors. As for the guy that mentioned buying these in bulk and selling, these things are a pain to put back together, but I have thought about it

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xliderider · #**160** 01-15-2009, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GmrPnm21

(T)hese things are a pain to put back together...

They definitely are!

My next attempt at green will be using yellow as a base with the green added to it. I think this yellow-green is what I'm after.

RedBull_81 · #**161** 01-16-2009, 02:54 PM

Once you take the assembly apart a few times its no big deal. Then again im not shy about experimenting, ha. But I took it all apart & dyed the track ball Blue, ive decided to let it "cure" for a while before i put it back in. So tomorrow when its all back together i'm gonna try to post pics. Mine turned out pretty dark tho, & i only left it in the dye for like 7 minutes. But oh well its still gonna be sweet

John Yester · #**162** 01-16-2009, 03:51 PM

So hows it holding up????

xliderider · #**163** 01-16-2009, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by yester18

So hows it holding up????

Who is this referring to?

azboricua · Thread Author #**164** 01-16-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by yester18

So hows it holding up????

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Originally Posted by dvdfan2k

Who is this referring to?

I think he is asking about the red trackball, Ill post pics when i get home, no camera right now, but the trackball is as it was from day 1, Beautiful!