Has anyone ever tried dying Cubes?

[JeffreyPang911]

I have done some pretty cool dye jobs on other plastic things, and I thought it would be cool. I use acetone or hot water, and fabric dye. Has this been done before on a rubiks cube? You can mask off some pretty neat designs using whatever you want.

 

[Offblast!]

I'll take anything that doesn't wear off (like stickers)

 

[shoot1510]

Show me a picture of it.

 

[Lumej]

There was a guy on YouTube who spray-painted his cube. It looked really cool, but unfortunately he removed the video.
Anyway... I guess it would work.

 

[Deleted member 2864]

I think there was a twisty puzzle thread and a thread here a long time ago... but the tp guy actually used Sharpie (yes, I mean the markers) by breaking the cartridge and pouring the ink...

 

[Vulosity]

I think there was a twisty puzzle thread and a thread here a long time ago... but the tp guy actually used Sharpie (yes, I mean the markers) by breaking the cartridge and pouring the ink...

The guy colored his white V7 because he wanted a black V7 (this was before black v-cubes were out).

 

[Gparker]

this guy colored his white plastic with sharpie, but only on one side

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76fXDHGw1Y

you can find out by reading the comments

 

[IamWEB]

I love how the shortened version of the title (seen from the Forum Index) says
"Has anyone ever tried dying..." =P

If an extremely successful way of painting or dying cubes catches on, do you think it will become very popular?

 

[ThatGuy]

I though it was a new cube at first from the title...and then I realized you meant dyeing. Lql. I wouldn't have know it was spelled that way either.

 

[DavidWoner]

If an extremely successful way of painting or dying cubes catches on, do you think it will become very popular?

No, because they would not be competition legal. (regulation 3e)

 

[SlapShot]

I've seen some really cool Yo-Yo's that were dyed using Acetone, but I think it might not work with cubes because of the thinness of the plastic. The Acetone causes the plastic to partially melt, therefore inserting the dye into the plastic.

 

[JeffreyPang911]

The body used to be white.

I left it in a little long, so the colours are more intense. If I used a cube, I would probably try to make it quick as possible. The thing about cubes, Id be scared to warp the cube since they are so thin, as mentioned above.

 

[panyan]

not work because of the thinness of the plastic. Acetone causes the plastic to partially melt, therefore inserting the dye into the plastic.

although this is true, the dye only penetrates into the first few tens of layers of atoms, which the thickness of the cubie would be able to accomodate