/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10021835

Kicking things off with a personal problem:

I'm trying to dye some visor material (clear PETG plastic) dark using idye poly. I'm using the same method as a youtube tutorial about the same, and as far as I can tell I am following their instructions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGUf1VpvICI

But my dye is way, waaaaaaay too intense and comes out really uneven and splotchy. Pic related. In the video they leave the material in the solution for seven minutes before rinsing and repeating, but my first test piece that I dunked for 10 seconds came out solid goddamn black like it was a piece of cardboard, no light getting through it at all.

The pic related happened after I tried dumping out half the solution and dilluting it with more water to try and salvage the batch. Despite boiling the newly added water and stirring and letting things cool again, I just end up with all of these instantaneous black spots all over it rather than the dye being applied at all evenly, all after a 5 second dunk.

What the hell is going on, and how do I dye this plastic so its makes a usable visor? If I wanted it to look like I just lightly spray-painted it, I could have done that without ruining an old pot.