Dying caucasian Mego heads-anyone try it?

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

You MIGHT have some luck with automotive interior vinyl paint. It'll still suffer from a chromatic reaction.... that is, mixing with the colour of the flesh.... but it's a stronger pigment and will at least partially cover the original. You might be able to use white as a base. It'll bleed into whatever you put over it, even dry.... but if you're using iot for a solid colour that might not be a big deal.

Don C.

[shellhead]

Your right rche, the Rit isn't UV stable in the long run.
It doesn't "soak in" over time, because the dye is carried in a water medium. The vinyl is water resistant, but has a tiny bit of surface porousity, so it takes the color on the surface only.
The RIT will fade over time, usualy not completely, but it will lighten in color.

Type Two, Navy blue is a tough one, because it can be difficult to tell appart from black at times. If you dyed a Spock head that still had the fleshtone intact, that would make it purplish black, like what you wound up with.

One thing I want to try, though it is very dangerous ( chemicaly speaking, so don't try this at home,)
is to try to pull color out of a vinyl head with a concentrated peroxide based bleach.
If the vinyl could be lightened sufficiently, it might take cooler range colors.
There are plenty of dangers with this type of bleach, as it is super caustic, like an acid. I also don't know what ( if any) reactions could occur chemicaly between the vinyl and peroxide.
So let me try this out with plenty of safety equipment and we'll see what happens.

[Boywonder0]

Wow! Thanks for the lessons, Shellhead! See you at Disney! Going there the end of July!