Anyone know where i can get one of these...

[fault151]

I need one in blue

I know Qables sells them but they are blacj n white. Tried searching ebay but no luck. Im after a light blue colour.

Thank you.

 

[fault151]

Anyone? I really could do with getting hold of one.

 

[ronnielee54]

I don't know man. Can't see what you are looking for. Might need to fix your link.

EDIT: Opps my bad, should have waited longer

 

[warrior05]

There is the option of painting one. I have had excellent results with Krylon's Fusion paint which is specifically formulated to bond to plastic. I used it on my Dark Knight project (restoration project on a pair of K701s and painted them black) which was a year ago or so and they still are holding up fine with no signs of wear.

 

[ronnielee54]

Might be possible to get a white one, paint it blue, and then clear coat it. Would probably be best to go to hobby store and get the cans of spray paint that is used to paint plastic model cars (Testors I think).

 

[fault151]

yeh i was thinking that, i just dont want it to peel at all. I want to be able to carry the wire and headphones about with me. Might get a bit worn.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Get the white one and spray it with blue vinyl dye. You can get vinyl dye at auto upholstery shops. Unlike paint, the dye will sink into the plastic and never flake or peel.

 

[fault151]

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Originally Posted by Uncle Erik /img/forum/go_quote.gif Get the white one and spray it with blue vinyl dye. You can get vinyl dye at auto upholstery shops. Unlike paint, the dye will sink into the plastic and never flake or peel.

will it leave a completely smooth blended finish?

 

[stevenkelby]

I've done it using RIT DYE, works perfect. No pics sorry.

Royal blue looks nice.

Buy the RIT powder, boil it in some water, drop the thing in and turn off the heat. Leave till it cools and bingo bango, blue piece. Color will not come out/off.

This is the one:

RIT: Powders

 

[Uncle Erik]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fault151 /img/forum/go_quote.gif will it leave a completely smooth blended finish?

Yes, dye sinks into the plastic itself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevenkelby /img/forum/go_quote.gif I've done it using RIT DYE, works perfect. No pics sorry. Royal blue looks nice. Buy the RIT powder, boil it in some water, drop the thing in and turn off the heat. Leave till it cools and bingo bango, blue piece. Color will not come out/off. This is the one: RIT: Powders

This works fine, too. There are a couple more steps, but you can even use this to color aluminum if you DIY anodizing. Cool, huh?

 

[hoosterw]

Well actually you will not find these anywhere else.

They were designed and build specially for Qables.

I could do blue (as for nearly any other color) but it would need to be a couple of hundred minimum batch. The machine start up costs are a couple of 100$ and you have a couple of hundred pieces spilled before it is all set up properly.

Best options is paint or shrink fits.

Rgds