[NonApplicable]

I wan't to dye my stock Grado bowls. I know nothing about the process and would appreciate any insight.
 
I plan to Bleach the colour out(is that even possible with black?).Then re-dye the pads to the desired colour. Will this work?

 

[NonApplicable]

Bump

 

[Mullet]

iDye or RIT dye should work. I've used iDye on those yellow Sennheiser hd414 pads and it was a mess in terms of the end results. The dye and color looked great, but it kept on bleeding and after several tries with things like sea salt I couldn't get it to set properly. I think I soaked the pads for way too long. I'm not sure what I did wrong. I ended up ruining a few things because the dye was rubbing off on to my hands and then getting onto whatever I was touching. I gave up and decided I'm better at soldering PCBs than dyeing foam pads.

 

[NonApplicable]

Thanks for the reply. I'll try those! Does anyone know if normal household bleach will remove the black? 

 

[NonApplicable]

I've tried bleach on shoe polish foam(same material as the pads) and the foam disintegrated. Any ideas? I really am at a loss on how to bleach these babies.

 

[roBernd]

just take HD414 pads and color them, there is no need to dye them first.

 

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Yes, but the pads sound different. I am happy with how the bowls are. 

 

[Pingupenguins]

People only dye the Hd414 pads because they are yellow and ugly. There is no reason to dye the bowls, they are great as is. I've never seen stock pads dye'd and bleach is likely to turn your pads brown rather than white. When I bleached my white socks but with black tips, the black only turned brown. I've bleached my socks like 50 times now and they are a light brown still.

 

[NonApplicable]

I'm looking to dye them to match the aesthetic look I've got going. I was hoping to dye them grey but that is looking more and more unlikely =(

 

[tzjin]

I was of the same mindset as you, and did some research of dying stock Grado pads. What I found was that bleach will not work on the foam.
 
Hope you find another way. Cheers.

 

[Pingupenguins]

I honestly don't think its possible. You could always be the guinea pig though!

 

[DingoSmuggler]

I think you would have more luck making covers for the bowl pads rather than dying them.

 

[NonApplicable]

Yeah. I'm really disappointed! I've asked so many people and they either say it's not possible or they don't know.

 

[Pingupenguins]

Yeah. I'm really disappointed! I've asked so many people and they either say it's not possible or they don't know.

 
Then you have your answer don't you.

 

[NonApplicable]

Unfortunately yes