[crewchief]

I had an idea about the 414 pads that people use with their Grado's and was wondering if anybody has tried this. Personally I hate, and I do mean hate, the color yellow. So naturally I have not even given it a thought to try the 414 pads as they look hideous IMO on Grado's. Anyways so the thought that I had was if anybody has tried or what you all think about using Rit Dye to dye them black or something. You can pick up the stuff for a couple of bucks at Walmart or similar, but I have no 414 pads to experiment on. Does anybody want to be the guinea pig?!!!

Crew

 

[azncookiecutter]

Actually, tons of people have dyed their pads black. It mostly works, except when it starts flaking off, leaving your ears full of black powder. Personally, I like the retro yellow colours, gives it a bit of personality.

 

[Aura]

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Originally Posted by azncookiecutter /img/forum/go_quote.gif Actually, tons of people have dyed their pads black. It mostly works, except when it starts flaking off, leaving your ears full of black powder. Personally, I like the retro yellow colours, gives it a bit of personality.

I wonder is using a different brand of dye would prevent flaking (or possibly there are higher quality dyes?).

I'll be dying mine either red or black relatively soon, but I'd like it to be a permanent solution.

 

[intoflatlines]

Is there maybe some black rubber coating/paint that could work with the pads?

 

[Punnisher]

If anyone has suggestions I'm up for it. I just got 3 pairs in the mail.

 

[crewchief]

I wonder if you use blue will you get green? That would be sweet to have some dank ass cans.

 

[omg]

i was reading the ms1 appreciation thread and someone died their yellow 414 pads black with RIT dye.. i guess they looked black in the pic but he said in person they're kind of a darkish brown

 

[kugino]

this is a tried and true "mod" for the hd414 pads that will get you some black pads...search in the headphones section for "rit dye" (or "414") and you should get a bunch of results.

 

[htbyron]

Yep -- I did mine a couple of years ago, and I have had no flaking problems, although the dye has faded in some spots to a dark brown. The key is to rinse thoroughly and many, many times. Even with the fading, I think it looks tons better than the Senn yellow.