I'm planning a project that uses Armada Unicron as a base. I need to make pretty much the entire body red, but I'm crap at painting, so I thought it might be possible to dye the orange plastic red. I've looked over a few tutorials on dyeing plastic, but if anyone could tell me if it's possible to dye orange plastic red, I'd appreciate it.

 

Should be doable - the colours match. Find some liquid RIT dye - maybe the wine colour.
Just be careful to follow all the tutorial recommendations so that you don't warp or weaken the plastic!

 

It is VERY difficult on the plastic transformers are made of. You absolute best bet is to disassemble the whole thing and spray paint it. There is no substitute for proper prep work as well.

 

Agreed.

Dye will take differently to different types of plastic, and Unicron is made up of dozens of types of plastic. I'd bet that some parts would end up nearly black and some not take dye at all. And even disassembled, that's a lot of dye to submerge Unicron in.

Also I've found that RIT dye is not working as well on plastic as it once did. I don't know if it is the plastic or the dye, but it is more trouble than it's worth.

 

Hmmm...given the size and different plastics used in that mold, then perhaps dye is indeed NOT the way to go.
Disassemble, sand, undercoat and spraypaint!

 

 

Both excellent responses here!

 

I agree with you here... But for the dye I have noticed that the liqued seems to have changed and doesnt work as well... I statred useing the powder, and it still works very well... I dye a lot of my customs so, I have tried many bottles of the liqued dye and have been running into problems... Once I switched to the powder havent had any problems...

 

Thanks for all the responses. Looks like I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and spray paint this beast.