I have tried to dye my canopy twice now with no real luck. I brought the water up to just less than boiling and put the dye in the water and left the canopy in it for a long time but when I brought it out it hardly showed any change. What am I doing wrong?

Your input would be appreciated.

Daryl[8D]

some plastics will not take a dye[&o]

Sounds like you have done the right things. Its important to clean the plastic well first. Its important to get the water hot enough to dissolve the dye if you are using the powder. I usually take it to a boil. I've heard that adding salt to the dye may help with some plastics. Heat seems to be the key for stubborn canopies. I reduce the heat until I can put in cut off test pieces of plastic without them curling. If you can keep the dye at this warm temperature it seems to work faster. If this fails you may have a plastic that is "dye proof". You can always fall back to the transparent paints the car guys use to tint the canopy. Spray multiple very light coats on the inside until you get the look you want.

I just dyed the canopy for a BTE Venture. The first time I did not get the water temp up high enough just 125 degrees. I even left it over night. It was just barely tinted the next morning. Reheated the dye up to 140 degrees and the tint came out perfectly. I guess the temp is very important.