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Old 04-10-2002 | 06:50 PM
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Can anyone recommend the best way to smoke canopies? I tried to smoke the canopy for my 4*60 with DieRite. Used per instructions and left it in for over a week. But to my dismay, the canopy was only a light, light smoke. Could barely tell....

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Old 04-10-2002 | 08:03 PM
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SIG makes their canopies out of a different material then other manufacturers and I have also tried to tint them, no luck. The material just won't take the dye.
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OK, so SIG won't take the die. How about Great Planes or just any other manu. If you know of another option or application that would work it would really help. I guess I could always paint the canopy black from the inside.
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We used a Lexan paint to tint the windows on my sons r/c car. It was translucent, and worked well. Dark enough to look like tint, but you could still see though it. Loren
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Default Sig canopies...

Will take dye..at least this one did..



It is Rit #13 Purple, heat the water to maybe 110F, and soak for a few hours, heating the water ever so often.

I used 2 packets of dye and some salt in an aluminum turkey pan, Wash the canopy good with dish soap first and rinse all the soap off.

That's how I did this one, anyway.

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