My grandaughter wanted red magazines to go with her other red accessories on her 10/22. I'll admit that I instigated a little as I saw this originally posted on another forum and was intrigued. The process seemed pretty simple so I thought I'd try it.
We purchased some Rit DyeMore synthetic liquid dye in Racing Red from Walmart, disassembled 4 of the Ruger clear magazines, cleaned the parts first with dishwashing soap and a toothbrush, then with alcohol. Using a stainless pot on the stove I mixed about a third of the bottle with a quart of water (enough to cover the mag parts completely). I brought the water/dye mix to a boil, inserted the magazine parts and left them at a simmer for about 8 minutes while stirring constantly. Results are below. The other grandkids then wanted their own so we've tried different colors with mixed results. Red and blue worked great but purple and green came out a little dark. I'll try the purple and green again but next time won't leave in the dye so long.
We purchased some Rit DyeMore synthetic liquid dye in Racing Red from Walmart, disassembled 4 of the Ruger clear magazines, cleaned the parts first with dishwashing soap and a toothbrush, then with alcohol. Using a stainless pot on the stove I mixed about a third of the bottle with a quart of water (enough to cover the mag parts completely). I brought the water/dye mix to a boil, inserted the magazine parts and left them at a simmer for about 8 minutes while stirring constantly. Results are below. The other grandkids then wanted their own so we've tried different colors with mixed results. Red and blue worked great but purple and green came out a little dark. I'll try the purple and green again but next time won't leave in the dye so long.
good times!!!
