[sdiy] changing colours on banana inputs

[Rude 66]

;-)

unfortunately i've just given my front panel its 10th coat of white paint..
white on white is sort of hard to see.
it would look nice and minimal though.. especially with white knobs..;-)

r./


----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Grenader" <pgrenader at mksound.com>
To: "Tony Clark" <clark at andrews.edu>; "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] changing colours on banana inputs


>
> You're in luck in that the bananas you are canaging are white, there is a
> MUCH easier way:
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> Wear colored sunglasses!
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> on 1/24/03 10:23 AM, Tony Clark at clark at andrews.edu wrote:
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> >> this may be a weird question, but is there a way to change the colour
of a
> >> banana plug input chassis? i've got a whole bunch of white ones, and
would
> >> like some to be different colours. paint will probably peel off the
plastic
> >> after a while.
> >> would there be any way of changing their colour permanently? chemical
bath?
> >> exposure to light, sound, radiation, screaming kids, or toxics? etc..
;-)
> >
> > Well it depends on the type of material, but dye-ing would be the best
> > way to pull it off.  Just take some normal clothing dye and follow
> > instructions (usually just added to boiling water).
> > This is typically how all (black) Nylon plastic parts are treated.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Tony
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