[sdiy] changing colours on banana inputs

[Theo]

Hi Tony and Ruud,
If the material is a thermoplastic (quite likely) your connectors may not
like the boiling water idea.
Hold your favorite 33 rpm record under a hot tap to get the idea.
And while it may work with Nylon, most plastics won't take on much color
this way.
To color usually dry pigments are mixed with the plastic when forming the
granulate, that is even before the molding takes place.

The screaming kits may be a better option.
Though you have to give them special colored pencils (Dutch: vilt-stift)
from "Playmobiel" first.
"Playmobiel" brand pens are intended to work on (most) plastics.
If the surface is fat free the color last for years and the color layer is
to thin to peel off.
On PE material the bonding of the color is less effective, you can rub it
off.
However for colormarking your banana chassis connectors it should still work
ok.

BTW1) I think the "Playmobiel" pencils where actually made by "Bruinzeel".
BTW2) "Playmobiel" and "Bruinzeel" are brand names, but I am sure Ruud is
familiar with them.

Theo



From: Tony Clark <clark at andrews.edu>
To: Rude 66 <r.lekx at chello.nl>


> > 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
>