Dying Topsheets

jompcock

jompcock

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I've seen people dye stuff like lacrosse heads and ski boots. Has anyone ever used dye on a ski topsheet? I'd imagine you either need to do something to protect the bases like a fat layer of wax or just get your bases resurfaced after. I'm kinda sick of my current topsheets and wanna just dye them black. I've painted topsheets before and it always seems to chip after a few days even if I use a ton of clear coat. Curious about your paint recommendations if you think dying skis is a terrible idea.
 
Test a small area between your bindings to see how it goes, worst case scenario it only gets seen when your not using them
 
Not sure anything you apply will work that well, unless it penetrates the surface, and then you may compromise the bonding of layers in the ski, inc the top sheet. Any paints etc will likely as not chip off and crack, cause the ski surface vibrates and flexes rapidly, which will cause anything on it to get stress cracked and come away, unless very carefully designed. Hell, the top sheet can come away on some skis (my 2012 Atomic Theory did this repeatedly and needed re-bonding at tip and tail) and they're designed to remain attached :-)
 
I've done boots and bindings plenty of times. the issue is at least the way I was taught to do it is you have to totally submerge whatever it is you're dying in hot water and let it sit for long enough for the dye to penetrate it. skis are obviously long so finding something that could hold both your skis and enough water would be a challenge. then there's the issue of top sheets having little to no porous material on the top, so it likely wouldn't do super well. plus there's the issue of dunking your ski underwater for 3 hours.... doesn't seem like a great recipe to me. if anything your bases, assuming they aren't black, would be more dyed than the top sheets I would think
 
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I've done boots and bindings plenty of times. the issue is at least the way I was taught to do it is you have to totally submerge whatever it is you're dying in hot water and let it sit for long enough for the dye to penetrate it. skis are obviously long so finding something that could hold both your skis and enough water would be a challenge. then there's the issue of top sheets having little to no porous material on the top, so it likely wouldn't do super well. plus there's the issue of dunking your ski underwater for 3 hours.... doesn't seem like a great recipe to me. if anything your bases, assuming they aren't black, would be more dyed than the top sheets I would think
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Yeah dude the lack of ability of anything to penetrate the top sheet is sort of what I was getting at. If you manage to find something that can do that job it would not surprise me if it either damages the top sheet or the bonding materials or other layers of the ski below.
 
You’d probably have to sand them so the dye could permeate. Then you’d have to reapply something to seal it. Just a guess
 
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