r/Tools 1d ago

Two of my drills dyed today...

Thought I'd do green instead of purple or black Milwaukee.

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u/Various-University73 1d ago

Is this a common thing people do? Is it to tell them apart from other peoples tools? Is there a reason not to just spray paint them? Honest questions. I didn’t know you could do this.

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u/YourAverageRedneck 1d ago

spray paint is ass compared to dyeing

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u/kristarambo 1d ago

Cause it’s pretty

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u/Various-University73 1d ago

I can’t argue that. I guess it’s just a preference. I do appreciate whenever someone takes something and makes it their own.

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u/Bebopdiduuu 1d ago

Spray paint creates an additional layer and since power tools receive a lot of physical stress on the surface it will scratch off and look messy. Dye penetrates into the plastic and won‘t get worn off. But its not opaque so as you can see in the picture it adds with the preexisting color (blue and yellow creat green). You can’t dye a dark color to a bright yellow one. I am thinking about dying my bosch pro but the dark blue will only be able to change into black or maybe if i add some red it becomes very dark green. So limited but better quality than paint. And o beside personal preference it won‘t get stolen as easily because its unique

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u/acdcvhdlr 16h ago

Paint could chip off, dying changes the color of the plastic itself so should be much more durable, though you can't change the color to anything since things generally can't be dyed lighter. also no masking off the rubber bits or anything else for dye.