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Other: Dy job fading, why? *PIC*
By:Kudzu
Date: 4/10/2010, 9:15 am

Launched a new boat 3 weeks ago. Dyed this one turquoise just like the VARDO. Same dye and same technique. Heated the dye on the skin with an iron and a heat gun in a few hard to iron places Applied Dura-tuff over it. First time I have used Dura-Tuff to seal the skin. By the time I got to the water it looked like this.

Two weeks latter there is only a hint of the color left. The boat has faded till it is now an extremely pale blue. The color has all but faded out and I have no idea why? Anyone seen anything like this before? Could the Dura-Tuff somehow be the culprit?

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Other: Dy job fading, why? *PIC*
Kudzu -- 4/10/2010, 9:15 am
Re: Other: Dy job fading, why?
Mike Bielski -- 4/10/2010, 11:13 am
Re: Other: Dy job fading, why?
Kudzu -- 4/10/2010, 11:24 am
Re: Other: Dy job fading, why?
Dave Gentry -- 4/10/2010, 10:23 am
Re: Other: Dy job fading, why?
Kudzu -- 4/10/2010, 11:25 am