How to EASILY Create a Lotion & Dye Mixture Under 3 Mins (Plus How to Create an Acetone Mixture)

Are you unsure of where to start to create a lotion and dye mixture, or acetone and dye mixture for dyeing a disc? Well, it’s much easier than you think, and I’ll show you step by step how I make mine!

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Dyeing Mixing Recipes

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Supplies (Amazon Affiliate Links)

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0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Supplies
0:46 - Mixture Ratios
1:00 - Lotion Mixture
3:26 - Acetone Mixture
5:15 - Outro

[MattiaColombari]

Thank you for this tutorial!! One question : Some prochem colors do not dissolve well in water and acetone... Remains powder sediment... Is this normal?

[nickgrady]

I purchased some glass jars I found on Amazon, but when I shake them up to help dissolve the mixture a bit more after acetone is added it ate the crud out of the plastic lid. Are these glass bottles with droppers better to avoid that? Don’t want to have to worry about not getting acetone on the lids when moving the container around so these could be the answer I’m looking for.

Love your videos and content, thank you so much for all you are doing for the newbies out here trying to get into this hobby!

[marktxm]

Thanks for the info! I just started dyeing. I’m doing a multi color job of the Houston Astros logo. I dyed the blue part using a hot dip. It came out perfect! Next, I removed the star part of stencil which is orange.

It’s not holding. I tried lotion over night.

denatured alcohol wont hold.

Any idea on the problem or to resolve?

[oskarh]

Great video! One question: How much is 2 oz aceton in milliliter?

[roosterrr]

Why Cocoa butter lotion? Why not just regular lotion?

[avocadobaseball]

2 questions for you...
1. Does aloe vera lotion work fine?
2. Can iDye be subbed for pro chem?
I wanted to do a full color disc and heard this was the best way but I don't know proper mixing. Thanks!

[EveretteMP]

Nice, simple to understand video! I haven't seen anyone recommend the lab mixer before; that looks like it would make super thorough mixes!

Question: For the lotion mixture, you said you were putting 1 tbsp dye and 2 tbsp water in the 4oz bottle, but you only show yourself adding 1 tsp of dye (2 half tsp measures). I thought you might have edited out adding the other 4 half tsp of dye because it would be very repetitive, but your dyeing mixture recipes link shows 1/2 tsp dye and 1 tsp water to 2oz lotion, so that would seem to translate into 1 tsp dye and 2 tsp water to 4oz lotion. Did you mean to say teaspoons in the video instead of tablespoons?

[torvaga]

Maybe add a line at the bottom of your cheat sheet of metric units? :) (Aprox: 2oz = 60mL 16oz = 0, 5L) close enough for a round number. Thanks for some great videos!

[thedon]

Why use water with the acetone mixture? I just been doing the acetone.