The perfect way to color buttons

xnappo · Post by **xnappo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:10 pm

Hi All,

We had a lot of discussion going back in this thread:
https://www.hifi-remote.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8856

regarding coloring buttons on remote - particularly the 8910/9910.

I think I happened upon the perfect solution for this - lure dye. Strange but true. Just brush this stuff on a button and 10 minutes later you have a colored button that looks like it came that way from the factory! Note that I highly suggest taking the remote apart to do this and taking the rubber buttons out to get even coverage and avoid staining the remote. This stuff soaks INTO the rubber - it aint going anywhere.

Here is the product:
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... 0_100-11-1

And the result! :

Of course now I have enough dye to do about 10000 remotes.. But it was cheap enough

Enjoy fellow OCD remote aficionados.

xnappo

Evan_s · Post by **Evan_s** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:28 pm

The green is a little funny looking but it definitely looks like it stained the buttons well. The label is still easily readable too.

xnappo · Post by **xnappo** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:54 pm

Evan_s wrote:The green is a little funny looking but it definitely looks like it stained the buttons well. The label is still easily readable too.

Yep. If anyone else does this - you might consider getting the other green color - pumpkinseed vs. june bug which is what I got.

xnappo

underquark · Post by **underquark** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:17 am

And for Atlantic salmon, which breaking strain line do you suggest with the 8910 colored hot pink?

xnappo · Post by **xnappo** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:38 am

Turns out the bad green was due to not cleaning my brush well enough.

I used cue tips on my subsequent remotes and it looks a lot better (not to mention less mess)

xnappo

underquark · Post by **underquark** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:51 am

Neat job. Note for anyone coloring their remote to mirror a European model - the original order is Red, Green, Yellow, Blue.

scb147 · Post by **scb147** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:10 am

Will this stuff work on changing black buttons to blue, red, yellow, green?

xnappo · Post by **xnappo** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:21 pm

scb147 wrote:Will this stuff work on changing black buttons to blue, red, yellow, green?

No, it is just dye. If there is a clear part of the button in question - it would get dyed, but the black will stay black.

xnappo