FINALLY! Florescent yellow nylon

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I’ve been chasing this idea for a long time, and thanks to @codinghorror, it finally came to fruition!

Nylon is notoriously impossible to find in fluorescent colors, and the answer is dye baby!

I haven’t gotten the process down completely, but now that I’ve done my first run I will document the next one and share it here.

Man, this opens up a whole realm of color possibilities!

Ahhhhhhhh! I’m so stoked about this!IMG_20181210_092618_924

Oh, and FYI: this string looks really fuzzy because it was the roughest string of my first run. The rest of them don’t look fuzzy like this.

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That is some amazing looking string. When i started to make string, i was thinking the same thing, you cant find bright colors. Looks like it turned out great. I cant wait to see how its done.

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Wow, that turned out nicely!

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Thank you! :heart:

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Aww yisssssss…!!! :+1:

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Looks nice! Keep us posted on how well the color holds up after some play. I would think dyed string would fade after some time right?

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Maybe, but the real question is whether or not the color would fade before the string just plain wore out. I mean, I know that nylon/poly blend lasts quite a bit longer than straight poly, but still, I wouldn’t expect a fabric dye to fade that quickly.

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Zipline dyes a lot of their string, possibly all of it. They could offer better insight but I’ve never noticed any appreciable fading in a string’s lifespan.

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They dye their nylon strings specifically because you can’t buy them in neon colors. There’s a lot more color availability for polyester.

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Yeah, this is very permanent dye. I have to rinse out all the excess before they dry, so these are not going to fade anytime before the strings are worn out and useless.

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#nofilter

These bad boys are V I S I B L E ! :radioactive::flying_saucer::green_heart:

radioactive

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See now come on, you cannot tell me plain vanilla white is better than that :heart_eyes:

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It is when paired with certain yoyos. I like white string a lot, but this is cool too

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Nice!

I’d also like to see what they would look like without the green threads. Just the neon yellow.

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Well, the original picture up at the very top of this thread is pure fluorescent yellow.

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Ah, yes, right! Duh.

I really like that pure flourescent yellow. What other flourescent colors are at your disposal? Any chance you can do neon orange?

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In time, I plan on broadening my color selection. Fluorescent orange, green, bright teal, maybe even fluorescent hot pink. But for right now, I’m working with yellow and green.

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Awesome. I love those colors!

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Look what I got in the mail today!

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Compared with a kitty fat neon yellow at the bottom there.

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