Contact me directly either through my site on the left hand side or at lefthanddiscs@gmail.com and we can make the arrangements!
2)Is this PDGA legal?
YES! A disc dyed using these techniques gains no weight, and has not been altered in any way that would affect the disc's shape or flight. In fact, the PDGA requires the disc to be uniquely marked in some way! Check here for more information from the PDGA.
3) How long does it take?
I'm a college student currently working two jobs and doing this on the side. Every dye I do I set aside the amount of time it's going to take to make it worthy of being called a Left Hand Discs dye. All that being said I generally turn out single color stencil days in 1-2 days, multicolor stencils in 1-3 days and hand painted discs can take a week or more.
4) How much does it cost?
So far I have only done dyes for friends and local golfers, so shipping hasn't yet come up (I'll change this once I get it figured out). Price range varies by two independent factors, how complicated the stencil or design is and how many different colors it entails. The cheapest dye would be a basic stencil one color:
The most expensive dye would be either an extremely complicated stencil or hand painted with lots of colors. The price of these will depend strongly on how much time they take to do! Contact me with your design and I can tell you what it will cost. All prices and payment will be done up front, no extra charges will ever be added! (Examples of pricier dyes below)
5) What kind of disc should I provide?
I will only dye the higher end plastics (see list below). Although mid-grade plastic like Innova Pro/RPro, Discraft Elite-X and similar can be dyed, I will not dye them because of their inability to hold dye effectively. In other words, those plastics don't hold the dye well and fade very quickly. For this reason I choose not to dye them.
Dye-able Plastics
- Discraft Ti, ESP (NOT FLX), Elite-Z
- Dynamic Discs Fuzion, Lucid
- Innova Star, Starlite, Champion, Blizzard
- Latitude 64 Gold, Opto, Opto Air
- Legacy Icon, Pinnacle
- MVP Neutron, Proton (NO SOFT)
- Prodigy 400s, 400g
- Westside, Tourney, VIP, VIP Air
- these are what I have experience with, please feel free to ask about any others and I can find out!
6) What color of discs dye best?
There is no way to reverse the colors of a disc, i.e, a disc cannot be dyed a lighter color than what it started out as. Discs cannot be bleached or anything of the like (as I know of right now, will update if anyone ever finds a way). If working with a colored disc, the best dyes are colors of high contrast, like black stencils. I have gotten fairly creative with dyeing same color stencils on discs (like red dye on a red disc) to achieve a "ghost" image or using shades of black instead of going all out. Options are out there!
White and light blue discs show color the best, dark discs like purple/blue/green are the worst. Black discs cannot be dyed.
7) I don't have a stencil, but I have an idea or description of what I want, will that work?
Yes! I will assist in bringing your idea to your disc however I can. Put what you're thinking into words as best you can and get it to me!
8) I would like a photograph dyed on my disc, can you do that?
Well, yes and no. All my discs are done by hand, I use no other tools than craft knives, paintbrushes and the occasional toothpick. I also mix most of my colors at the time of the dye. Therefore, all my discs will look hand crafted to some degree, though I have gotten close!
For exact images you'll want to use someone who can do sublimation, a type of printing that can be done on plastic. Sublimation is also considered to be PDGA legal but, unlike my dyes, can be felt on the top of the disc. Top Card has the ability to sublimate. Dynamic Discs also has a similar service called "Dye Max."
Please contact me for any additional questions, I have no doubt that I'll be adding to this list as time goes on!
