PMAG 5.56x45 banana magazines
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polskadude
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- London Ontario
Hahaha, nicely done. How do they look in an AR15?
It's more of a novelty than anything, but it looks good on an AR.
I should have mentioned that these started off as a sand-coloured PMAGs and they were dyed with a Rit (golden yellow) dye. Instructions are all over the net and youtube, but if anyone is interested I can do a quick write up.
I should have mentioned that these started off as a sand-coloured PMAGs and they were dyed with a Rit (golden yellow) dye. Instructions are all over the net and youtube, but if anyone is interested I can do a quick write up.
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Sand is no longer being produced? What a terrible business decision.
I will do a write up when I get a chance, in case anyone else wants to make some. BTW, 40-rounders work best as bananas.
Just one round of about 5min.
What you need:
- Nitrile gloves
- Rit dye (Golden Yellow)
- Roll of paper towels, old newspapers (or rags you will stain yellow)
- Deep, stainless pot
- Container/sink (to cool/rinse the coloured magazines & parts
You can find Rit dye at Michael's craft stores. I bought the Golden Yellow on Amazon because the store did not have the colour in stock.
First, disassemble the magazines. You only want to dye the magazine bodies, base plates and feed lip covers. I haven't tried dying the whole magazines with the followers, but I'm sure the dye would stain them - the dye will stain almost anything porous it comes in contact with.
Clean the magazines. These were new, but I degreased them with water and a general household cleaner (Pine Sol, Mr. Clean). Rinse off well and set aside.
I used about half of the bottle of dye in the biggest, stainless pasta pot I had. Use stainless to reduce the chance of staining the pot. The 40-rounders are long, so make sure you can fit the magazines in before you start. I think I wasted the dye by using too much - about four caps full would suffice.
Bring the water and dye solution up to temperature so that it is steaming, just before it boils. I placed the parts in the solution for approx 5 min - I had stainless metal tongs to stir the pot and check the parts every minute or so to make sure the colour was what I desired.
When the desired colour is reached, place the pieces in clean, cool water and then rinse until all the liquid dye has been removed. Use newspapers or paper towels to control all the drips of the dye solution.
Dry and reassemble the magazines; re-pin the magazines if necessary. The stickers just come off of bananas.
The important things to note here are:
- go slow, you can always dye it darker, but you can't reverse the shade to a lighter colour.
- the stain is potent, and any drops will dye your wife's kitchen doilies or white kitchen cabinets
- the sand-coloured base plates absorb the dye quicker than the magazine bodies, so adjust the time that they soak in the dye
Feel free to PM me with any questions.
