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    Ok not to confuse anyone I have not found tips that are colored, but rather have found a possible way to color the tips. I used a stained glass paint my fiance was useing for a project she is working on. It dries a transparent shade of the color. It's not a perfect match but it's something.

    Here are pics of one I did and the paint,will edit in more when get them working on trying the black next.




    Here's a black one.



    Tell me what you think.
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    That might be ok with show blades, but may not hold up well to dueling.

    I've used stained glass window paints before and they were sort of a transparent plastic film, once dried.

    Cool idea.

    Rit dye might also work, you can dye certain types of plastics with it.
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    Krylon and other spray paint companies produce aerosol lines of a similar stain glass tint product. If that doesn't work maybe another aerosol version may hold up better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jedi-Loreen View Post
    That might be ok with show blades, but may not hold up well to dueling.

    I've used stained glass window paints before and they were sort of a transparent plastic film, once dried.

    Cool idea.

    Rit dye might also work, you can dye certain types of plastics with it.
    Hopeing that putting it on a plastic like the tips might bond it better then when it is on glass.
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    Your black blade sure lights up a pretty shade of blue
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    Your typo, which you edited out.


    Goltar, that looks pretty good. For a show blade that'll work well. It is nice how it's translucent so the tip still lights up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sidd View Post
    Your black blade sure lights up a pretty shade of blue
    Yeah that is due to most blacks includeing the polyc blade are a blue base and the camera picked up that with the white light showing through it.
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    Looks really good. Where would you get this type of dye from?

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