Ok so Im slowly making my custom classics Stunticons and I've decided Im making Dead End from Drift. I don't want to paint him I wanna dye him. I have never dyed a toy before and I don't want to just start guessing. Can anybody offer some info as to what I need to dye Drift into a brick red color.

Update:

Ok Im in the learning process of dyeing Hasbro plastic. I aquired some RIT wine colored dye and had high hopes. So my first attempt was at no surprise a failure. I tried following what I was told on a site and boiled the dye mix let it cool some and then added the parts. The dye didn't take very well and despite cooling for 15 minutes the mix was still too hot. So in the end I ended up with malformed semi-melted pinkish Drift parts. For my next attempt Im gonna try a warm wash and let it soak for a day or two to see how that works.

In my experience, having it as hot as possible is the only way to dye some of the harder plastics. Hot enough that you do risk warping the plastic if you leave it in too long. So... Don't leave it in too long.

I usually get the pot boiling, then put my parts in a wire basket. While the pot is still boiling, I dip the basket with the parts in for about 10 seconds (not much longer!) then pull it out and dip it into a pot of cold water. And then repeat, repeat, repeat until you're happy with the color that the plastic has soaked up.

Or until the dye has started to break down and starts to become a film on the surface of the water. When that happens, stop and go back to the beginning. With new dye and a new pot of water. Or else the film on the surface will stick to the plastic, giving you blotches or specks rather than an even color.

Thanks for the tip. Im gonna try that on some of the leftover Drift parts I have to experiment with then buy a new one and do the deed.