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Now for the bad news: no, you can't dye black G-Shocks. It's dye, which isn't opaque like paint is, and dye won't cover the existing color.

Dyeing G-Shock resin is a lot like mixing watercolors: yellow resin plus red dye is going to come out orange (or an orange-ish shade of red), and yellow resin plus blue dye is going to come out green (or a greenish-blue).

White resin plus any color of dye should come out as whatever color of dye is used. BLACK resin plus any color of dye is going to come out black.

Other threads with the same answer: https://www.watchuseek.com/f17/dye-job-questions-764340.html

https://www.watchuseek.com/f17/how-dye-black-g-shock-white-532649.html

 

Thanks Mike! I heard you can somewhat restore dull stock matte black bezel, and dye it black? The standard DW6900 has the red and grey lettering. Is it possible to cover it by dying it with black rit dye?

 

Thanks Mike! I heard you can somewhat restore dull stock matte black bezel, and dye it black?

What exactly are you trying to "restore?" How abused IS that bezel? Dye might make a black bezel a TINY bit darker, but most people aren't going to notice any difference, and I'd recommend saving your money and time.

If a matte bezel is shiny from wear, THAT can be "restored" with a regular pencil eraser or a "Mr. Clean Magic Eraser" (sold elsewhere as "melamine foam") to de-gloss-ify the shiny surface and make it matte again -- but most black bezels are made of the same material all the way through, so the color should remain the same.

The standard DW6900 has the red and grey lettering. Is it possible to cover it by dying it with black rit dye?

Have you ever used fabric dye? As mentioned above, it's not paint -- it's extremely thin, and there's a LOT of water in the "water to pigment ratio." Dye isn't going to "cover" the painted lettering -- at most it will mute it slightly and make a (slightly) darker grey and a (slightly) darker red.

If you want to cover the lettering, the best way to do that is with paint, as in this thread: https://www.watchuseek.com/f43/how-repaint-change-colour-letters-g-shock-68211.html

...and these threads: https://www.google.com/search?q=for...&oe=utf-8#q=forums.watchuseek.com/f17+painting+bezel+site:forums.watchuseek.com

People here have successfully painted bezel letters with everything from fingernail polish (first link above) to Testors Model Enamel to acrylic paints. It's not that difficult -- just paint over the existing lettering and then wipe off the excess with a cloth dampened with whatever substance thins your choice of paint.

 

spray paint it

 

Spray paint (or any kind of paint over the entire bezel or strap) brings its own problems, since unless a special additive is added to the paint to keep it flexible, the paint will become brittle when it dries while the resin bezel and/or strap remain flexible. When the resin flexes -- like if the bezel gets bumped into a door frame -- the brittle paint can flake right off.

And of course, the surface of the bezel looks different because of the painted surface, and an extra layer of paint in the "button holes" can make the buttons squeak when pressed. That's probably a big part of why "dyed bezel mods" around here outnumber the "fully painted bezel mods" about fifty to one. ;-)

And since Canadian007 only needs to touch up some slightly shiny spots, not change the entire color, there are easier ways to do that....

The bezel has some minor wear, nothing too bad. There are some parts where the bezel is slightly shiny. From what I saw on youtube, people used the enamel paint. I should try to colour the lettering. This feedback helped a lot, hopefully my first mod turns out a success.

As mentioned above, "slightly shiny" is easy to fix: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:forums.watchuseek.com/f17+restore+matte&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

If you've used any of the previously mentioned paints before, it's probably best to stick with what you know and forget about what some guy(s) used on YouTube. I have used dozens of tiny bottles of Testors oil-based enamel on lots of different projects over the years, so I already knew about how fast it was going to dry on a bezel and how much thinner I needed on a paper towel to wipe off the excess without removing ALL the new paint. The ONE time I need to try using a water-based acrylic paint on a bezel, I was surprised how quickly it dried and how hard it was to remove the excess paint, so I'm staying with enamel from now on. ;-)

 

The bezel has some minor wear, nothing too bad. There are some parts where the bezel is slightly shiny. From what I saw on youtube, people used the enamel paint. I should try to colour the lettering. This feedback helped a lot, hopefully my first mod turns out a success.

 

I thought spray paint wouldn't work to well. It seems like it wouldn't bond well with the flexible resin like you mentioned. And it seems like enamel based paints are the way to go. Gonna enjoy experimenting with modding. It seems easy enough to fix the shiny parts of the bezel. Thanks again for the tips!