Where can I get some of the Prussian blue dye???
If you’re in a larger city you might have a Grainger outlet that would have it.
Any good auto store will have, you’ll have to get a couple of tubes, also a machine shop will have a bucket of it.They will probably let you scoop some out but be careful.It gives em’ the blue state smurf hands for months, down to the meat.It ain’t toxic, just “almost” permanent. Ole skool machinists used to have it up to the elbows.
From a blog site for Harley Machinists”One thing to be careful of: lots of people mistakenly call Dykem (layout dye) Prussian Blue. If you ask for Prussian Blue and they give you a spray can or a brush-on liquid, hand it back, it’s NOT Prussian Blue. Prussain Blue is in a squeeze tube like toothpaste and machinists use it to check for things like the fit of a taper. ____It is also a valuable practical joke tool. Just a dab on the controls of the victims lathe and the next thing you know, everything he’s touched (measuring tools, glasses, nose) is blue. The stuff spreads like wildfire.
mhr650
01-20-2006, 05:17 AM
If you have Dykem but not Prussian Blue you can just mix a little dye and grease to get the same effect.