Making Stuff: Prototypes and #EngineerProblems

Sometimes, engineering is hard. Things don't go as planned. After the successful dye test on the samples last week, we went back to the store to get a new bottle. The RIT dye wasn't available in the color we wanted, but another brand called "Tulip" was available.

The dye packaging had the same instructions (and even claimed to meet the same ASTM spec!) but the results were not the same. There was no visible change in the color of the cup. Had we done some internet search beforehand, we would have learned that the Tulip brand dye did not match the performance of RIT.

The natural course of action, logically, is to wait to get the RIT dye in the color we want, and try, try again. On the bright side, we did get a nice new Nikon D3200, so we're excited to take pictures with the new camera.