I thought I had it figured out. I had much trial and error prior. I got my part to dye a beautiful dark jet black. So I proceeded to try to seal using casewell's lt sealer. When I dipped it in... some black dye came off which I thought was normal. So I left it in for 10-12 min and when I lifted it out it was dark grey...
aaahhhh... that's not what I put in there. the dye continued to leech or fade out of the part. you could see the dye suspended in the solution.
So my question is... are there any experiences like this? Is the sealer not compatible with the black dye? What other causes could there be? How critical it the temp of the solution? I was a couple degrees above the high point printed on the sealer bottle.
Side question... Can you continue anodizing a part if you haven't sealed it but have let it dry?