My old man ran a Cessna 172 for 22 years out of a grass strip in Kansas and swore by this crusty pair of crimpers he bought at a farm auction for 3 bucks. Every annual he'd cuss at a random radio wire and redo the same 3 pins over and over. I finally bought him a ratcheting set for Christmas in 2019 and he acted like I handed him a rock. Two weeks later he called me just to say he'd done his whole panel in an afternoon without one bad pin. He still has the farm auction pair hanging on the wall though, just for looks.

Back in 2019 I tried dyeing a clear visor with RIT synthetic and it came out blotchy as hell. Left it in the hot dye bath for like 20 minutes at 180 degrees and the edges went way darker than the middle, looked like a bad spray tan. Ended up tossing it and just buying a pre-tinted one from a guy on Etsy for 18 bucks. The dye can work if you go slow and keep the water moving, but man it's a gamble on a curved piece. E6000 is the real hero of your story though, that stuff holds up way better than hot glue in the Texas heat.