JL Sargent Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHos4bf7vcA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 New? not so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBPK402 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I like it too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted April 25, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2014 Cool, don't know how it works but it looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Cool, I had not seen that before. Thanks for posting. Edited April 25, 2014 by CECAA850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Double post. Edited April 25, 2014 by CECAA850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Morbius Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Never saw this before, I liked the flames, but I wonder how durable it all is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I saw it on one of those car restoration shows I watch. It's very cool. IMO, a way to make it more durable would be to clear coat or better yet clear powder coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappydue Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 its called hydro dipping i believe. its a sort of film they lay over the water then spray a chemical on it to make it adhesive. then just roll the part through slowly. lots of places around here that do it for guns. camp, skulls, zombie crap. you name it they can do it. as for durability i think its not all that tough. id have to agree that it would probably need some sort of clear coat over it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) New? not so much So you have a different definition of new? Let me be more specific. The oldest reference I can even find to it is less than 5 years old. Maybe you have an old one? The oldest video on Youtube about it is 4 years old. I'm 50 years old. YEP, It's new! Edited April 25, 2014 by JL Sargent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max2 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) What is freaky for me is the pattern floats on top of the solution and patterns can be almost anything you want. A lot of people down here are dipping pistols and rifles with different camo patterns. I think the finish is pretty durable, but far from invincible. Edited April 25, 2014 by Max2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptorman Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Very cool stuff, I think I saw the guys from OCC do that process on some motorcycle body parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 New? not so much It's new if you haven't seen it before! Two questions: Do you need pros with a large equipment investment to do this, or is there a DIY version? Does it have any application to speaker cabinets? I would love to have that carbon fibre look for some DIY speakers I am building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 Yes, you can do it yourself. These guys have a few kits for doing it. http://www.mydipkit.com/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatgrass Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 This is how they do a lot of the fancy football helmets I think. ie Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestonTom Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 For some reason the first application I thought of was sprucing up a K-402 horn (the big one). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMiRA Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hydro dipping has been around for longer than 5 years. All the crap cellphone cases for the Nokia candy bar phones were done with this method years ago. It has become popular lately because the technology has become household and the price within anyone's grasp. All you need these days is The correct printer and a bathtub and you can do it yourself. I had planned on getting my horns in the la scalas done one of these days and having the inside of the of the bass horn wrapped to match with a printed wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 McMiRA, I looked all over the net and could not find any reference older than 5 years. Do you know of one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twistedcrankcammer Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 All of the Mossy Oak and other Camo options on compound bows have been done this way for a LONG time... Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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