Imagine the Farkling!

[finless]

Imagine the Farkling you could do with this!

Pretty neat.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=565055363564321

Bob

[Dan McNally]

I've seen them do gunstocks with that process . . . pretty amazing! wood grain, flames, just about anything you can imagine!

[Jeriatric]

Hey Bob, what is this? Some of us don't facebook.....heck I try to keep shaving down to once a week....can't face the mirror more than that

[finless]

Sorry the video was posted by someone else on facebook and is not a youtube video. Sorry.

Bob

[DJFaninTN]

you mean this???? there was a thread just a week or so about it ...

[Spyder Tony]

Looks to be a great viable option to wraps or traditional painting. I even found someone who does it in my neck of the woods. I had thought about carbon fiber rims for my GS, and they list ATV wheels at $50/ea and Car/truck wheels at $75/ea...seems very reasonable to me.

Here is a price list (Sacramento Hydrographics) of items commonly used in the water transfer printing process:

http://www.sacramentohydrographics.com/pricing/

[Spyder Tony]

Looks to be a great viable option to wraps or traditional painting. I even found someone who does it in my neck of the woods. I had thought about carbon fiber rims for my GS, and they list ATV wheels at $50/ea and Car/truck wheels at $75/ea...seems very reasonable to me.

Here is a price list (Sacramento Hydrographics) of items commonly used in the water transfer printing process:

http://www.sacramentohydrographics.com/pricing/

[DragonLorD]

Wanted to get done some parts on my Spyder by this method, did my home work and found out that although it's a cool idea it is for stuff you never really gonna touch almost - very sensitive for scratches and easily damageable.
Guy explained it to me like this: - if you want it for show only - go ahead, if you want it for out door use - do not waste your money , especially on wheels. Do you remember these water ( i licked mines ) stickers/tattoos from chewing gums? - that's what it is. It's not a paint of any kind, it's a foil of almost un-measurable/explainable/comparable thinness with water activated glue coating. Some things are just too good to be sound in everyday use. :-(
Vinyl wrap on wheels works excellent, you do it yourself and it costs you as much as $5,- a wheel and if it get damaged or you just bored of it - peel it off and leave it or wrap again, good protection from flying debris too
Only my 2c

[Chupaca]

but it is cool process. They may get better in time...

[Jeriatric]

Wonder how much the durability would be inhanced if clear coat was applied? Just a thought.

[Barlock]

Hydrographics or HydroGraphics, also known as immersion printing, water transfer printing, water transfer imaging, cubic printing, or hydro dipping, is a method of applying printed designs to three-dimensional objects. The hydrographic process can be used on metal, plastic, glass, hard woods, and various other materials. In the process, the substrate piece to be printed is pre-treated and a base coat material is applied. A polyvinyl alcohol film is gravure-printed with the graphic image to be transferred, and is then floated on the surface of a vat of water. An activator chemical is sprayed on the film to dissolve it into a liquid and activate a bonding agent. The piece is then lowered into the vat, through the floating ink layer, which wraps around and adheres to it. After removing the piece from the water, a top coat is applied to protect the design. With multiple dippings, hydrographics printing can achieve full 360° coverage of the part surface, including small crevices.[1] [1]From Wikipedia What can be “Dipped”? Any object that can be painted and submerged in water can have water transfer printing applied. Many items that you use today are hydro dipped without you even recognizing it. From bicycle helmets to wood grain interiors on vehicles, interiors on boats and planes where weight is a consideration. Other items that are becoming increasingly popular are street bikes, all-terrain-vehicles, hunting rifles and related gear.

[Spyder Tony]

Very interesting...the local website I found not only says clearcoat is applied during the process (after dipping) but they also claim it is as durable as automotive paint. I am not qualified to comment from experience, but I have to say there is definitely some discrepancy with the durability claims. Just to be sure, id want to wait until I could talk to someone who has had it done and it has been on their "daily use item" for a while. DragonLord...I appreciate your shared comments as they give me perspective on what looked like the next greatest thing since sliced bread. Still a real cool process though :-)