Print Dipping Started

[Cambello]

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[TD="colspan: 2"]As the title says, today I started the dipping process and I do feel a little bit nervous. First job was to remove the bottom mud guards on the front wheel. That's held in by by 2x 6mm s/s ?bolts. Now I've sanded some of the rough parts down and taped up the reflectors. Using a grey under coat I'm applying about 5 coats. Says on the can to leave it for 24 hours to harden so I'll up date tomorrow.
So I'm going for the carbon look because if this works i'm going to do the mirrors








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[IGETAROUND]

Keep us posted; sounds interesing. Picture, must have:yes::clap::clap: pictures

 

[Bob Denman]

:agree: waiting here, patiently... :thumbup:
:bbq::bbq::bbq:

 

[cuznjohn]

dip kit

https://www.mydipkit.com/shopping.html

 

[Cambello]

Stage 2

:agree: waiting here, patiently... :thumbup:
:bbq::bbq::bbq:

Ok, so I waited 24 hrs for the primer to dry and then I used wet and dry to smooth the paint off. All looked good even the slightly scuffed left hand side/bottom right corner. I wanted the guards to have a thick gloss look with a hint of carbon so in order to do this I have now put a top coat of black on top, the effect is already looking V-good.

 

[Cambello]

Done it!!!

Here it is guy's,



I wanted a soft look so now it's time to apply the gloss over.:yes:

 

[Bob Denman]

 

[OJ UK]

^^^^

Lost for words Bob??

The print dipping looks to have potential. Nice job.

 

[hchays]

opcorn: I can't wait to see the finished product. I have been thinking about doing this as well.

 

[Cambello]

Deep lust

opcorn: I can't wait to see the finished product. I have been thinking about doing this as well.

Ok I confess,,,, About 13 years ago I worked for a company called CYTEC, they deal in Carbon Fibre for the Motor sports F1 teams and Airbus as well as the USA military Air force. During that time I gained a lot of knowledge on how carbon should look, so I knew what type of finish was going to make these guards look just like the real thing. You can have lots of finishes, smooth, Glossy, rough and even matt. But the one I love the most is the look that makes you stop and look right into a deep gloss. Some carbons are so obvious you can pass them by but this project was to try and get as close as possible for as cheap as you could. The average guy in the street would pay a fortune for moulded carbon guards and this project cost about $35.
So here they are, as close to the real thing as you can get, or that's my opinion any way






Thanks for your comments, Cambello(Jim)

 

[hchays]

They look pretty good to me!

 

[Wiredux]

Looking good!:clap:

 

[Cambello]

Next project is ordered

Ok so the last project was fun, now for the serious stuff,,,,





this one might go belly up!!