Hi
Watch this, its amazing http://sploid.gizmodo.com/i-want-to-dip-everything-in-this-magic-hydrocoating-wat-1476116127
Steve
1303Steve Scirocco Rare
8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
hydrocoating water paint, anybody seen this?
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
Yeah, "Wheeler Dealers" tv show used it the other night for making carbon fibre look interior parts on a Range Rover.............pretty cool👍
newghia stock is for people who cant think outside the square
679 posts · joined May 2008 ·
There was a place in Qld around Clevland I think, that used to do it years ago
Nath
Nath
Step up to get out !!!
HappyDaze Superannuated
2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·
Why waste your money on imitation carbon-fibre, when you can waste your money on real carbon fibre.😏
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
fish26 Fahrvergnugen
903 posts · joined Jul 2007 ·
I have a Sydney based contact if anyones interested.
bitten by the bug..........several times
waveman1500 Also rides a Honda
1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Some of the Commodore interior trim is done using this process, for example the little accent strips across the dash on the VE Calais. It is pretty cool stuff.
reub VWRX is gone...
2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Been around for years... I contacted a crowd that were doing it 6 or 7 years ago about doing my timing belt covers in carbon fibre look to match the decklid. It was $300-$400 back then.
Reub
DungBeetle Commited Dubber
65 posts · joined Oct 2013 ·
you can buy diy kits to do this stuff at home now, and the film is available off the roll on ebay, search hydragraphics
hrastovica Officially Full-On Dubber
361 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·
Is there any advantage of this over vinyl wrapping?
vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk
2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·
Try vinyl wrapping a wheel like the one shown in the web page, I had a dash panel done, then it was clear coated, looks great.
pfillery Insano Dub Head
734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·
Must be more to it though. The stuff doesn't coat the gloves or the hands most of the time.
cam070 Custom Title Time!
1,332 posts · joined Jul 2009 ·
Simply awesome. How permanent/durable is it?
Ampdub Officially Full-On Dubber
310 posts · joined May 2006 ·
stunning stuff
DubCrazy Custom Title Time!
1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
it is as permeant as any paint that has a clear coat over it...
its good stuff but there isnt the base for it here in Australia so the stuff we get is quite limited!!
in Europe where it has been developed you can get anything you wish done but here they only have certain patterns and dont seem interested in doing anything about it!
i have had stuff done over in Europe and it was great, i am building a turbo'd gsxr at the moment and i contacted the brisbane company about doing my tank,tail and front guard but they wanted nothing to do with it, so i went to the main importer in melbourne and the reply i got was
to do what you want would require us setting up the machines for a single run which isn't time and cost affective so just chose one of our pattens and use that!!!
they advertise being able to do full custom yet they don't want the hassle of doing it...i told them that i knew it would be expensive for what i wanted and was willing to pay but they didn't want anything to do with it...
yes great system and works really well but at this present time the back up and service is shit!
if your just chasing a pattern they already have then its awesome stuff, my advice is to use the melbourne based company tho as the stuff that i have seen come out of brissy is a little bit hit or miss on its quality..
steff...........
its good stuff but there isnt the base for it here in Australia so the stuff we get is quite limited!!
in Europe where it has been developed you can get anything you wish done but here they only have certain patterns and dont seem interested in doing anything about it!
i have had stuff done over in Europe and it was great, i am building a turbo'd gsxr at the moment and i contacted the brisbane company about doing my tank,tail and front guard but they wanted nothing to do with it, so i went to the main importer in melbourne and the reply i got was
to do what you want would require us setting up the machines for a single run which isn't time and cost affective so just chose one of our pattens and use that!!!
they advertise being able to do full custom yet they don't want the hassle of doing it...i told them that i knew it would be expensive for what i wanted and was willing to pay but they didn't want anything to do with it...
yes great system and works really well but at this present time the back up and service is shit!
if your just chasing a pattern they already have then its awesome stuff, my advice is to use the melbourne based company tho as the stuff that i have seen come out of brissy is a little bit hit or miss on its quality..
steff...........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!