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 1303Steve
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 06:07 AM |
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hydrocoating water paint, anybody seen this?
Hi
Watch this, its amazing http://sploid.gizmodo.com/i-want-to-dip-everything-in-this-magic-hydrocoating...
Steve
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 09:14 AM |
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Yeah, "Wheeler Dealers" tv show used it the other night for making carbon fibre look interior parts on a Range Rover.............pretty cool
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newghia
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 11:08 AM |
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There was a place in Qld around Clevland I think, that used to do it years ago
Nath
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HappyDaze
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 11:19 AM |
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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!
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fish26
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 01:00 PM |
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I have a Sydney based contact if anyones interested.
bitten by the bug..........several times
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waveman1500
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 06:22 PM |
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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.
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reub
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 07:07 PM |
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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
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DungBeetle
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| posted on December 6th, 2013 at 09:27 PM |
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you can buy diy kits to do this stuff at home now, and the film is available off the roll on ebay, search hydragraphics
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hrastovica
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| posted on December 10th, 2013 at 11:19 PM |
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Is there any advantage of this over vinyl wrapping?
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vwo60
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| posted on December 11th, 2013 at 06:31 AM |
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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.
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pfillery
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| posted on December 11th, 2013 at 09:40 PM |
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Must be more to it though. The stuff doesn't coat the gloves or the hands most of the time.
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cam070
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| posted on December 14th, 2013 at 07:23 PM |
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Simply awesome. How permanent/durable is it?
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Ampdub
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| posted on December 14th, 2013 at 10:00 PM |
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stunning stuff
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DubCrazy
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| posted on December 15th, 2013 at 08:31 AM |
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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...........
Life with out a v-dub is no life at all!!!!!
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