Special Trim Piece Finishing......Try This!

[greasemonkeyman]

There's a process called Hydrographics that allows you to apply custom finishes to just about any object and it works great for automotive trim pieces as well. They have all different kinds of patterns that can be applied from wood grains,carbon fiber,camoflage,and others.It's a simple process of laying this special film into a water tub,spraying on a catalyst onto the film and dipping the product into the solution.Here's a quick video on the process and here's a website if you'd like to try this at home ( www.mydipkit.com ). Check out this grille getting the process done......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIBiG_u0_wA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKuXyeAGzEU

 

[65sporty]

I have seen this stuff before pretty cool, a friend of mine got some to try and he coated a old scope in camo came out good

 

[mr. fix it]

Yah it is a pretty cool process

 

[-stew-]

Local place around here does a lot of it. One of their flagships is a walnut Hyabusa. A budy of mine had a bunch of stuff in the engine bay of his 65 Beetle done in bamboo. It was pretty slick.

 

[Big_John]

Cool stuff but I wonder what is the durability of the coating?

 

[commando1]

I went to several sites that sell all the graphics.
90% of the graphics available seems to be carbon fiber and camo.
Most of the customers are Ricers and Duck Dynasty wannabes apparently. What a strange mix of the opposite ends of the spectrum...

 

[greasemonkeyman]

The nice thing about this stuff is it opens doors to all different types of items to be coated.It's actually a liquid ink transfer film.You lay the film across the surface of water,spray an activator over the film and immerse the part into the pattern,then rinse and dry,then spray with good quality clear coat,so durability is as good as painting.You can use a flat clear or high gloss depending on the type of effect your looking for.You can coat things like valve covers,wheels,trim pieces,bumpers,door handles,window moldings,etc.....it's only limited to your imagination!

 

[Wollfen]

I wonder if you could get a chrome film you could coat your own to be chromed parts in?

 

[greasemonkeyman]

I wonder if you could get a chrome film you could coat your own to be chromed parts in?

There is actually a process for spray-on chrome (and it's not the old crappy looking rattle can stuff from years ago). It's based on the same process of how they make mirrors.You spray a base coat,after it dries you must spray the part with distilled water,then a adhesion promoter,then a mirror finish,followed by more distilled water.It's a very simple process if you know how to use a spray gun but the only issue is that it's only as durable as paint and not as tough as authentic chrome. Here's a video of it in action but there are a few different manufacturers out there sell comparable products.........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnvcPYz2qxM