Have spoken to Colin at Deadlywind multiple times and at great length about this marker. It looks simply badass. For what I have gathered, they have shelved it for the now - they need R&D monies.
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Have spoken to Colin at Deadlywind multiple times and at great length about this marker. It looks simply badass. For what I have gathered, they have shelved it for the now - they need R&D monies.
Basically Hydro dipping is a way of adding a coating to an object with a colour or design. This how Wiki expalins the process
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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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
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Mate, honestly: try hydrodipping many many pieces of aluminum first. I've screwed up hydrodipping more times than I've fired a paintball. (then again, I am a perfectionist.)
Its also expensive to do really. I did have an idea a yaer or so ago to laser some stuff onto my gat, then hydrodip it to get multiple colours without paying for anno. Hence the screw-ups. ( Never did finish that, ran out of monies)
If you want something like the picture on the first post, Carbon Fibre Vinyl is your friend. It's quite forgiving as a craft material and ain't too expensive.
Its also expensive to do really. I did have an idea a yaer or so ago to laser some stuff onto my gat, then hydrodip it to get multiple colours without paying for anno. Hence the screw-ups. ( Never did finish that, ran out of monies)
If you want something like the picture on the first post, Carbon Fibre Vinyl is your friend. It's quite forgiving as a craft material and ain't too expensive.
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