Water transfer Printing

[Andy Greene]

This is amazing stuff- the marble effect on the white rim towards the end looks amazing-

The C/F looks pretty bad azz too

VERY COOL



Andy

 

[JimZaremski]

so who's going to be the first to get their boat done that way? Assuming it hasn't been done already...

I remember like 20 or so years ago there were Easter egg coloring kits which worked just like that. 'cept the results never came out that good.

 

[Andy Greene]

Would be cool on a hull- wondering what different type of surfaces they can do and how durable the finish is ??

 

[Ron Olson]

I already had a 'rigger cowl dipped. It's tough and isn't going to peel off like most wrap jobs do. A nice glossy finish if you want it that way. Hundreds of patterns to choose from depending on who does it. There are also DYI kits.

This is the outfit that did mine: http://www.camocreekhydrographics.com/pattern-gallery.php

http://s53.photobucket.com/user/floatsfast/media/IMG_20120507_212014.jpg.html?sort=3&o=125

 

[Andy Greene]

Cool Cowl Ron

So it obviously works well on glass- hmmmmm

 

[Ron Olson]

I'm trying to find some better shots of it but that's the only one I had handy at the moment. I'm in the midst of swapping files onto a new tower.

 

[rumrunner]

The fire is cool to.

 

[Ron Olson]

The print is made to be tough as a lot of it is used for Camo on firearms, bow and other hunting gear. There's a huge variety of pre-printed graphics that you can choose from; woodgrain, carbon fiber, tribal, skulls, stone and others to pick from. It would be hard to do something custom though as it would be very hard to get it right on the first try. It's upside though that it can do compound curves easily.

I went with the tie-dye look for 2 reasons; one, my wife likes it and secondly it makes the boat very visible on the water. That boat is gone now from my collection as Rick Reisinger now owns it.

 

[Jerry T]

It's called "Hydrographics"

 

[Wally Marsh]

I was watching an episode of Orange County Choppers over the holidays and they were having a fuel tank custom painted this way, really looks like the future wave for some applications, just like 3D printing.

 

[Tim leyde]

It's called "Hydrographics"[/quot
Aka hydro dipping. I know of some AR -15's turned out sweet!

 

[moparbarn]

can also be done with paint on the water. not much control over the patterns, but some really cool effects with multiple colors.