Water Dipping (AKA Hydrographics)
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Try searching here and in general section, I tried the hydrodipkit.com stuff and it failed miserably and was the worst thing I ever did to a rifle, though others posted success with it.
If I wanted it hydro dipped Id get one of the shops in saskatchewan or alberta to do it and spend the big money, but I did the vinyl wrap mossy oak rifle kit for $30 or $40 and am happy with it, especially with looking at what having a whole rifle stock scope and rings would cost to hydro dip. About the price of the rifle from some places.
If I wanted it hydro dipped Id get one of the shops in saskatchewan or alberta to do it and spend the big money, but I did the vinyl wrap mossy oak rifle kit for $30 or $40 and am happy with it, especially with looking at what having a whole rifle stock scope and rings would cost to hydro dip. About the price of the rifle from some places.
I did a pistol with the 30$ kit from gunskins.com it turned out ok. I chose the muddygirl pattern as it's my wife's gun. But for her rifle I will be contacting a shop in Alberta. If you Google hydro dip Alberta you will see the one I mean.
I was in Prince George today and ran into a friend.
Seems that she and her dad are starting a hydrographic business in Quesnel in the very near future.
I checked the website and they have quite a few patterns available.
I'll have to get something done and get back to everybody as to how it turns out.
Seems that she and her dad are starting a hydrographic business in Quesnel in the very near future.
I checked the website and they have quite a few patterns available.
I'll have to get something done and get back to everybody as to how it turns out.
At the Calgary Spring Gun show yesterday, there was a young fella at a table who has opened a shop in Cochrane. I had seen the you tube videos on the stuff but have to admit I was sceptical.
This guy had all sorts of samples of his work and I was amazed. Now to decide which pattern and which gun ....
Puma
This guy had all sorts of samples of his work and I was amazed. Now to decide which pattern and which gun ....
Puma
Moparlover
CGN frequent flyer
i had a shotgun done in skulls and a mkII savage done in digital atacs done at cobra but i don't believe they take on our type of work anymore. also had some work on two 870 shotguns. one in desert digital and one atacs
The place is called Liquid Customs. (http://www .liquidcustoms.ca/index.aspx)
I went with a cadpat camo type of design, over charcoal base coat.
It's same look as the sled hood (1st picture) on the main webpage.
I did have a bit of an issue but it was kind of taken care of. I was quoted a price which I was good with. I shipped the stock up to the place in Red Deer and the owner
said I had one rough spot he needed to sand down. No big deal.
After he sanded it a bit, it exposed a layer below the primer I had on the stock. After he sprayed the base coat, and dipped the stock, the coating bubbled in that spot.
He redid it a few times and it always bubbled in the same spot.
Kind of a catch 22. He said he needed more money to cover his time and materials. I said, I was quoted a price and didnt mind paying a bit more but wasnt going to spend a
fortune.
In the end, he charged me what was quoted plus the additional materials only which I thought was fair.
I went with a cadpat camo type of design, over charcoal base coat.
It's same look as the sled hood (1st picture) on the main webpage.
I did have a bit of an issue but it was kind of taken care of. I was quoted a price which I was good with. I shipped the stock up to the place in Red Deer and the owner
said I had one rough spot he needed to sand down. No big deal.
After he sanded it a bit, it exposed a layer below the primer I had on the stock. After he sprayed the base coat, and dipped the stock, the coating bubbled in that spot.
He redid it a few times and it always bubbled in the same spot.
Kind of a catch 22. He said he needed more money to cover his time and materials. I said, I was quoted a price and didnt mind paying a bit more but wasnt going to spend a
fortune.
In the end, he charged me what was quoted plus the additional materials only which I thought was fair.
As a owner of a hydrographics business I can answer that.
The paint is equivalent to automotive quality paint, it's strong, flexible, heat resistant and hard when fully cured. It can vary a bit from manufacturer to manufacturer but high quality patterns from good companies are very consistant.
Though I would always recommend a nice clear coat to protect that paint.
I'm curious, did you ever get the chance to find out what it was that was causing the bubbling?
I'd imagine it's one of the usual suspects (which take time to learn but are easy to get around).
duncansuds
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Weyburn, SK
Being an owner, can you answer if a gap camo is possible? No one can answer me if it's possible to get that type of pattern or not....
Yes, it is possible.
