Hydrographics - has anyone tried it?
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Hydrographics - has anyone tried it?
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I have scratched my bike's factory paint at quite a few places with all the wrenching over the years. However the quotes for paint jobs are quite high (over $2500 for complete repaint). I am not able to justify this cost yet and have been looking for alternatives.
During my quest, I came across this term called Hydrographics and decided to look it up. A few Google searches and couple YouTube videos later, I think it maybe a good idea for my simple needs that is a single-tone paint or a pattern for the whole bike as long as it looks good.
There are Custom paint shops that are offering Hydrographics now and also there are DIY kits available online. Just wanted to check if someone has had experience with this technique. How good is the quality, difficulty level for DIY and the good, the bad and the ugly of the whole process.
Any help or pointers are appreciated.
Mods - Please move it to Paint section if you think is the right place for this thread. I wasn't sure so posting here in general discussion section to get most number of opinions.
I have scratched my bike's factory paint at quite a few places with all the wrenching over the years. However the quotes for paint jobs are quite high (over $2500 for complete repaint). I am not able to justify this cost yet and have been looking for alternatives.
During my quest, I came across this term called Hydrographics and decided to look it up. A few Google searches and couple YouTube videos later, I think it maybe a good idea for my simple needs that is a single-tone paint or a pattern for the whole bike as long as it looks good.
There are Custom paint shops that are offering Hydrographics now and also there are DIY kits available online. Just wanted to check if someone has had experience with this technique. How good is the quality, difficulty level for DIY and the good, the bad and the ugly of the whole process.
Any help or pointers are appreciated.
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I have Hydro graphics on my ATV. It stands up pretty well. I'm at work right now so I can't attach a picture for you. I am happy with it. When I get home tomorrow morning I'll post up a few picture. I had the fenders, brake pedal done as well as my thumb throttle.
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Road Master
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Thanks Bri894! Please do post some pics when you get time. Hey wait a minute .... you are at work on Christmas!!! I don't envy your job man. Hope you get some well-deserved time-off.
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Looking forward to more info on this as we were talking this week at work about it. Watching on Utube it looked to be way to easy and fun to do...
I have several gun stocks that have been done this way by the factory and would love to do a bike...
I have several gun stocks that have been done this way by the factory and would love to do a bike...
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We are having a bike done right now. Should be ready sometime after the first.
We found numerous shops but went with a local guy who mainly does guns. This will be his first bike, and we got a good price. I wouldn't try it yourself. Lots of training, practice and chemicals involved.
We found numerous shops but went with a local guy who mainly does guns. This will be his first bike, and we got a good price. I wouldn't try it yourself. Lots of training, practice and chemicals involved.
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This has been out for a few years now. When I first saw it, I thought it would be the next big thing. Not sure what the issues are, it never really took off like I thought it would. On YouTube there are lots of videos.
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We are having a bike done right now. Should be ready sometime after the first.
We found numerous shops but went with a local guy who mainly does guns. This will be his first bike, and we got a good price. I wouldn't try it yourself. Lots of training, practice and chemicals involved.
We found numerous shops but went with a local guy who mainly does guns. This will be his first bike, and we got a good price. I wouldn't try it yourself. Lots of training, practice and chemicals involved.
This is a pretty impressive stuff!!! Do you know if this can be done on a single-tone paint color or it always comes in a pattern? So far I've always seen a pattern print using this technique.
Last edited by kingxirol; Dec 26, 2015 at 01:45 PM.