Water transfer printing

[Auhydride]

Thought some people might like it.

[dutchydoc]

That is wild, are thease your photo's or did you pull them off a website? If the later, what website?

[Auhydride]

Doing apprenticeship at a hunting shotgun factory took the photos myself.
Only the last two hands are mine.

The process itself is not very complicated as long as you can find the paper.
It's also known as camo dipping, film dipping etc.

[The_Original_Modifier]

Nice work!

Mod

[dutchydoc]

yeah I looked it up, How expensive is it to have done to a rifle?

[HaloSix4]

How durable is it.

[Kos-Mos]

I also looked it up yesterday.

It is as durable as the clear coat you spray over it.
It sticks to almost anything, and if you can paint the surface, the it will stick.

Basically you need the film, activator spray and some large water container. Commercial units have automatic filtering units and pumps to control the level of water.

I am trying to find some film for a decent price. Then I will try it in a "custom built" dipping reservoir. The important thing is that you need a dam to hold the pattern in place when the backing film is gone...

[lemegacool]

Originally Posted by Kos-Mos

I also looked it up yesterday.

It is as durable as the clear coat you spray over it.
It sticks to almost anything, and if you can paint the surface, the it will stick.

Basically you need the film, activator spray and some large water container. Commercial units have automatic filtering units and pumps to control the level of water.

I am trying to find some film for a decent price. Then I will try it in a "custom built" dipping reservoir. The important thing is that you need a dam to hold the pattern in place when the backing film is gone...

let me know if you find some... interested!

[Auhydride]

I also seems like you need to keep the water at a constant temperature (don't know exactly, but it's lukewarm)
You don't need a paint brush to apply the activator (if you searched for vids, you have seen it), I think you can use a putty knife to spread the activator on.
As mentioned, outer coating can be applied, don't know if the place I were at applied coating though.
The technique as you have guessed isn't coating the gun with a film that has graphics on. The ink gets applied directly onto the surface (which is usually painted to a plain color, depending on the type of background the applied graphic needs) once the object is dipped and film covers onto it.
You wash away the film away, and ink stays on the surface.

It's nice :D I want some digital camo.

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