Hey there guys, Just letting everyone know that I no longer do Hydrographic printing, Im now working as a full time musician and plan to take my channel in that direction. I had considered taking this video down but as the info is still relevant and people are still looking at it after all this time, I've decided to leave it up as it may still help people. I'll check back from time to time to answer questions if I can. Cheers, Daz
First off...I can't Thank You Enough For you videos. Today I was going to give up on hydrograghics because I spent a tremendous amount of money and I just couldn't get a good dip until This video. I have also found out that the temp. doesn't matter. I'm from Wisconsin and it's always cold . My water temp was 54.3'f and let soak for 10 min (sometimes more).I sprayed activator,then dipped..THE PART CAME OUT PERFECT. All that money wasted on timing the film and worried about water temp.MAN I AM SO HAPPY. THANKS KEEWEE. ✌
Man 4 years later and your still teaching many many people. I also was about to give up until you walked me through the process. The amount of activator and when to apply. Thank you
Thanks for the vids it takes the fear out of doing it... everyone else seems really serious and makes the process seem hard but with your help I will start dipping soon. Thanks from the US
I really hope you are still on youtube because I wanna thank you so much for doing this video. This will help me so, so much with my heating issue while using a 300 gallon stock tank. Cheers mate!
Hi mate, I’m still around but making music now, not painting, lol. I leave this video up in the hope that it can still help people like yourself. I’m glad it’s useful to you.
Great Video, my 10 yr old nephew asked me about having a go at dipping a while back and i hadn't a clue what to tell him, your videos have made is so clear and relatively easy to achieve so i will go back with your info and have a go with him. Thanks for your time and effort.
Great videos, I've just ordered a hydro dipping starter kit and your videos and advice have eased my mind on a few things and am now confident to start dipping as soon as the kit arrives. Thanks very much
Just wanted to say after watching this about 6 years ago i started experimenting with low temp dips and never turned my heater on again. worst thing about cold water dips are cold hands! Cheers and good luck on the music career!
From Tennessee, USA. MIL, you are an absolute help to me. I've been experimenting for a few weeks with different techniques and I have yet to find anything to work for me. All my prints slide off, or dont stick at all. I just found your series of videos and I have to say that you are extremely informative!! You are an inspiration to me as well cause I've just about given up due to my continuous lack of success, but your solid advice has sparked my hope to make it work once again. I just subscribed to you, so I do hope for more how to's and troubleshooting. Please keep up the good work friend
I have bought some film to try my hand at dipping, watched a ton of vids, and got a bit down thinking of how to keep water at same temp. This has helped me end. I have it easier being in Brisvegas, but, knowing to learn to read film and not to blindly follow instructions makes a lot more sense, oh, and great music.......
This guy knows what it's all about, listen to him before ya fook everything up, I do this and have been for 7 yrs every piece is different, not as easy as ppl think, gotta get that activator just enough, over and you will lose the pattern, not enough it will just wrap around your piece.
Great job on instructing me on cold / hot water film usage. I'm just starting to build my tang out of a 20 cubic foot chest freezer. Looking forward to printing some items. Thanks from Tampa, Fl. USA
That's a great tip my friend, I just started doing this on some parts for a car I'm rebuilding and your vids ave helped greatly thank you keep them coming.
im starting a business for hydrodipping and your videos have helped alot really appreciate the good work in helping people understand different things thanks again!!
I'v been home dipping and using low temp water since I watched you video 5 months ago, and it works great and as you say reading the film in the water, thanks for your help and great video
Hi. what a fantastic informed film. I cannot thank you enough for what your short uploads have done for me ...improved dips every time. you certainly know your game....your work is STUNNING. thanks once again...I look forward to many new tips form your good self. Regards , neil
Thanks for the great video. I've been considering dipping a few rifles, but doing it myself because I'm a DIY sort of guy. I was kind of torn between doing s straight duracoat multicam job or dipping them in multicam. I've painted multicam to great effect and I don't mean to brag, but it looked damn good. My welding hood would disappear in my multicam shooting mat. lol However, it takes so freaking long to paint the pattern and with the extra prep and steps duracoat takes, it would take forever just to do one gun. So I was considering duracoat/dip combination and from what I read, if you only let the duracoat sit for 15 minutes before dipping it, then you end up with an incredibly durable coating, specially after you put a duracoat matt top coat on it. However, my concern was the area I have to dip, which would be basically a tub and maintaining a water temp in a tub would be hard. I guess its the summer and its over 100 degrees so if I let it sit in the sun it would stay warm. lol Glad to see that you don't need to us hot water though.
OMG I love your videos. Nat from Toronto Canada. I am so trying the hydro dip to some of my light bulbs for my house. Thank you so much. As I am an artist and I have never done hydro dip can any paint work like oil paints??? Thank you so much.
You have the good old kiwi enginuity way mate, work it out for yourself, experiment, think outside the box, awesome way to be. All the best and much success to you mate. Great vids.
murray pimm thanks Murray. I put it down to growing up in the 70s living miles from anywhere in a small country at the bottom of the world. We didn't have access to things like we do today and if you didn't have it and couldn't buy it, you figured out how to make it :) I approach almost everything like that...there's always more than one way to skin a cat :)
at last ive found the jedi film master i own and run a custom paintshop ive been dying to have a go at dipping im gonna give it a try hahaa cheers for vid very helpfull master p.s. how do ye make ye homebrew activator?
LEGEND, I've been thinking what i can do this coming winter to keep my homemade tank warm without it costing me a bomb. still yet to try the homemade activator but will be trying soon. tahnks for the helpful vids.
Hello how are you, I am from Egypt and these materials were not available to us What are the ingredients of activator in Egyptian materials I hope to help you Thank you
Nice vid mate thx!! But 1 Q&A , you said home-brew activator ?? Can you give me a hint ??So I can low-budget my scooter rims lol ...thx btw for the tips ....Greetings from The Netherlands
Do you need to prep all the items you want to dip. I want to get into this here in the UK and I like the way you explain things. Is there a process I need to learn to do it better. Thanks
Del Mottershaw Yes, absolutely! Its ALL about the prep! Hydrographics is a paint process. All parts must be sanded and prepped, then painted in automotive basecoat. Then you dip the item, rinse it under fresh water for 10 t0 15 minutes then clearcoated with 2pac clear. Items should then be baked, wet sanded and polished. Anyone can learn to dip but you need to learn to paint first!
It was a 3 1/2 minute soak, but I do get your point of reading the film, and won't stress so much about getting the water temp perfect. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the advice, one question though, they say that after you are done with the dipping you have to wash the item for about 3 minutes with warm-hot water, is that true?
Thanks for the reply, I am sorry, i am specificaly asking about the washing water temperature... Does that water have to warm-hot, or it is okay to wash it with cold water?
Παναγιώτης Καφαταρίδης oh, ok. The film will wash off a lot faster with warm water but I always use cold and just let it take a little longer. It works fine :)
hey great vid.....quick question ??? any idea why the film wont stick on some items .. for example, I dipped a set of wheels and everything was perfect and when it came to dipping a second set of wheels using the same primer , paint , activator etc ….when I removed the wheel from the tank the film just slid right off .. same film as the first set!!! any idea why this happened???
Jonathan O Shaughnessy hi mate, sounds like you over activated the film. Too much activator softens the basecoat too much and the film doesn't bite, it just slides right off.
63 farenheit isnt that cold of water. thats not much lower than i see people heating theyre tanks too. for someone working in a non heated area in the winter where the water in my tank will actually freeze, you need a heater. depending on your tank size you can use a $40 150 g aquarium heater, it will heat it up enough to dip.
hello Darren, very helpful videos, thank you for teaching us, i have one question, what dimensions should a film have for dipping a 18 inch wheel?? thank you and keep up the good work!
Where I live, we don't have hot water heaters. I tried dipping in cold water, didn't come out very good. Lot's and lots of pin holes. Repeated it a few times and same results. :(
Hi just wondering if you could dip a r/c car body there plastic see through you paint the inside of body so paint doesn’t scratch ? But would the plastic need a primer ? If so not sure it can be done ?? You can scratch pad the inside and doesn’t show scratches but would that be enough for hydro pattern to stick to ?? Thanks 👍
phil kennedy hi, I have done them before but I do it on the outside. I know it's not the popular way to do it because of scratches etc but if you clear it with 2k clear, it will last for ages!
im going to try dipping a clear lexan rc body blue flames i have never done this any tips i dont have a tank i was going to use a big plastic bucket that is big enough for the body and a bit more
Rich Walsh my tip would be to practice on lots of different objects first! I can guarantee that if you try to do your car body without practice and experience, it will not go well.
Hey bud ya seem like a real cool dude just flew bak from the west after a bad run last few years and am looking for something for me and my kids to do and make a dollar !! Tough time's in Geelong right now especially if ya from the wrong area !!! Lol but anyways would be interested flying over one week and havin a good talk to ya over a few beers of course if ya interested 😊only been to tassie once but loved it !😊 my kind of people 👍✨gotta a good mate a bit of a legend down that way for footy windy winter ?? Don't know if ya know him or not but anyways would luv to hav a good chat to ya 😊👍
Darren, How are things in OZ. What do use to prime the item with ? They say you have to do the dip within a certain time of priming with a special primer and spray this stuff on the metal parts to have the primer stick and all that. I would love to hear you debunk all that! Thanks William ( American but not a seppo wanker )
William Smith hi Will, sorry but I can't debunk all that. Hydrographics is a paint process. The dipping is really the easy part, in fact, I can teach anyone to dip in a day! The really important part is the prep, painting, clearcoating, colour sanding and polishing. This can take years to learn to do properly! If you have no painting experience, you are in for a steep learning curve :/
William Smith oh and, to answer your question, yes, each different type of material requires the correct primer and prep process. The film is designed to stick to solvent based automotive basecoat. Basecoat needs to be cleared with a 2pak automotive clear (which should really be sprayed and baked in a decent spray booth/oven). Basecoat has a clearcoat window of about 12 hours (depending on brand, air temp etc), otherwise is becomes too hard to accept the clear and flaking and peeling may result. I'm not trying to put you off, just letting you know that there is a lot more to this process than a lot of CZcams vids would have you believe.
Hello my friend, Greetings from Peru !! Im recently practicing with Cold water but I have a problem with "Cannabis Film", what soak time do you recommend for cold water ?? Im trying to dip when the film is completely smooth or without wrinkles in the film, is that correct time to spray activator (It take me about 2minutes) ? Im using hydrovator with 2 slow passes with 1.4 tip at 15psi I have overactivation in the film and with 1 slow pass the film become in Gel when I dip :( !! I really aprecciate your help my friend because in my country cannot get help, nobody do hydrographics yet ! Thanks a lot, Cheers mi amigo !!!
Hi I’m thinking of starting hydro dipping I’m in the uk in wales so it’s a bit cold here I was wondering do you still need to rinse after you dip many thanks in advance 😉😉
Dear Darren . I just started hydrodipping and in still learning stage. I saw your activator video and made my own. at first it was working but then I purchased new films and suddenly activator does not work in my new films. my question does xylene degrade over period of time. should I try mixing more xylene say 40%. plz help me thanks and cheers
Hi mate. The only reason I can think that you may be having trouble is that the film is on the water the wrong way up. I have used my activator on lots and lots of different films and have never had a problem.
Hey Daren, just watched your homemade activator video and its amazing! just a question im based in NZ we can get diggers xylene easy from bunnings but will diggers lacquer thinner work? in terms of thinners (2K) theres not much here for us
ratfish4life hi mate. Yep, the Diggers Xylene will work fine but you need to go to an automotive paint supplier for 2k thinner. Lacquer thinner is different. You will be able to get it from a trade supplier, it's used extensively in the auto industry.
@@officialWWM I've found two shops that i can buy online. Options are Concept universal 2k Thinner and there's PLAN 2k Tinner (for automotive refinish paints). Which one would you suggest? heres links for both: panelstore.co.nz/products/2k-thinner-reducer?variant=334217055 smitsgroup.co.nz/product/81231/concept-universal-2k-thinner-1l Again thank you so much for the help
ratfish4life it's hard for me to say because I've never used either of them but my guess is they would both work, you may just need to adjust the xylene content a little. You will have to experiment till you get a mix you like.
@@officialWWM fair enough thanks for all the helpful info! one more question, is a spray gun necessary? or can i just mix a little into a little spray bottle? I'm just wanting to try it as a hobby at home so dont wanna pay too much for things i dont really need.
can more specifik material for activator?in your video about make activator.and name for material.because I stay in indonesia.maybe name for material is diferent herre.my email ; iyangsentosa68gmail.com.I will glad if you explain to me.because I beginer.thanks
Hey man, please help, i tried hydro dipping but when i dip, it still hard like a paper. At first i thought i was dipping on the wrong side of the film, but i already made sure by using the sticky finger test. I dont know whats wrong with my film today. I was able to do one correctly yesterday, but not today.
@@officialWWM thank you. Il try adjusting the height of the activator when i spray. I will also try watching the film as well aside from the timer, and Perhaps thats the problem, im only using the activators on a spray can.
please help me, I have tried with warm and cold water, I am using a 400ml aerosol activator and I have got the film all set up and its soaks into the water nicely. but then when I spray the activator it doesn't change.. Unless I am like 3cm away when I spray it. then it expands but doesnt still to the item. I have got a metal shisha vape that I'm trying to drip and ive sprayed it with Metal primer and then Black Satin spray paint.
pull it back more than 3 cm. you wanna be like.. 15 cm away, youre way to close. also.. when using spray paints i noticed LOTS DO NOT WORK. but KRYLON super MAXX works perfectly. make sure to dip the part after 40 mins of painting with that though. cheers mate
Hey there guys, Just letting everyone know that I no longer do Hydrographic printing, Im now working as a full time musician and plan to take my channel in that direction. I had considered taking this video down but as the info is still relevant and people are still looking at it after all this time, I've decided to leave it up as it may still help people. I'll check back from time to time to answer questions if I can. Cheers, Daz
Daz good luck on your musical endeavour and thanks for keeping this video up it has helped me become better at dipping as hobby. Cheers 🍻
Matthew Bradbury thanks for the kind words mate. I'm glad my video is still helping people.
First off...I can't Thank You Enough For you videos. Today I was going to give up on hydrograghics because I spent a tremendous amount of money and I just couldn't get a good dip until This video. I have also found out that the temp. doesn't matter. I'm from Wisconsin and it's always cold . My water temp was 54.3'f and let soak for 10 min (sometimes more).I sprayed activator,then dipped..THE PART CAME OUT PERFECT. All that money wasted on timing the film and worried about water temp.MAN I AM SO HAPPY.
THANKS KEEWEE. ✌
Man 4 years later and your still teaching many many people. I also was about to give up until you walked me through the process. The amount of activator and when to apply. Thank you
Thanks for the useful information , very informative
Thanks for the vids it takes the fear out of doing it... everyone else seems really serious and makes the process seem hard but with your help I will start dipping soon. Thanks from the US
Mate that's the simplest most informative video I've seen and helped out cheers
I really hope you are still on youtube because I wanna thank you so much for doing this video. This will help me so, so much with my heating issue while using a 300 gallon stock tank. Cheers mate!
Hi mate, I’m still around but making music now, not painting, lol. I leave this video up in the hope that it can still help people like yourself. I’m glad it’s useful to you.
Great Video, my 10 yr old nephew asked me about having a go at dipping a while back and i hadn't a clue what to tell him, your videos have made is so clear and relatively easy to achieve so i will go back with your info and have a go with him. Thanks for your time and effort.
You absolute legend. Just starting up as a hobby and your videos have been amazing!! Thank you from the uk 👌
Adam Hicks happy to help mate :)
Love the way you teach. Being a life long oilfield hand I can relate to if it works, it works. Thanks and keep the videos coming
Chris Henson I grew up in NZ. It's a long way from anywhere, you often can't buy what you need so you learn to improvise:)
I love this guy he's number one he proves that anyone can do it and I like his music !!!
Great videos, I've just ordered a hydro dipping starter kit and your videos and advice have eased my mind on a few things and am now confident to start dipping as soon as the kit arrives. Thanks very much
scud69er good luck :)
Just wanted to say after watching this about 6 years ago i started experimenting with low temp dips and never turned my heater on again. worst thing about cold water dips are cold hands! Cheers and good luck on the music career!
Thank you very much, I’m glad I was able to help you :)
From Tennessee, USA.
MIL, you are an absolute help to me. I've been experimenting for a few weeks with different techniques and I have yet to find anything to work for me. All my prints slide off, or dont stick at all. I just found your series of videos and I have to say that you are extremely informative!! You are an inspiration to me as well cause I've just about given up due to my continuous lack of success, but your solid advice has sparked my hope to make it work once again. I just subscribed to you, so I do hope for more how to's and troubleshooting. Please keep up the good work friend
I have bought some film to try my hand at dipping, watched a ton of vids, and got a bit down thinking of how to keep water at same temp. This has helped me end. I have it easier being in Brisvegas, but, knowing to learn to read film and not to blindly follow instructions makes a lot more sense, oh, and great music.......
Allan Browne glad I could help mate. A little warmer in your part of the world :)
This guy knows what it's all about, listen to him before ya fook everything up, I do this and have been for 7 yrs every piece is different, not as easy as ppl think, gotta get that activator just enough, over and you will lose the pattern, not enough it will just wrap around your piece.
Great job on instructing me on cold / hot water film usage. I'm just starting to build my tang out of a 20 cubic foot chest freezer. Looking forward to printing some items. Thanks from Tampa,
Fl. USA
You have cleared an issue in my head that's been preventing me from doing this for some time. . Cheers me little aussy mucka ...good on ya :)
That's a great tip my friend, I just started doing this on some parts for a car I'm rebuilding and your vids ave helped greatly thank you keep them coming.
Thanks for the tips! I was wondering about both the water temperature and *over* soaking. You answered both! 👍
I'm going to try out hydro dipping for the first time and you gave me exactly the info I needed without bs, thanks mate!
im starting a business for hydrodipping and your videos have helped alot really appreciate the good work in helping people understand different things thanks again!!
Jacksons Invention hi mate, glad I was able to help.
I'v been home dipping and using low temp water since I watched you video 5 months ago, and it works great and as you say reading the film in the water, thanks for your help and great video
Hi. what a fantastic informed film. I cannot thank you enough for what your short uploads have done for me ...improved dips every time. you certainly know your game....your work is STUNNING. thanks once again...I look forward to many new tips form your good self. Regards , neil
Great video helped me lots great to know you don't have to sick to exactly times
Thanks for the great video. I've been considering dipping a few rifles, but doing it myself because I'm a DIY sort of guy. I was kind of torn between doing s straight duracoat multicam job or dipping them in multicam. I've painted multicam to great effect and I don't mean to brag, but it looked damn good. My welding hood would disappear in my multicam shooting mat. lol However, it takes so freaking long to paint the pattern and with the extra prep and steps duracoat takes, it would take forever just to do one gun. So I was considering duracoat/dip combination and from what I read, if you only let the duracoat sit for 15 minutes before dipping it, then you end up with an incredibly durable coating, specially after you put a duracoat matt top coat on it. However, my concern was the area I have to dip, which would be basically a tub and maintaining a water temp in a tub would be hard. I guess its the summer and its over 100 degrees so if I let it sit in the sun it would stay warm. lol Glad to see that you don't need to us hot water though.
Thanks Darren, Helpfully video were help me to save water warming up timing as well as to pay electricity bills every month.
I hope so Jorge, that's the idea.
Thank you for your video and for thinking outside the box.
Nice, more useful info from the man!
I'm in the UK and will be windsurfing in water at that temperature tomorrow, no worries. :¬D
thanks for keeping your video up bro, ived finally got a tank and am bout to do my first dip
I agree , music is life
Cheers man, great vids-keep them coming :)
OMG I love your videos. Nat from Toronto Canada. I am so trying the hydro dip to some of my light bulbs for my house. Thank you so much. As I am an artist and I have never done hydro dip can any paint work like oil paints??? Thank you so much.
Perfect video man! Very helpful!
thank you from Brazil!
Good solid advice… I am all about doing it easily and not spending a fortune… Good one mate…
Eric the Viking we are cut from the same cloth ;)
Great work!
Sweet video thanks for the tips
Darren, thanks for another helpful video. "good on ya" Oh yeah, liked and subscribed.
You have the good old kiwi enginuity way mate, work it out for yourself, experiment, think outside the box, awesome way to be. All the best and much success to you mate. Great vids.
murray pimm thanks Murray. I put it down to growing up in the 70s living miles from anywhere in a small country at the bottom of the world. We didn't have access to things like we do today and if you didn't have it and couldn't buy it, you figured out how to make it :) I approach almost everything like that...there's always more than one way to skin a cat :)
Your very down to earth and easy to watch/understand. That's how things get done, trial and error, keep up the great work
Thanks that was brill and very helpful :))👍
Great stuff brother! 👏
at last ive found the jedi film master i own and run a custom paintshop ive been dying to have a go at dipping im gonna give it a try hahaa cheers for vid very helpfull master p.s. how do ye make ye homebrew activator?
LEGEND, I've been thinking what i can do this coming winter to keep my homemade tank warm without it costing me a bomb. still yet to try the homemade activator but will be trying soon. tahnks for the helpful vids.
i would like too buy you a pint. THIS VIDEO WAS VERY HELPFUL.
Hello how are you, I am from Egypt and these materials were not available to us What are the ingredients of activator in Egyptian materials I hope to help you Thank you
So the activator material is available in our capse products
Nice vid mate thx!! But 1 Q&A , you said home-brew activator ?? Can you give me a hint ??So I can low-budget my scooter rims lol ...thx btw for the tips ....Greetings from The Netherlands
Do you need to prep all the items you want to dip. I want to get into this here in the UK and I like the way you explain things. Is there a process I need to learn to do it better. Thanks
Del Mottershaw Yes, absolutely! Its ALL about the prep! Hydrographics is a paint process. All parts must be sanded and prepped, then painted in automotive basecoat. Then you dip the item, rinse it under fresh water for 10 t0 15 minutes then clearcoated with 2pac clear. Items should then be baked, wet sanded and polished. Anyone can learn to dip but you need to learn to paint first!
Thanks fella. Whats your FB page I couldn't find it, would love to see more of what you do and get more of an idea. Thanks for the reply.
It was a 3 1/2 minute soak, but I do get your point of reading the film, and won't stress so much about getting the water temp perfect. Thanks for the video.
Thanks Daren...really useful! Try to keep warm mate.
Thanks for the advice, one question though, they say that after you are done with the dipping you have to wash the item for about 3 minutes with warm-hot water, is that true?
Παναγιώτης Καφαταρίδης it sure is. You have to wash the film medium off, leaving the print behind.
Thanks for the reply, I am sorry, i am specificaly asking about the washing water temperature... Does that water have to warm-hot, or it is okay to wash it with cold water?
Παναγιώτης Καφαταρίδης oh, ok. The film will wash off a lot faster with warm water but I always use cold and just let it take a little longer. It works fine :)
Thats great, water heating is a major problem.... Thanks for the info!
Do i need a activator ?
where you get the film
Brilliant....
whats in your "home brew" activator ?
You should build a "rocket stove" that heats your water. 1 old pallet will burn for a week.
cheers
hey great vid.....quick question ??? any idea why the film wont stick on some items .. for example, I dipped a set of wheels and everything was perfect and when it came to dipping a second set of wheels using the same primer , paint , activator etc ….when I removed the wheel from the tank the film just slid right off .. same film as the first set!!! any idea why this happened???
Jonathan O Shaughnessy hi mate, sounds like you over activated the film. Too much activator softens the basecoat too much and the film doesn't bite, it just slides right off.
@@officialWWM thanks you just helped me out with a problem i had :)
63 farenheit isnt that cold of water. thats not much lower than i see people heating theyre tanks too. for someone working in a non heated area in the winter where the water in my tank will actually freeze, you need a heater. depending on your tank size you can use a $40 150 g aquarium heater, it will heat it up enough to dip.
thanks for doing this im just starting and you are very helpfull
Great advice cheers 👌🏻
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Great video!!
Glad you enjoyed it
hello Darren, very helpful videos, thank you for teaching us, i have one question, what dimensions should a film have for dipping a 18 inch wheel?? thank you and keep up the good work!
Darren can I ask where do you buy your films?
Iv done a few bits now and trying different things so now I'm going to start a dipping service and had lots asking me too dip for them
Would you please tell me how to upload video here or through which medium can I send you, I'm facing some problem.
Merci et bravo pour cette vidéo bien faite...^^
Where I live, we don't have hot water heaters. I tried dipping in cold water, didn't come out very good. Lot's and lots of pin holes. Repeated it a few times and same results. :(
Awesome bro
Hi just wondering if you could dip a r/c car body there plastic see through you paint the inside of body so paint doesn’t scratch ? But would the plastic need a primer ? If so not sure it can be done ?? You can scratch pad the inside and doesn’t show scratches but would that be enough for hydro pattern to stick to ?? Thanks 👍
phil kennedy hi, I have done them before but I do it on the outside. I know it's not the popular way to do it because of scratches etc but if you clear it with 2k clear, it will last for ages!
Thanks very much for your advice and your quick reply 😜👍cheers
phil kennedy no problem, good luck with it.
Hello can I ask ?
What is the part of film I top of a water ?
im going to try dipping a clear lexan rc body blue flames i have never done this any tips i dont have a tank i was going to use a big plastic bucket that is big enough for the body and a bit more
Rich Walsh my tip would be to practice on lots of different objects first! I can guarantee that if you try to do your car body without practice and experience, it will not go well.
Hit the like button when you switched it to Fahrenheit for us Americans. 👍🏻
“White mans magic”. Gonna start using that.
Hey bud ya seem like a real cool dude just flew bak from the west after a bad run last few years and am looking for something for me and my kids to do and make a dollar !! Tough time's in Geelong right now especially if ya from the wrong area !!! Lol but anyways would be interested flying over one week and havin a good talk to ya over a few beers of course if ya interested 😊only been to tassie once but loved it !😊 my kind of people 👍✨gotta a good mate a bit of a legend down that way for footy windy winter ?? Don't know if ya know him or not but anyways would luv to hav a good chat to ya 😊👍
What is the coldest water temp you have dipped at?
Brendt Kline probably about 6 or 7 degrees C.
do you think you can do a run down on your tank set up
Darren,
How are things in OZ. What do use to prime the item with ? They say you have to do the dip within a certain time of priming with a special primer and spray this stuff on the metal parts to have the primer stick and all that. I would love to hear you debunk all that!
Thanks William ( American but not a seppo wanker )
William Smith hi Will, sorry but I can't debunk all that. Hydrographics is a paint process. The dipping is really the easy part, in fact, I can teach anyone to dip in a day! The really important part is the prep, painting, clearcoating, colour sanding and polishing. This can take years to learn to do properly! If you have no painting experience, you are in for a steep learning curve :/
William Smith oh and, to answer your question, yes, each different type of material requires the correct primer and prep process. The film is designed to stick to solvent based automotive basecoat. Basecoat needs to be cleared with a 2pak automotive clear (which should really be sprayed and baked in a decent spray booth/oven). Basecoat has a clearcoat window of about 12 hours (depending on brand, air temp etc), otherwise is becomes too hard to accept the clear and flaking and peeling may result. I'm not trying to put you off, just letting you know that there is a lot more to this process than a lot of CZcams vids would have you believe.
Hello my friend, Greetings from Peru !! Im recently practicing with Cold water but I have a problem with "Cannabis Film", what soak time do you recommend for cold water ?? Im trying to dip when the film is completely smooth or without wrinkles in the film, is that correct time to spray activator (It take me about 2minutes) ? Im using hydrovator with 2 slow passes with 1.4 tip at 15psi I have overactivation in the film and with 1 slow pass the film become in Gel when I dip :( !! I really aprecciate your help my friend because in my country cannot get help, nobody do hydrographics yet !
Thanks a lot, Cheers mi amigo !!!
Hi I’m thinking of starting hydro dipping I’m in the uk in wales so it’s a bit cold here I was wondering do you still need to rinse after you dip many thanks in advance 😉😉
Always have to rinse! Removes the film from the ink
Ron ok thank you bud 😉👍
Dear Darren . I just started hydrodipping and in still learning stage. I saw your activator video and made my own. at first it was working but then I purchased new films and suddenly activator does not work in my new films. my question does xylene degrade over period of time. should I try mixing more xylene say 40%. plz help me thanks and cheers
Hi mate. The only reason I can think that you may be having trouble is that the film is on the water the wrong way up. I have used my activator on lots and lots of different films and have never had a problem.
Have you ever printed your own graphics
Or dipped shoes before?
Hi, with 5ooo different designs on the market, Ive never needed to print my own designs and yes, I have dipped a lot of shoes.
Hey Daren, just watched your homemade activator video and its amazing! just a question im based in NZ we can get diggers xylene easy from bunnings but will diggers lacquer thinner work? in terms of thinners (2K) theres not much here for us
ratfish4life hi mate. Yep, the Diggers Xylene will work fine but you need to go to an automotive paint supplier for 2k thinner. Lacquer thinner is different. You will be able to get it from a trade supplier, it's used extensively in the auto industry.
@@officialWWM I've found two shops that i can buy online. Options are Concept universal 2k Thinner and there's PLAN 2k Tinner (for automotive refinish paints). Which one would you suggest?
heres links for both: panelstore.co.nz/products/2k-thinner-reducer?variant=334217055 smitsgroup.co.nz/product/81231/concept-universal-2k-thinner-1l
Again thank you so much for the help
ratfish4life it's hard for me to say because I've never used either of them but my guess is they would both work, you may just need to adjust the xylene content a little. You will have to experiment till you get a mix you like.
@@officialWWM fair enough thanks for all the helpful info! one more question, is a spray gun necessary? or can i just mix a little into a little spray bottle? I'm just wanting to try it as a hobby at home so dont wanna pay too much for things i dont really need.
Thanks for including us Yankees.
66blacksunshine welcome aboard!
What is the solution in water
I want to make a product like you..thanks
Hey man, in wtp what is ideal temperature? Uper or lower temperature is ideal from process of wtp?
What the temp exactly to get nice hydro dipping?
can we get a full bicycle dip
It work thank you
what is material for aktivator ?and how made is aktivator liquid?
Iyang Sentosa I have made another video on how to make activator.
can more specifik material for activator?in your video about make activator.and name
for material.because I stay in indonesia.maybe name for material is diferent herre.my email ; iyangsentosa68gmail.com.I will glad if you explain to me.because I beginer.thanks
your a ledgend
I just bought a clear case for the original xbox i want to do this to the inside of it with the snake print i wonder how much that would cost..
Thanks and good music,
Hey man, please help, i tried hydro dipping but when i dip, it still hard like a paper. At first i thought i was dipping on the wrong side of the film, but i already made sure by using the sticky finger test. I dont know whats wrong with my film today. I was able to do one correctly yesterday, but not today.
Jaydrone Vids sounds like you either aren't letting the film sit on the water to hydrate for long enough, or you aren't using enough activator.
@@officialWWM thank you. Il try adjusting the height of the activator when i spray. I will also try watching the film as well aside from the timer, and Perhaps thats the problem, im only using the activators on a spray can.
what paint should i use for base coat?
nice music down there!!!!
please help me, I have tried with warm and cold water, I am using a 400ml aerosol activator and I have got the film all set up and its soaks into the water nicely. but then when I spray the activator it doesn't change.. Unless I am like 3cm away when I spray it. then it expands but doesnt still to the item. I have got a metal shisha vape that I'm trying to drip and ive sprayed it with Metal primer and then Black Satin spray paint.
pull it back more than 3 cm. you wanna be like.. 15 cm away, youre way to close. also.. when using spray paints i noticed LOTS DO NOT WORK. but KRYLON super MAXX works perfectly. make sure to dip the part after 40 mins of painting with that though. cheers mate
what is the name of the paper to make it
how long doe the pain stay on the object?
Bashiru Otokiti forever if done correctly.
You Should’ve made a video when your Mazda CX-7 catches on fire.
Arman Amir I actually have a video of that, I've just never uploaded it,
Hey mate any chance you have a Facebook page I can message a few questions too? Having some issues with my film and other issues