Hydro dip

[ricksride]

I know there are some of you that have "plastic dipped" (painted), your bikes. (I read all 17 pages)

What I haven't read or seen here... has anyone tried hydro dipping their bike parts?

This is not mine, just an example:

 

[L.B.S.]

I know there are some of you that have "plastic dipped" (painted), your bikes. (I read all 17 pages)

What I haven't read or seen here... has anyone tried hydro dipping their bike parts?

I haven't tried doing it myself, but my ebay handgaurds were faux carbon fibre dipped (they were the closest to plain black I could get, and I thought they would be a better choice to then paint black, as opposed to the bright blue/yellow/green etc., other choices)

Well as I discovered, the dipped carbon fibre application was very thin and fragile, scraping off very quickly, even with several coats of black plastidip painted on top of it. The ironic thing was, the carbon dipped gaurds were just random other coloured gaurds underneath, lol. I have one Suzuki blue on one side, and a Kawasaki lime green on the other, hahaha!

This isn't to say all hydro dips are equal, but maybe something to keep in the back of your mind, that the surfaces might scratch easily.

 

[kpinvt]

For a moment there I thought you were talking about your bike going for a swim. Nice paint job, how is it done? It looks like something BMW would do to a prototype.

 

[ricksride]

[video=youtube;_CA0DR4GSQg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CA0DR4GSQg[/video]

 

[BerndM]

Awesome
Thanks

 

[kpinvt]

That video explains how the carbon fiber look was applied to the replacement front fender I had on my Silver Wing. Thank you.

 

[itlives]

Why the heck did they waste an otherwise good video on a dented tank?

I wonder what they do when a wrinkle is in it? I saw one on one of the dips.

 

[JDE]

Why the heck did they waste an otherwise good video on a dented tank?

I wonder what they do when a wrinkle is in it? I saw one on one of the dips.

LOL, I was thinking the same thing! Then I noticed it's the same tank each time they dipped it. I think they were just showing off the process.