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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #30 on: March 29, 2013, 10:38:20 PM »
Did my shotgun a couple months ago, very happy with the way it turned out.

This is basically what it looked like pre-dip.


After the dip


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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #31 on: March 29, 2013, 11:20:21 PM »
Nice. Did you do one side at a time?

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DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #32 on: March 29, 2013, 11:27:14 PM »
Parts on.
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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #33 on: March 29, 2013, 11:57:52 PM »
Nice. Did you do one side at a time?

No, did all the pieces individually, but dipped each entire piece at once.  Barrel was easy, pieces that come to a point (like bottom side of stock) or are somewhat squared off (like the underside of the receiver) pose more of a challenge for some reason.  It's not really evident in these pictures, but I double dipped the bottom 2 inches of the stock.
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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #34 on: March 30, 2013, 01:56:02 PM »
Here  are a few customers trophy's that I dipped.  For a guy to just dip a few things the starte up fees are the biggest.  I started with about 200 dollars that included 3 prints a quart of activator, paint, tape, and a tube for dipping.  Now Im into it about a thousand dollars and can dip anything tha is 36 inches by 48 inches.  Once you get the hang of it is pretty simple.

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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #35 on: March 30, 2013, 04:37:36 PM »
nice cool looking stuff may have to try it out sometime.

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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2013, 05:41:52 PM »
D.I.Y. Camo Dipping a.k.a. hydrographing: Part 1

D.I.Y. Camo Dipping a.k.a. Hydrographing: Part 2

Hahaha that has got to be some of the coolest stuff Ive seen in alooong time. I just broke into spontaneous laughter the second he turned that frame over. omg lmao
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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #37 on: March 30, 2013, 05:42:45 PM »
Here  are a few customers trophy's that I dipped.  For a guy to just dip a few things the starte up fees are the biggest.  I started with about 200 dollars that included 3 prints a quart of activator, paint, tape, and a tube for dipping.  Now Im into it about a thousand dollars and can dip anything tha is 36 inches by 48 inches.  Once you get the hang of it is pretty simple.
GREAT Idea, holy cow. Im seriously in AW right now, Whats it cost do get into something like this? :drool:
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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #38 on: April 14, 2013, 05:47:15 PM »
On the shotgun, did you leave the guts in the receiver? Then just dry thoroughly?

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Re: DIY Hydro dip?
« Reply #39 on: April 14, 2013, 07:16:22 PM »
Nope, pulled all of the working pieces out of the receiver, taped off anything that I didn't want camo on.
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