Hey bud,
Im dying at your comments! lol
First the video of what this guy is doing, is not what Im doing! Hes doing "Swirl dipping" which is basically droping a bunch of paint in a bucket and dipping in your parts with no control or idea of what the pattern/outcome will be. Ok if you want and abstract paint pattern, or a Tie Dyed effect on your bike.
What you want to google is Hydro Dipping or Water Transfer printing.
Thats (one of the several) custom paint styles we use here at our shop. The pics of the windscreens are done is this style. Basically its a pre determined pattern (comes in many varieties) printed on a very thin PVC film. You prep your piece, paint to the desired base color color, Lay out them film in a specially designed water tank, spray an activator (chemical solution thats formulated for your particular manufacturers film, that dissolves the the pvc and leaves only your ink (paint) pattern floating on the surface of the water controlled by either a damn system or taped edges to keep the pattern from dissipating.
Then you have about 30-45 seconds to careful dip your piece in a method that transfers the pattern to it, without distorting the pattern, effectively transferring the pattern from a flat surface onto your 3D piece of material, helmet whatever.
Then, if all goes well, you rinse off your piece, dry it, and cover it a clear coat like any other paint job. Now its protected and as good as any other paint or custom paint job.
Google hydro dip and youll see hundreds of videos. Used for bikes, helmets, guns, shoes you name it. Basically, if done properly, is a very affordable alternative to airbrushing, in some cases better because of the micro details it can produce, and the ammount of time saved makes it feasible and affordable enough to do on these types of projects.
At my place we do all sorts of custom paint jobs, this is just one style, but unlike the choppers/Harleys etc, bikes like the PCX, MSX (grom) body panels are cheap enough to buy Honda original parts here, customize them and ship them out to other countries (Or i simply sell them in Asia)
IE no one is going to buy and extra set of Harley Davidson tins unless they have to. Way too expensive. But here I have access to factory Honda parts, Made in Thailand, that we customize and sell entire kits etc.
The color changing paint, Chameleon paint, has been round for a while now. We have probley 10 different variations of just that style of paint. Works well on PCX's because of the sharp body lines in the design. Again this would an expensive choice in many US shops (probley out of the price range most people are willing to put into a PCX. But here i have my own paint mixing machines, import the pigments and mix my own keeping the cost down to a reasonable level.
At the moment we are working on an E commerence website platfor to sell thes eparts outside of our area, but at the moment just to look at some of our work and reviews etc, check out the shops FB page Bright Knight Customs.
To be honest we are full up of work here at the moment anyway, because we are one of maybe only three shops that can do this in Thailand (Lack of available chemicals and materials keeps it that way) and the only "Foreigner owned" company that does it.
But since one of my lifelong friends retired from the Marine Corps and took over a Bike repair/mod shop in San diego I was thinking of shipping some of our stuff back home for sale on the US market, using his shop as a distribution center so to speak.
But before I send a few big boxes back there wanted to test the market feel (see if there was any intrest is these model bikes back home) And get a feel for what people like etc.
Anyway bud take care I'm back off to the spray booth have a Harley in there that is inbetween clear coats!
take care
Dan
WhiteNoise wrote:OhMyGadosh!
homie! The video comments ARE hysterical! They say shite look (you know...poopie)
My first reaction to the mix in the tub was....."Who's got the Eggs? Let's Swirl 'Em!"
What a mess!
To new member Bright Knight Dan, I say hello and quickly follow that with....
Did you watch the youtube link that homie just posted? Please say it isn't so. How do you make this happen? I mean from beginning to end? Do tell because that video is just Yucky! Please explain your method, etc.
Your screens do look nice "from where I sit behind my iPad screen," would they look the same in person? Can we read some reviews from your customers? We need more in this dept.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm liking the idea that you're from the U.S. now over there and making stuff hopefully for back here. We're longing for the same goodies available everywhere for you. So keep talking and sell us.
Start a thread in the Gallery like kramnala58 suggested. Explain your process(es), more pictures too. I love the tri-color blend look. Your bike right? I like the carbon screen too.
Don't get discouraged please. Convince us. Thanks for joining our forums
