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Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:14 pm
by David W. Johnson
I like playing with stuff. Modify grip, adjust things, etc. I just bought a Steyr LP10 with two blue cylinders. I'm not terribly fond of blue and they only have a year or so left on certification. I'm considering doing something with hydrographic design to spice them up. Just something a little different.

Anyone tried this?

David

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 3:21 pm
by David W. Johnson
"Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."

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Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:19 pm
by Rover
Like racing stripes, I'm sure you'd gain horsepower.

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:40 pm
by william
Rover wrote:Like racing stripes, I'm sure you'd gain horsepower.
Get it straight, Rover. Everybody knows racing stripes increase torque, not horsepower.

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:08 pm
by FocalX100
Don't have much info on it, but stumbled onto this the other day:

Image

Not quite my taste, but does seem to be possible. Found it here, says little else other than that it was probably a hydro graphic application.

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:38 pm
by David W. Johnson
Image

That one isn't really to my taste either, but at least it's original. I had some carbon fiber look vinyl in the garage, so I tried it out.

David

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:06 pm
by BigAl
They'll dip wrap just about anything from a pocket knife to a pickup truck. I've seen the pictures from SHOT Show.

Alan

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:16 pm
by anschuetzshooter
Had a rifle stock done for an older Anschutz air gun.
Over the top burl walnut.
Done so well I had a couple of gun guys saying "I can't believe you wasted a piece of walnut that good on an air rifle".
The guy I used here in OKC says that if an object can be dipped in water without harm colors and patterns are just
about limitless.

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:04 pm
by bdutton
How well does that hold up to continued use? For example on a rifle, the spot where the hand goes under the stock when in prone or kneeling would get a lot of continuous wear. Seems like something like that would wear out fast in those spots.

Re: Hydrographics on cylinder

Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:48 pm
by David W. Johnson
After the graphic is applied, you spray it with clear. Lasts like paint because it is covered in paint.