HYDROtek custom coatings

Would like to introduce my new business venture firstly to the Nesf forum and its members, HYDROtek custom coatings is the process of Hydrographics or 3D transfer/water dipping it is also known as, it is a process that a transferable ink/pattern can be put onto various items made of wood/plastic/metal/glass even in some cases...example a carbon fibre dipped alloy wheel, once the wheel is brought back to its bare metal and refurb if needed, it then goes through the prep stages......primed/smoothed/base coated at this stage it is ready for dipping, the carbon pattern is placed on top of the water in a specialised tank that heats the water at a certain temperature to hydrate the film, then a activator is sprayed over the film that reacts to it breaking it down to a floating jelly that just leaves the ink on the water surface, the alloy can then be dipped through this and it coats the wheels surface leaving a carbon fibre effect, after a drying stage it is then clear coated to give it a protective coat that is as durable as a spray painted job, hope this has given you abit of insight into wot am doing but if you have any questions just give me a shout, cheers for looking guys n girls......... I will leave this picture of a few ford wheels I done this wk cause sometimes pictures speak louder than words



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Cheers for looking any questions let me know..... This doesn't just stop at alloy wheels the options are endless and so are the patterns :0)

about time someone local did this!!! awesome fella
you up and running now,can drop some bits off this morning

Yes mate am up and running the days am not at college mate but sure daz pop in today mate
Cheers marra just hoping it will interest Nesf members its my first port of call :0)

Awesome mate

Delighted you have started that up here Lee - it was an opportunity too good to miss. Can you PM me the cost of refurb & carbon dipping my 17" standard STI alloys - currently gold and in need of a refurb, although they are at a mates paint shop for the last 4 months as he was supposed to be painting them in anthracite for me, but to be honest let's assume they are still gold and needing a refurb!

I would like carbon fibre dipped - although it will be in the New Year as I have exceeded the national debt of Brazil spending on the scooby this year so far

Excellent idea ... they look brilliant too

The very best of luck for your business, I'm sure it'll be a massive success

Ive just been out to buy a hat so I can take it off to you Locky - I wish you the very best of luck with this business venture and have already started thinking about ways to take advantage of your skills

Ive seen this first hand for mass produced items as we looked at surface coating power tools for special promo events and I visited a supplier in Italy who were coating phone cases and the like for Nokia, with everything from wood grain to cartoon characters. Very interesting process. The wheels look amazing by the way !!

As you said just about anything is possible - the only limitation is the extent of your imagination.

The wheels look great. Well done on starting this, its been needed locally for some time and there is a hole in the market to be filled

Those wheels look great bud. Good luck with the venture.

Congrats mate glad ya sorted bud

All I can say is

Good luck with the business Locky. I'm sure you will do very well out of it as mentioned above its about time someone in the north east done this. Expect some business from my way in the near future

Cheers guys n girls .....thanks to Paul and Nicola and daz called in today which that in its self gives me a good vibe about my leap of faith from my 14yr career cheers again guys

Cracking setup fella!! Seen a few bits & bobs done (all 1st attempts) wow!! Form an orderly que people!!!!

No problem lol .. we had to come down for a nose (will have to watch the magic happening at some point too) and sort out our order

It's a brave thing to start up in this financial climate but with a good product you can't really go wrong - Well done and GOOD LUCK

Can you send me a price on having the following done in carbon look-

1 airbox top.
2 snorkle.
3 pulley cover.
4 fuse box cover.

Cheers mate

Can you send me a pm with a price for my alloys. In profile picture. Kai drift wheels. Hope ya buisness works well mate and i wish you the very best of luck.

Awesome mate wish you all the best with your new venture

excellent stuff

i looked into this a few month ago but backed out wen a realised a would have to skip 7yrs worth ov subaru parts collection

good luck locky, a will call in with me list ov parts a want doing

Pm's sent and cheers again folks, couldn't of asked for a better reception today at the unit and here on the forum......Finn you not doing the tropical fish tanks now it was a good idea pmsl yeh any time mate drop in, I will put up wot days am open till I finish this college course am on but that's only to nxt June so bare with me peeps

Jonny Gav wrote:

Can you send me a price on having the following done in carbon look-

1 airbox top.
2 snorkle.
3 pulley cover.
4 fuse box cover.

Cheers mate

Ok jonny as it goes and I will do this for all members on the forum as a kind of carbon package at a £100 for the above items......seperate items would cost more to be done bit by bit example snorkel £60 alt cover £40 fuse box £15 air box £25, hope this is ok for ya fella

Cool mate, when can I drop my stuff off? No hurry but it's here when you want it.

I've got the kids and a run upto Scotland on Sunday so will be back in the unit from Monday mate if that's ok?

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Few testers and samples to give you abit more of an idea......with 1000s of patterns it would be hard to stock all, going to try my best to sort some kind of catalogue to look through so you can choose for your selfs ;0)

Feking, Ooooooohhhhhh Me likes

Good luck with the new venture mate!!

What sort of size limit is there items to be coated? One or two bits I'm deffo interested in getting done, will have to call round one day cos I can't get me head round how this works