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TWN’s Automated Spray System seamlessly integrates with our Stainless-Steel Water Transfer Printing Tanks and Processing Arm. If you wish to buy activator and film separately, you can go with Southern Hydrographics trusted Hydro-Printing Activator and your choice of film. A film assortment pack is a great choice if you’re looking to practice and you’re not too picky about your first designs. Hundreds of pattern options available, including all of the premium patterns you love most.
So, say goodbye to "boring" and give your stuff the look you love. This military camouflage design is perfect for guns and outdoor hunting equipment. The recommended base coat is a light tan, so take your hydrographics abilities up a notch and try a base color other than white. This film is larger than the above options, measuring 2m (79”) x 50cm (19”) and so it costs a bit more.
What you will need to provide:
It includes 2 days of hands-on training at our lab facility in Princeton, FL. All equipment purchases include free training. Jaw-dropping skull patterns, American flags and everything in between. Insanely realistic carbon fibers that will take your automotive projects to a whole new level.
Our line of Water Transfer Printing Wash Stations features an Open Conveyor System that is the most efficient on the market. Freshly-dipped products are inserted in one side and slowly carried by a durable stainless-steel wire mesh through a 360-degree wash cycle. Our OEM Implementation Program will integrate Water Transfer Printing into your existing production line. Our team has successfully integrated our process into both large and small manufacturing facilities with a minimum amount of downtime. Our Certification Program is the most in-depth Water Transfer Printing training on the market.
Small Biz Starter Dip Tank Kit
Liquid Print offers a complete in-house hydrographic training program. Our customers have the ability to request what level of training they desire. The water transfer printing process can bring many challenges Liquid Print is here to help.
These kits by Southern Hydrographics are ideal for beginners as they come with instructions, and exactly the right quantities of everything needed for your first try. It also needs to be washed at the end so you want to have access to a washing area. Whether it’s nautical, aerospace, automotive, or hobbyist concepts, our team will implement protoyping processes and procedures to meet specific needs in a myriad of environments. Detailed instructions for each step are included with the kit. Reduce labor costs and time spent rinsing products manually with one of TWN’s Water Transfer Printing Wash Stations.
Water Transfer Printing, Hydrographic Films, Dipping Tanks, Cerakote, and Supplies
We will work with you to provide visual assessment samples and move forward with full production. Water transfer printing is unique in that the design is printed beforehand and then transferred to the item using standing water. By actually printing the film, complex and consistent designs can be achieved which could not be painted easily. This allows for precise application and professional, repeatable results. You can use any material that can withstand being submerged in water, such as CERAMICS, PLASTICS, METAL and FIBERGLASS. TWN’s Processing Arm provides a consistent and controlled dipping motion for large profile items and custom jigs.
Our line of Water Transfer Printing equipment includes Hydrographic Tanks, Automated Activation Systems, production level Continuous Flow Machines, Wash Stations, and Curing Systems. All of our hydrographics equipment is backed by a 1-Year Warranty and includes 2 days of Water Transfer Printing Training at our facility. While professionals use semi automatic pressure controlled sprayers to spray primer, base coat, activator, and finish, at home you can use spray cans for all these steps. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect because manual control of spraying exactly the correct amount takes practice.
Hydro-Dip films can be applied to most common shapes or substrates used around the world. The high elongation properties of the film and the dimensional stability in all directions offer excellent and consistent results. Hydro Dip has hydrographic printing experts that can quickly place your project on a path for water transfer printing success.
Liquid Print also provides custom formulated hydrographic activators for all dipping systems from manual, cubic constant flow and automated. MyDipkit is an at home do it yourself version of the commercial process known as water transfer printing, or hydrographics. This allows you to process parts on a small scale in your home. The kit contains the printed film, chemicals, and basic supplies needed for processing parts at home.
Do you have the volume and are ready to bring Water Transfer Printing in-house? TWN provides a suite of automated equipment solutions that provide decorating efficiency at scale. Learn more about our equipment options and schedule a call with one of our consultants to discuss which equipment option will be the right fit for your unique application.
Liquid Print offers instructions on everything involved including prepping, painting, hydro dipping to top coating. With over twenty years in the industry we know how to help our customers. Liquid Print provides hydrographic films and activators for manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic water transfer printing systems. Liquid Print provides stock print hydrographic films, branded custom Hydro Dipping / hydrographic films; production custom hydrographic films and custom short run hydrographic films. Liquid Prints hydrographic films are available in sizes from 50 centimeter wide to 1.5 meter wide.
Water transfer printing, also called hydrographics or camo dipping, is the process that transfers an image or pattern to a 3D surface. Whether it's your metal, wood, plastic, stone, Bakelite, or ceramic products, hydro dipping puts you in charge. You can begin water transfer printing at home by buying pre-designed printed films and a can of activator separately, or together in a kit.
Create enough space to move around and find a container large enough to submerge your object. You can do this indoors or outdoors, but maximum ventilation is key because part of the process involves aerosols, so a confined space might harm you. Whichever you choose, make sure the film is kept away from direct sunlight, heat, moisture, in a cool and dry place until it’s ready to be used. This revolutionary painting technique emerged from Japan in the 1980s. It was readily embraced by car enthusiasts around the world for its incredible ability to coat car parts with custom designs that would be hard or impossible to paint otherwise. Although you may still want to go to a professional for your expensive items, there’s no reason why you can’t try water transfer printing at home.
Each kit comes with all the commercial grade products used in the water transfer printing industry worldwide. The base color is the dominating factor in the image transfer. Some of the films offered allow you to adjust the appearance of an image by changing the base color. If you select red or blue then these base colors would give the effect of red or blue. Some patterns are solid and the base coat will have little affect on the pattern, while others have clear areas where the base coat will show through. Our line ofWater Transfer Printing tankscan be customized to fit your unique production requirements.
You may already have some primer, clear coat, and an extra tub or bucket lying around your house or garage. Take a look at the next section to understand what supplies you necessary, and then check off all the items on the checklist before you begin. Hydro Dip Kits are designed for the entry level dipper or hobbyist looking to graphically enhance personal items. Almost everything you will need to process at the commercial level, excluding a commercial dipping system. If your ready to step on the next stone into the Hydrographic printing industry we are here to help. The course covers the entire process from start to finish and includes complex troubleshooting procedures.
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