Topic: Awesome ..... or Turd in the Punchbowl (Hydro Coating)

[george]

Well I'm sorta being a test bed, new shop opened next door to our shop and he does powder, paint and this new stuff , Hydro coating , so I agreed gladly to advertise for the guy and I am pretty well pleased,(got some dents fixed too) also had the headlight bucket done in carbon fiber look. The Skull design is just growing on me , need to do my front fender , which I will soon , just a #$%* to take off. I've also had my V&H header powder coated and extremely pleased with that job, it is done in hi-temp black with silver metalflake, subtle but in light it pops! I cut that huge hatefull canister down and am not yet through with riveting and the proper bolts.
 So what say ye , yay or nay ? Thanks Gents

[Vinhead1957]

Not my cup of tea!

[BeSeeingYou]

   Remember the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the late 70's?  I say no, no, no...it's just awful.  At least there is no portrait of Pol Pot on the fuel door.   Really...that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw that.

[RAFster122s]

Apocalyse or Terminator movie...  definitely macabre

Don't think I would saddle up to that scheme ever.

[EnvinoVeritas]

Aside from the skulls, which are bound to be polarizing, wow on the tech! How does that work exactly?

[David B]

Not really my style but the work is pretty impressive!  It looks very well done. You should be proud.

[HondaMan]

Looks like nice handiwork, and a nice custom bike!

Now, you will hear from my (weaker) artistic side:
IMO...if you made some matching (to the colors) white or silver or maybe black 'stripes' in the wedge shaped edges of the ridge down the center sides of the tank, and thinner ones on the rear, each side, top and bottom of the creases back there, I think it would have a pleasing effect?

I used to do these sorts of things with the plastic/vinyl shelf paper (cheap, durable), which can be slightly stretched to follow the contours. These days, when someone asks me to paint their tanks and such in a solid color, I usually make some stripes like these for them to consider, to break up the "solid field" look of it. Never saw someone turn them down, yet. These are large fuel tanks, so the "color blocked" look seems to sometimes detract from the nice handiwork.

...now we return to my Engineering mindset...

[george]

   Remember the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the late 70's?  I say no, no, no...it's just awful.  At least there is no portrait of Pol Pot on the fuel door.   Really...that's the first thing that came to mind when I saw that.

Oh Boy do I remember Cambodia, as a young Airman in 1974 one of my more memorable life moments was flying over the Mekong near Stung Treng in a small Spotter taking photos and recieving small arms fire ! For some reason these aircraft were bright yellow , anyway we made it almost back into Thailand and the pilot did a great job of putting her down in a clearing very near some very nasty hills, we were picked up immediatly by an army chopper. No injuries except to my pants !

[Stev-o]

Aside from the skulls, which are bound to be polarizing, wow on the tech! How does that work exactly?

+1.   Hey George - what can you tell us about the process?

[george]

Aside from the skulls, which are bound to be polarizing, wow on the tech! How does that work exactly?

+1.   Hey George - what can you tell us about the process?

Here is a site with some info, but this is not my neighbors website, pretty interesting stuff, I've had my headlight bucket done in carbon fiber. I'm going to run this for a while and then most likely go to a more traditional look. http://www.texashydrocoating.com/patterns.html

[Stev-o]

Cool, thx.  One of the brushed metal films might look pretty cool

[george]

Looks like nice handiwork, and a nice custom bike!

Now, you will hear from my (weaker) artistic side:
IMO...if you made some matching (to the colors) white or silver or maybe black 'stripes' in the wedge shaped edges of the ridge down the center sides of the tank, and thinner ones on the rear, each side, top and bottom of the creases back there, I think it would have a pleasing effect?

I used to do these sorts of things with the plastic/vinyl shelf paper (cheap, durable), which can be slightly stretched to follow the contours. These days, when someone asks me to paint their tanks and such in a solid color, I usually make some stripes like these for them to consider, to break up the "solid field" look of it. Never saw someone turn them down, yet. These are large fuel tanks, so the "color blocked" look seems to sometimes detract from the nice handiwork.

...now we return to my Engineering mindset...

Hello Mark, thank you sir ! I bought that seat pan because it matches the tank lines, I totally agree about changing the pattern or adding contrast stripes, I think this tank and seat will look great in a two tone sometime soon down the road . Now I need to paint the frame and detail the engine !!

[Stev-o]

What happened to the dog bed seat cushion Tom put on there last year?!

[Old Ned]

What happened to the dog bed seat cushion Tom put on there last year?!

George's weak points are motorcycle seats! He just rode in to our shop with no seat pad at all, says he has an imprint of wing nuts on his butt! I'm gonna help him upholster something , he says his jack russell stole the tommy seat !
Hope to see some of you next month around Austin, george is going, I'm riding my K2 Goldie that george and I just rebuilt the top end !

[750K]

I think if the tank and seat graphics were burried under some layers of a mid to dark Kandy and a few coats of clear it would be near the awesome stage, it's a bit to "loud" for my tastes on a vintage bike. The quality level of it all is pretty damn good. Kandy would tone it down most of the time and when in the right light or up close the skulls will jump out still.

[rb550four]

Sorry , busy like wallpaper for my taste, but as long as you like it, who cares what anyone else thinks.

[RAFster122s]

The rear swing arm needs a femur painted on it...

Who was the racer who wore a skeleton imprinted set of leathers on the front of his jacket?

[Retro Rocket]

Aside from the skulls, which are bound to be polarizing, wow on the tech! How does that work exactly?

+1.   Hey George - what can you tell us about the process?

Steve, you tube Hydro coating , its a cool process, i have seen guitars painted like this but without the templates, just swirled paint on water......

[Gregorymoto]

I just watched a few youtube clips on this. This would be a good idea if you could print your own graphics. It does not look like you get much of a variety in choice. Camo and Sculls, thats all I saw.

[Stev-o]

Hey Ned - looking onward to you guys coming up to Austin next month. I'll  show you guys some fantastic roads in the Hill Country!

Guessing George is a hard ass if he's never had a pad on it

[cb650PK]

The rear swing arm needs a femur painted on it...

Who was the racer who wore a skeleton imprinted set of leathers on the front of his jacket?

Aldana, and you should know that. Damn youngsters.

[stickman]

George,  Sorry man but one vote here for "turd in the punch bowl'.  Maybe if you
broke up some of it with black accents?  Definitely eye catching.  Stickman

[gravygrabber]

The rear swing arm needs a femur painted on it...

Who was the racer who wore a skeleton imprinted set of leathers on the front of his jacket?

Mike hailwood?

[Stev-o]

Who was the racer who wore a skeleton imprinted set of leathers on the front of his jacket?

Ozzie Osbourn??!

[RAFster122s]

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Not to be confused for or with Rachel Aldana from the UK...