Hydro dipping parts?

[DarkMedic]

Hi guys, I'm planning to hydro dip my desktop components, but I'm not sure which can be hydro dipped and which cannot. And do you guys have some good hydro dipping colour mix? Can i have some suggestions for hydro dipping colour mix and which parts could be Hydro dipped and which cannot?

[SansVarnic]

4 minutes ago, DarkMedic said:

Hi guys, I'm planning to hydro dip my desktop components, but I'm not sure which can be hydro dipped and which cannot. And do you guys have some good hydro dipping colour mix? Can i have some suggestions for hydro dipping colour mix and which parts could be Hydro dipped and which cannot?

Honestly, I strongly advise against this.

Technically you can do it but Use extreme caution and make sure everything is dried thoroughly before placing back into your build.

[DarkMedic]

but which part can be hydro dipped and which cannot? Or is it better if i spray paint it?

 

[Letgomyleghoe]

Spray paint is good, just make sure it gets dried as @SansVarnic said

 

Hydro dipping PC parts can be tricky especially if it's your first time hydro dipping in the first place, it can make your parts look like shit if you don't know what your doing, your better off with spray paint and a stencil design.

 

But don't let your dreams be dreams! 

If you really want to, try practicing hydro dipping other objects till you feel comfortable with them and then work on your PC parts.

[Eschew]

Hey there. These may or may not help:

This thread is about general mods of all shapes, sizes, and components. Scroll down to the "Painting" section. There's a section on general painting, plasti-dipping, and painting individual components. However, I don't think there's a section on hydro-dipping. It might be worth a look if you want to know which parts should or should not be fiddled with.

 

This thread on case modding has a... funny layout. Just keep clicking on the spoilers at the end of the first post until you come across the painting section. Sadly I don't think there's a section on hydro-dipping here either.

 

Spoiler

Aaaargh I wanted to keep my post count at 100. 

 

[W-L]

21 hours ago, DarkMedic said:

but which part can be hydro dipped and which cannot? Or is it better if i spray paint it?

 

It depends on what you want to dip stuff like a PCB board wouldn't be recommend to dip due to the water needed to float the film during the application process, and while spray painting is not recommended would be a better alternative of the two. 

 

For any kind of dipping you will need to completely disassemble the parts say a fan shroud on the GPU, after dipping you then need to seal the surface or essentially put a clear coat over it to protect the surfaces. 

[DarkMedic]

3 hours ago, W-L said:

clear coat over it to protect the surfaces. 

clear coat? what do you mean by a clear coat over hydro dipped parts?

[Pa1yn]

3 hours ago, DarkMedic said:

clear coat? what do you mean by a clear coat over hydro dipped parts?

Probably an acrylic conformal coating?

[W-L]

10 hours ago, DarkMedic said:

clear coat? what do you mean by a clear coat over hydro dipped parts?

Clear coat is a protective paint spray that needs to be applied over-top of the hydro dipped surface. Similar to how they paint cars you have a color coat that you see and then a clear that protects the paint. Any kind of abrasion or scuffing will easily take off essentially what is a thin layer of ink (hydro dip pattern) that has been applied to the surface. 

 

Here is an example you may want to do some research to make sure the coating you apply overtop is compatible with that specific hydro dip. 

https://www.amazon.com/Dupli-Color-DA1692-Crystal-General-Purpose/dp/B001DKPL14