Frag Out! Magazine

to immersing elements a special support frame is placed which limits an operation field and makes it impossible for a foil to move on the water surface. The next stage is to applying a foil on the water surface. And here the difference between water slide decals and hydrographics should be highlighted. In the first one water acts as a glue activator which enables sticking a pattern to the surface on which it is applied. Therefore it is possible to coat objects with complex shapes. In the water transfer to activate a glue the solution applied on the surface of the foil is required. Then it floats on the water using an airbrush. After activating this "glue" it is time for the most important and at the same time the most difficult stage of the process – immersing an object on which a pattern is applied in the bathtub with water and a foil. There is only one attempt and it requires great skills. A person who does it must be careful not to tear a foil, cover a surface evenly, as well as to leave air bubbles under the foil. If they appear one must repeat a process in the area where air bubbles appeared, a pattern lost its continuity and does not adhere precisely to the object surface. In the case of the simple object, of course, providing this can manage even an unskilled person, but more complex shapes, especially a firearm, require a great experience. Certainly even a flat surface can be a great challenge, for instance when it comes to a very sophisticated shape, but in practice one of the most difficult shapes to finish with it is… a ball. After applying a pattern, all the next is only easier – an object gets under the shower where are rinsed not adhered remains of the foil. The next stage begins after complete drying out of the hydrographics. Then an objects gets to the paint shop where is painted with an acrylic coating – it is that coating is responsible for durability and finishing. Depending on the preferences of the ordering, finish can be mat, semi-mat or glossy. Drying of the varnish layer ends a process of applying hydrographics. The coating obtained in this way corresponds in terms of durability with a factory firearm coating (blackening or paining) – certainly it will wear and tear but nearly in the same manner as a standard firearm finish. Correctly applied water transfer printing does not peel off flake off, and simply wears away in the areas where a firearm works. 3. Preparation of the film 4. Spraying activator CUSTOM

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