Hydro Dip...anyone here ever have it done...If so how do you like it?...Donnie D

[Donnie D]

Just curious if anyone here has ever had a gun hydro dipped, and if so, how they liked the results.

 

[Donnie D]

I've actually had a gun dipped, several years ago, and have been very happy with the result. I'm thinking of having one or two more done. Just curious of other folks thoughts on it. There were so many people that didn't like the idea of spray painting guns, I was curious about this.

 

[Hellquest]

We use to do it as a service at my gun shop. But stopped. To many people failed to understand the limitations of the product and durability.
Now for a favorite hunting rifle that you plan on using all year in different environments. It's easy to swap camos or patterns to match.
Or if you don't mind redoing it once in a while.

 

[Average Joe]

I believe it depends on the guns purpose and your expectations of the product. Heavy use guns that I’ve seen, it did not hold up well. Hunting rifle that you’re only going to use in a deer stand or blind several times a year, shouldn’t be an issue. Just don’t expect it hold up under heavy usage.

 

[Donnie D]

Glad to know that. The gun that I had done gets light to medium use, and has held up just fine. I'll be careful which gun I have done in the future. You can get some pretty sharp looking designs though.

 

[9Baller]

Somewhere between a rattle can and cerakote in durability. This is 2-3 years of fairly regular use.

 

[Pogue]

I had a Remington 870 Police dipped and regret it. Who would’ve thought that Reapers and Zombies would lose their appeal after awhile…..🙃

 

[Frack N Cylons]

I remember seeing guys doing a splatter paint kind of hydro dip with spray paint back a decade ago or so. That seemed pretty cool to me.

 

[Sasquatch]

Just curious if anyone here has ever had a gun hydro dipped, and if so, how they liked the results.

I do it myself all the time. Both ghetto-style spray-rattlecan-in-kiddie-pool-dip (seriously) and using commercial films and a vat. My wife used not to like 'scary black guns'. So here's her wooden AR, and my son's self-customized "is that Jamaican? No, it's toxic" comp rifle.