WarpSpeed Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Check this out, like the toy cars you used to wet to get them to change color only this one does far more then just change color. https://www.yahoo.com/autos/magic-lamborghini-paint-job-transforms-in-a-splash-124864213782.html https://youtu.be/h4LmDohrorw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Wow, have never seen anything like that before - this is cool. It looks like some kind of wrap too - at 0:15 into the video I think I can even see some creases in it? Here's an embed of the video: Edited July 24, 2015 by IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the embed IMHO, never can seem to get that to work? I don't think there is any wrap, the water flows off and makes it look like a wrap crease but they talk about the cost of the paint being very high (no surprise there). You may be seeing the water marks but maybe you're right I don't really know enough about it to say for certain, I just ran into it. But that is really some paint job! Can you imagine driving that in the rain?? How cool? Especially if it was a sun shower or just short shower and the sun came back out? What will they come up with next? Just watched again, I don't see any wrap creases I think you may be seeing a water splash before they started video or maybe you're seeing a contour. It would be incredible if it did come in a wrap though and you could easily change backgrounds, and I can see how they could possibly apply such technology to a wrap, and maybe that is the next evolution? Edited July 24, 2015 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensei Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 That looks like a temperature sensitive film. The car is under direct sunlight and the water lowers the temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 Yes, that is how it works, that is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'm blown away by the amount of interest and comments this thread is getting? So many people out there have seen this technology that it isn't even notable? IMHO and Sen sei did you have any idea how far behind the rest it seems we all are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'm blown away by the amount of interest and comments this thread is getting? So many people out there have seen this technology that it isn't even notable? IMHO and Sen sei did you have any idea how far behind the rest it seems we all are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I'm blown away by the amount of interest and comments this thread is getting? So many people out there have seen this technology that it isn't even notable? IMHO and Sen sei did you have any idea how far behind the rest it seems we all are? It's interesting, but not on a practical level. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that Captain America paint job cost more than my first 3 cars combined... Even a single color job would cost "a few thousand dollars just for top coat materials alone" (quoting the article), plus another few thousand to spray it. Then there's the issue of longevity, and how long between $$$$$ paint jobs, what happens if I get a tiny scratch, how many local hoodlums are going to pee or spit on it to see it change, and on and on. For a scooter where a pint ($300-400) would probably do 2-3 resprays, maybe. For $??,000? Not much interest here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) I'm blown away by the amount of interest and comments this thread is getting? So many people out there have seen this technology that it isn't even notable? IMHO and Sen sei did you have any idea how far behind the rest it seems we all are? It's interesting, but not on a practical level. If I were a betting man, I'd bet that Captain America paint job cost more than my first 3 cars combined... Even a single color job would cost "a few thousand dollars just for top coat materials alone" (quoting the article), plus another few thousand to spray it. Then there's the issue of longevity, and how long between $$$$$ paint jobs, what happens if I get a tiny scratch, how many local hoodlums are going to pee or spit on it to see it change, and on and on. For a scooter where a pint ($300-400) would probably do 2-3 resprays, maybe. For $??,000? Not much interest here. Seriously?? First off I doubt anyone who buys this has the first thought about practicality. Secondly, no one is trying to sell you, it's just an idea for those who can afford it obviously, not to mention that it's new tech, and like all new tech it needs to evolve. But at least to your credit you posted your observations, that's more then I can say for so many others who've viewed and posted nothing? Edited July 25, 2015 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 It sounds like you threw a party but nobody showed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Oh I see.................. Silly me .... Edited July 26, 2015 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Awesome tech, shame about how crap the paint job is both before and after the water. i wonder if it will be proven to be fake like that camaro with the purple paramagnetic paint a few years back. Edited July 26, 2015 by Don Mega Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 A number off off topic bickering and baiting posts have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcbuilder Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Not a secret at all he is using thermochromic paint. Thermochromism is the property of substances to change color due to a change in ....Thermochromic paints use of liquid crystals or leuco dye technology. Heat Sensitive Color changing paint. Our typical thermochromic pigment will change color at 86 degrees F. Custom Temperatures can be special ordered. As the temperature rises, the paint disappears to show what is underneath. This stuff is not cheap - around $30 US for 25 grams for one color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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