There are many names for this process. Marbling, dipping, dip art, hydro dipping, and more. While some aspects of the process may vary, all of these have the same basic core. A paint or colorant of some kind is suspended on water, then an object is dipped through it, allowing the surface tension to wrap the paint around the object.
This process can be made easy, or difficult, depending on how much control you want over the final result, but for all of them, it sure is fun to watch.
Enjoy these tutorials showing many different ways to use this technique in your home.
Small scale “dip art”
This example shows how to do some fairly quick and messy dip art. The process on this one doesn’t look that impressive, but in the final shot of the glasses you can see the result is pretty nice.
Deer skull dipping
If you’re going to decorate with skulls, you might as well spice them up with a bit of paint, right? Here you can see that adding a base layer can really make the dipped paint stand out.
Paint Swirl art
This video is particularly fun to watch simply for the process of adding paint to the water. The results are quite nice as well. You may want to turn down your speakers a bit though.
Spray paint and water trick
Using strings to drop your item through the paint is a pretty good tip.
Homemade camo dipping
Adding a nice organic looking camo pattern to your gear is pretty easy with this method.
Spray paint samurai
There’s a great tip in this video: You can use a straw to deposit drops of color for more control.
Swirling an Oneida
When you want to paint something that is really oddly shaped, dipping can make it much easier.
Custom guitar pedal
No two dips turn out identical. This is really nice when you’re working with custom products.
Swirling a guitar
Make that guitar really stand out on stage with a fancy swirl job! Here you can see that enamel paints of various types can be used.
Reggaecaster
It really is amazing just how easily you can add a cool finish to something like a guitar with this method.
Swirl painting a jackson guitar
Note how the person dipping the guitar rocks it back and forth as he dips it. This adds sideways lines to the finished work.
Hydro dipping motorcycle parts
This process is so easy, you could re-paint your bike every year after it has been through a rough summer!
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