Team Realtree AT Pro

[Chad1972]

It's not really a thing but they should...
Oh and I have dust cover ordered for the housing, that's why I didn't camo it. Now I'll be able to sneak up on them pennies...like a freakin fat Ninja!

 

[oakhunter27]

Ya that's nice did the same thing it would be awesome if they came that way

Sent from my SCH-S738C using TreasureNet in the middle of a field somewhere

 

[bzbadger]

Is this camp tape? If so you have some patience to sit and cut it all out like that. I'm impressed. Tell me how you did this

 

[Chad1972]

Yes, vinyl camo tape from Academy. And yes it took a long time. Lol

 

[Chad1972]

And now with matching headphones!

 

[bzbadger]

Ok now I can see. Patience is a virtue and brother u have it by the truck load. I was thinking of taking my ATP and having hydrographic camo put on. For $50 they dunk it and done...well there's the drying time but still its worth it unless I lose it because of the camo

 

[Chad1972]

Yeah that would be the way to go, I figured it would cost more than that. I was also wondering if you could CeraKote it like they do guns, that would last forever. Not sure if a ceramic coating would interfere with the coil though.

 

[jsk1]

That is freaking bad**s!!! That's gotta be the coolest thing I've seen done to a detector.

 

[Chad1972]

Wow thanks man! I figured if I'm gonna get into metal detecting I might as well try to look cool doing it. Lol

 

[jsk1]

You're gonna look cool that's for sure. You said you were getting a cover for it. Where are you getting it? I make them to and do a hardwoods camo. Wouldn't match your camo though.

 

[jsk1]

You better not set that thing down and walk away from it in the woods.

 

[Chad1972]

I ordered off of eBay, and it's coming from Ukrain. I paid $16.85 for it

 

[Chad1972]

I also went ahead and put the matching camo tape on the box...the one I ordered probably won't match either but it might look ok.

 

[jsk1]

I bet it'll look awesome. Nice job!

 

[Trooper733]

That looks great, good job! I do cerakoting in my gunsmith shop and you may already know but it requires application with a hvlp spray gun and heat curing in a special oven at 250 degrees F for one hour for metal parts and up to 150 degrees F for plastic parts and is single colors. Surface prep for Cerakote is labor intensive and detail critical. There is another method called Duracoating that I also do in my shop that is sprayed on with an air brush usually, you can use templates to create any camo pattern and has a lot bigger color selection palate. It is an air cure two part spray epoxy, its not as durable as cerakoting but still holds up very well against scratches, etc. Hydrographic film would definitely be the way to go I think. You can buy the kits and do it yourself without any special tools. Lots of firearm manufacturers are using hydrographic film to camo their guns at the factory.
Again good job on the detail!

 

[Chad1972]

I found a kit for hydro dipping that comes with 1 meter of film for $69 at mydipkit.com but I'm not sure if that's enough to do the whole thing. I spent a whopping $5.99 on the vinyl tape. If it comes off I'll defiantly do the hydrographics though.

 

[mtruxfan]

great looking job, youre the King of the Exacto knife thats for sure.

 

[G.I.B.]

Don't set it down, you will never see it again.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

The AT Pro looks great, you definitely put some time in the fitting of all those pieces. The headphones are awesome!

 

[John-Edmonton]

Man.....that really looks cool! Lots of great talent here!

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