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Vehicle: Car: Paint
Car Tatoos   (+2, -2)  [vote for, against]
...as in actually tatooing the car

Permanently tatooed motifs applied to the vehicle. A regular tatoo gun may not work so well (One would presumeably use something more like a fine point dremel tool).
-- ShawnBob, May 19 2011

Car Tattoo http://carphotos.ca...414480017_large.jpg
Smart. [tatterdemalion, May 19 2011, last modified May 20 2011]

Anodising http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anodizing
anodised tatoo is possible, see 'Printing' section. [TomP, May 20 2011]

Yes but... why? Could not some form of permanent ink-like liquid be developed, which be applied by a craftsman using some kind of applicationer?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2011


Yes, Maxwell (...but not as much fun as some bald guy grinding it on there) ;)
-- ShawnBob, May 19 2011


I quite like the idea of my car getting pissed and going off to get a tattoo in an unfortunate place.
-- DenholmRicshaw, May 19 2011


In some areas I hear they use keys.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 19 2011


As opposed to putting vinyl decals on the car, or spraypainting a picture of a dragon's arsehole across all of the panels on one side, or something equally asinine?
-- infidel, May 20 2011


There goes your anti-corrosion warranty ...
-- 8th of 7, May 20 2011


Perhaps the body could be made of aluminium and anodised while the dyes used to colour anodised surfaces could be selectively applied?

edit: this suggestion has been baked according to Wiki [link]. Except I was thinking more along the lines of hand-painting the dyes on rather than printing them.
-- TomP, May 20 2011


Perhaps there is some spray on clear-coat...so one could grind in the tat, then clearcoat over it to prevent rust.
-- ShawnBob, May 20 2011


Wax sublimation dye printing could work. It's what's used to print aluminium soft drink cans.
-- infidel, May 20 2011



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