The Plastidip thread

[Cookie Monster]

I plastidipped the overhead console that I'm putting in the El Camino, but sprayed on the coat too thickly. I'll have to sand it down and retry with thinner coats. That, or work on my spraying motion to avoid pools.

Do yourself a favor and get a spray can trigger. I bought mine for $6. It makes aiming the can so much easier and is much easier on your hand since you can use your entire hand to squeeze the trigger instead of just your index finger. It's also far more consistent since it puts a consistent amount of pressure on the spray part of the can.

[giant_mtb]

They are durable, and apparently are good against salt/snow because it protects the wheels from salt damage. I read that ice climbers plasti dip their picks to get better grip so if it works under those extreme conditions without tearing I'm sure it'll be fine on wheels in snow.

The until it peels off comment was if I accidentally peeled them off while washing (shouldn't though because my black dipped parts on my car are fine after a few washes) or if I was a dumbass and curbed the wheels or something. Dipyourcar.com put up a new video on Youtube on how to fix any rips or tears in your plastidip that you could try if you ever run into problems.

Also, if you want to try the gunmetal look, you could get the black dip and the silver metallizer and just spray a few light coats of the silver to get the gunmetal look.

Finally, Cale, this definitely isn't a 4 hour job. At least it wasn't for me. Figure 30 min to jack up the car and pull off the wheels + replace the wheels and set the car down, another 1 hour to THOROUGHLY clean them and dry them off, an hour of taping (them lugnuts take forever to tape since there's 20 of em), and then 30 min between each coat at least to dry. I put on 7 coats, so that's 3.5-4 hours of just painting alone. Add in another hour or so of just cleaning shit up, taking care of overspray, etc, and you're looking at a 7.5-8hr job.

Or maybe I'm just slow.

Sweet.  Good to know.  And yeah, it'd be an all-day job for me, too.  I'd be takin' my sweet time.  I might just give it a shot this summer.

[MrH]

7 hours?  Wow, I'll just buy wheels in a different color

[Laconian]

IIRC it uses some really nasty solvents too, so that's 7 hours of cancer and slaughtered braincells.

[MrH]

IIRC it uses some really nasty solvents too, so that's 7 hours of cancer and slaughtered braincells.

You gotta consider how many brain cells I'd kill with the inevitable 7 hours of drinking involved with doing this too

[AutobahnSHO]

Why all that sanding and solvents??

Seems like it's just spray it on and let it dry a lot between coats. Get it thick enough and it all just pulls off..

[Cookie Monster]

Why all that sanding and solvents??

Seems like it's just spray it on and let it dry a lot between coats. Get it thick enough and it all just pulls off..

There's no sanding, but you need the wheels to be as clean as possible so it still takes time...

I'm sure you can do it much faster, but as a first time doing it, I wanted to take my time.

[AutobahnSHO]

Sorry, I meant someone else's ^^ saying they were going to sand something.

[hotrodalex]

I'm just sanding because I screwed up. And the paint underneath was cracked and it still shows through, so i need to fix that.

[S204STi]

The grey w/ silver metallizer look might be fun to try.

[hotrodalex]

My plastidipped MDF panels are drying strangely. The edges are smooth, but the middle is a rougher texture. I tried spraying it very thick on the edges to see if they would develop the same texture, but no luck. Now I'm spraying it very thick in the middle to see if it smooths out. Other than that, I have no idea what's going on. And you can't sand the stuff, obviously.

[MrH]

Rip that off.  Bring the car up to Dayton, we can wrap all of those.

[hotrodalex]

Yeah I'm going to take it off after this weekend. It'll do for now, since it's at least black and blends in with the interior better, but vinyl will look much better.

I can probably manage to wrap it myself, but if I run into any problems I might bring it up to you.

[Secret Chimp]

I'm getting annoyed with how this is called "PlastiDIP" but everyone is spraying it.

[Cookie Monster]

I'm getting annoyed with how this is called "PlastiDIP" but everyone is spraying it.

This is the original form:

[Laconian]

I'm getting annoyed with how this is called "PlastiDIP" but everyone is spraying it.

It's not plastic, either. It should be called RubbaSPRAY.

[Secret Chimp]

This is the original form:

WTF is that guy doing, plastidipping a strip of Fruit by the Foot?

[AutobahnSHO]

WTF is that guy doing, plastidipping a strip of Fruit by the Foot?

Looks like wires..