January 27, 201213 yr I wonder how well this could be used to do racing stripes. I go to car washes sometimes, do you think the machines would peel the plasti off?I think power washers will take it off.
January 27, 201213 yr Need Bigger Pics!I looked on youtube, appears to be pretty dang cool.Might have to give it a go on my bumpers. Sticks to chrome pretty good? Did you scuff it first?
January 27, 201213 yr Need Bigger Pics!I looked on youtube, appears to be pretty dang cool.Might have to give it a go on my bumpers. Sticks to chrome pretty good? Did you scuff it first?I wouldn't scuff it. This is a technique used to be able to take it off easily and be able to go back to stock without messing anything up. If you were painting, yes I would scuff. With this, no
January 27, 201213 yr Author I wonder how well this could be used to do racing stripes. I go to car washes sometimes, do you think the machines would peel the plasti off?I think power washers will take it off.I took a power washer to my whole truck yesterday and itbatill looks fresh
January 27, 201213 yr I wonder how well this could be used to do racing stripes. I go to car washes sometimes, do you think the machines would peel the plasti off?I think power washers will take it off.I took a power washer to my whole truck yesterday and itbatill looks freshBut you did it on the bumper where the plastidip goes all the way to the edge, maybe even wraps around to the back edge of the bumper in some spots....with stripes on say the hood there's that edge of plastic where it meets the paint. I see a pressure washer easily getting water under it and peeling it up
January 27, 201213 yr I've done my grills, emblems with plasi-dip and its held up well for the past 2 years.
January 27, 201213 yr Either way I'm tuned in to see how it works for for everyone. Not sure what I could paint on my car.
January 27, 201213 yr Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?
January 27, 201213 yr Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?Try 4-5 inches, I know the distance will change the texture. Once the first coat is done, do a few more, otherwise if its too thin it'll be hard to remove in piece.
January 27, 201213 yr Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?Try 4-5 inches, I know the distance will change the texture. Once the first coat is done, do a few more, otherwise if its too thin it'll be hard to remove in piece.Just did a heavier coat. Looked a bit smoother when i went out to check on the first. Thanks for the tip
January 27, 201213 yr Author On the can it self, it says 12-24inchrs away. I was about 10. You have to put each coat on pretty thick. It should have a nice wet glossy look after u finish each coat.
January 28, 201213 yr Author Wonder how well this would work on wheels to protect them. i read that some people up north where the roads are heavily salted, that they spray there wheels with this stuff, and then take it off during the spring. they all said it works 100%
January 28, 201213 yr Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?Try 4-5 inches, I know the distance will change the texture. Once the first coat is done, do a few more, otherwise if its too thin it'll be hard to remove in piece.Just did a heavier coat. Looked a bit smoother when i went out to check on the first. Thanks for the tipIf the weather is cold you could dip the can into some warm water. But that's what I've seen people do with rattle can spray paints, not sure about this product.
January 28, 201213 yr Author ^^x2 when i did my bumper, i had one of those giant ass rocket looking kerosene heaters blowing on it to get it up to temp. it was 25 degrees outside at the time.
January 28, 201213 yr Wonder how well this would work on wheels to protect them. The old lady's cousin sprayed the wheels on his Escalade and it seemed to work ok. He sprayed them because the previous owner did not take care of the chrome wheels. He was pretty happy with the results. I would think that as long as it doesn't contain any chemicals that are harmful to the finish that it would work pretty well to protect them. As far as appearance, I thought it looked fine from a distance but once I got within a couple feet (and looking closely) I didn't think it looked all that great. To be fair though, he had applied the stuff a couple of months before I got to see it so it had a few chips in the coating and was probably faded, not to mention he had just made a 12 hour road trip.
January 28, 201213 yr Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?Try 4-5 inches, I know the distance will change the texture. Once the first coat is done, do a few more, otherwise if its too thin it'll be hard to remove in piece.Just did a heavier coat. Looked a bit smoother when i went out to check on the first. Thanks for the tipIf the weather is cold you could dip the can into some warm water. But that's what I've seen people do with rattle can spray paints, not sure about this product.That may just be what needs to be done! After drying it was still wasn't as smooth as i want. May take these layers off and start over while utilizing this tip!
January 30, 201213 yr Admin here is a short vid. i shot of the plasti-dipped bumper i did... Looks good.
January 31, 201213 yr Author Went and got some earlier. First coat on a single test trim piece is drying now. It doesn't seem to go on very smoothly. Shook the can a while.. Think this will smooth out as it dries?Try 4-5 inches, I know the distance will change the texture. Once the first coat is done, do a few more, otherwise if its too thin it'll be hard to remove in piece.Just did a heavier coat. Looked a bit smoother when i went out to check on the first. Thanks for the tipIf the weather is cold you could dip the can into some warm water. But that's what I've seen people do with rattle can spray paints, not sure about this product.That may just be what needs to be done! After drying it was still wasn't as smooth as i want. May take these layers off and start over while utilizing this tip!When I did mine, it was 28degrees outside and it kept spraying like shit. So after each layer, I took the cans and cleaned the tip really good and set them by the fire to warm them up. Worked perfect
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