Plastidip pictures and personal experiences?

[ilvtofu]

Tried dipping some stripes on my fender,
Let the dip dry with the masking tape still on there and it came out horribly as the tape ripped up some of the dip



Peeled reasonably easily though. No harm, no foul


I didn't like the width of my first attempt either so I tried masking some wider ones on,
This time I peeled the masking tape within a minute of applying the dip. Clean tear and fingers crossed that it won't run

After 20 mins of drying

[bloodline129]

if u see a 350 with blaze green in surrey thats me lol.... fuck is it a bitch to dip the chrome lip on my rims i find the blaze colors run quite a bit on chrome... as when i primed it with white it stuck to it a lot better ... next time ill go white or black

btw forever yours... how much u charge for the dip ?

[Matlock]

Good idea with the stripes. I'm going to try this on my A pillars to get rid of some rock chips after I fill them in!

Won't look too ricey since I have a black car.

[meme405]

Picked up a can of matte black for the grille of my FX35.

Want to make sure I like it before having a body shop spray it.

[PJ]

Some interesting pictures in here!

Might plastidip my box's stockies for fun until I save enough pennies for a set of rims.

[Mr.Jay]

I like how dip has become accepted now

Use to get so much hate

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by ilvtofu

Tried dipping some stripes on my fender,
Let the dip dry with the masking tape still on there and it came out horribly as the tape ripped up some of the dip

Peeled reasonably easily though. No harm, no foul

I didn't like the width of my first attempt either so I tried masking some wider ones on,
This time I peeled the masking tape within a minute of applying the dip. Clean tear and fingers crossed that it won't run

Yea any striping or clean lines over any surface where you don't have a natural break you must remove the tape when the dip is wet. if you mess up just lay the tape back down spray another layer and peel away.

[bcedhk]

does plastidip adhire well to bike frames that have a laminate film over it? Is like a clear bra material for cars....

I am hoping to paint it black or matte silver with dip.

[Mr.Jay]

Originally Posted by eddy89

does plastidip adhire well to bike frames that have a laminate film over it? Is like a clear bra material for cars....

I am hoping to paint it black or matte silver with dip.

Do all bikes have this?

We dip my friends bike and it was fine

I would think that it would dip over but can;t confirm for sure. Saying 80% confident

[meme405]

Originally Posted by Mr.Jay

Do all bikes have this?

We dip my friends bike and it was fine

I would think that it would dip over but can;t confirm for sure. Saying 80% confident

Bike paint is really simmilar to the way cars are painted.

There should be no problem plastidiping a bike. Although Im pretty sure in about two rides with rocks and shit it will look like crap. But hey thats your choice.

[donot521]

i wonder if exhaust is plastitable -.-

[Kaolinite]

Originally Posted by donot521

i wonder if exhaust is plastitable -.-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...-qyY9aY#t=260s

[kwy]

Dipped my first set of wheels today. Buds 5 spoke wheels on his Altima, matte black. Turned out really well. Took nearly 4 hours though..

[kwy]

Yeah, it went like this:

-washed the wheels
-only had 2 jackstands, so I could only do 2 wheels at a time
-had to find wood blocks to increase the jack height
-dried the wheels
-put painters tape around the edge of the wheels and tires
-laid down 5 coats with about 10 minutes in between each coat
-took a half hour for dinner
-repeated for the other 2 wheels

If i didnt take a break and had jack stands to get all 4 wheels off (or painted the wheels while still on the car) the total time wouldve been cut down by an hour or two. But the wheels turned out really nice, so Im happy either way.

The photo is pretty awful since it was dark by the time we finished. But I think the wheels make the car look more sporty and modern.

[Fafine]

^ couldve sprayed onto tires without taping them
then rip it off after, just gotta make sure its on thick

[kwy]

Yeah I actually did that with the first 2 but i didnt get enough thickness on them and it was a pain to peel it off so we just spent a few mins taping up the next 2

[alex.w *//]

I'm confused, if you don't want the color anymore. It can be peeled off?

[Zedbra]

Originally Posted by ForeverYours

Agreed, some OEM rims look great with the normal aluminium look but they look much better when they're dipped black! The oem rims from this 335i had very heavy curb rash - the dip made everything a lot less noticeable as well!

Yup. My truck had 4 spoke rims - which you don't see often, but they didn't look all that great silver. Plus they were quite scratched from being off-road, so out came the dip and they look perfect on the black truck now.


Dipped



Stock

[Simplex123]

Originally Posted by alex.w *//

I'm confused, if you don't want the color anymore. It can be peeled off?

I think he meant peeling the overspray

[Mr.Jay]

I need to find a way to get dip in more reliably these US distribution guys are killing me

[Kaolinite]

seems like everyone just wants to do black fuu I already have black rims and i want to see how other colors look haha

[ruthless]

Do you take the wheels off to dip them?

What about the barrels?

[Mr.Jay]

Dipped some Audi rims gold the other day

[asr]

Originally Posted by ForeverYours

Wheels have to be upright when they're dipped - so taking them off is time consuming and doesn't seem to improve the end result one bit imo
It's even worse when you take the wheels off and dip gets into the bolt holes - when you put the tapered end of the lugs back on it completely tears off all the surrounding dip from the hole AND THEN tears off the entire face. That happened with my Anthracite Grey dipped wheels when I tried to test fit them so I tore off all the dip afterwards

Some of the overspray from dipping the faces does hit the inner barrels




Is that gold metallizer with a black base?

If so me and kunoman1 were debating whether to do this color on his wheels as well!

^If your customer like bright gold, just spray white dip as the base coat. If he prefers dark gold, you can use gunmetal or black dip for the base coat. It will look quite unique.

[asr]

Dipped chrome trims/badges in black




















Chrome to black






Dipped some cf goods


Dipped whole car