What's the secret to getting plasti dip right?
08-10-2011, 02:27 PM
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What's the secret to getting plasti dip right?
I sprayed 4 coats on my grill and it's bumpy and uneven. Lucky I didn't spray my wheels yet. 
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its dries to a textured feel , but keep apply light coats and see if it smoothen out .. Also removing it once its cured isnt always easiest thing ..doesnt peel off like a sticker . you will end up with residue stuf .. personally almost better off to have it professionally painted and save time and hassle in some cases
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Here's one of my stock E55 wheels that I did in Plasti-Dip to see how it would look.
It looked a bit more textured in person but wasn't too bad. Even my car guy friends thought it looked good for what it was. Overall it was a PITA to remove. It was quick in the spots where I put it on thick (the flat surfaces) but the other areas took a lot of rubbing with my finger. I'd say it took me a little over an hour to clean it off the wheel. I think it's a good product to try out if you're on the fence about getting your wheels powder coated black. I would not want to try and remove it from something like my Brabus Monoblock V's that I have now. That would take way too long.
When I sprayed it on I just did a lot of light coats with about a 10-15 minute dry time in between. The wheel was sitting in the sun the whole time as well. Prep was wiping it down with a damp rag and drying it off. I never mounted the wheel and it just sat in the living room. Considering how well it was on there, I don't doubt that it would have held up to some driving quite well. It took about 2/3 of a can to do just that wheel. If I were to do it again I'd use a whole can.
I currently have my grill Plasti-Dipped and it's holding up really well after 2,500+ miles of mostly (~70%) freeway driving. The only prep I did was wiping it down with some water first.
Pic showing the grill.
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It looked a bit more textured in person but wasn't too bad. Even my car guy friends thought it looked good for what it was. Overall it was a PITA to remove. It was quick in the spots where I put it on thick (the flat surfaces) but the other areas took a lot of rubbing with my finger. I'd say it took me a little over an hour to clean it off the wheel. I think it's a good product to try out if you're on the fence about getting your wheels powder coated black. I would not want to try and remove it from something like my Brabus Monoblock V's that I have now. That would take way too long.
When I sprayed it on I just did a lot of light coats with about a 10-15 minute dry time in between. The wheel was sitting in the sun the whole time as well. Prep was wiping it down with a damp rag and drying it off. I never mounted the wheel and it just sat in the living room. Considering how well it was on there, I don't doubt that it would have held up to some driving quite well. It took about 2/3 of a can to do just that wheel. If I were to do it again I'd use a whole can.
I currently have my grill Plasti-Dipped and it's holding up really well after 2,500+ miles of mostly (~70%) freeway driving. The only prep I did was wiping it down with some water first.
Pic showing the grill.
Attachment 450035
Last edited by Strigoi; 08-11-2011 at 12:35 AM.
