THE PLASTI-DIP MEGA THREAD!!!!!!

there's already people that have dipped their entire vehicle in this. I have seen a Subaru (sp) done up on youtube, the guy was peeling off the hood he did. It even had decals already on it and the dip didn't take ANY of that off while being taken off.

 

i did my emblems they came out sick and it was so ez ... i was thinking about doing my bumber valance and roof? but i was wondering how you guys got clean edges ... every time i lifted up the tape when doing my emblems it would pile the paint off too

 

when you do the valance, let it dry for about 5 minutes then peel it off. thats what i did and got a clean edge.

 

thats what i was thinking peal it when it was wet... did you do that for every coat? or you only did 1 coat?

 

Yea I messed up on the spray... but Im talking about the SR5 and Tail badges... like College Tacoma below is talking about.
It just comes right off when you peel off the truck. Unlike the Door emblem that is raised more so it has a cleaner cut/peel. (No prob)

I had the same issue, so maybe another day when I have patience or not at all?

 

Ya man I can post pics how I did the whole thing if you'd like. I figured someone else would have trouble too. I Did it twice and it just peeled off ( thick with and exacto cut around edges and light with just peeling ) both failed. I think it's because those emblems aren't raised enough to get a clean break. But mine came out real nice. Just be careful on removal not to tear them because. They are fragile. And watch out for paint scratches. But definately worth it.

 

Yeah for sure, let me know...
Its DEFF because its not raised enough though, because I did a friends badges on his volvo and they were so simple. (Also raised)

 

Yea for sure. I'll make a thread and post link in here.

 

Sorry if this is a repost or known knowledge. I didn't see this in the mega thread and know there are some others who were having trouble with this too.

Here goes..

After two fails at plasti-dipping on the truck and just having the plasti dip pull off the emblem with the edges (Unlike raised emblems like on the door) I concluded it was probably because the emblems are only raised off the truck 1/4 of a centimeter. Not leaving enough "raise" for the plasti dip to pull away.

I marked the edges with masking tape to ensure that I put them on in the correct areas. Note- Not needed, Toyota used an adhesive material that makes removing the emblems easy, its not 3m tape,



Heres the tool I used to remove them.


but be careful not to tear them the emlems are not plastic but something like silicone, They bend..but not forever



After removing them all I placed them on newspaper and plasti- dipped as normal. But After about ten seconds I moved the wet emblems to dry paper so The plasti dip wouldn't adhere to the newspaper and have a chance to pull off of the emblems again. I only needed two thick coats instead of three on the thick emblems.. picture was garbage so I didn't add one here.

After letting them dry for 30-45 minutes in between coats I waited an hour before applying them with a spray adhesive that was like what Toyota used in the first place. Don't worry they are still easy to get on and off...


And the finished results...







And the door emblem that didn't need the extra work...



Sorry for the quality of the pictures. Took them from phone..

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/de...1st-gen-tailgate-sr5-emblems.html#post3570987

There you go man, THats how I did it

 

Will probably be plastidipping my wheels and touching up my bumpers and grille this weekend...

 

Awesome, so how do you get them to be in the exact spaced amount from eachother like before?

Or does that not matter?
Or is there like a tan line or something?

 

Yes I had a tan line but taped it off just in case. You should see the adhesive residue. Glad it helped man.

 

I am gonna Plasti-Dip some Plier handles... Does anyone see any challenges with this?

 

Hah caa that even be done!?



Wow...

New paint job???

 

Haha it would look cool until I used it for something other than road use...

 

Oh yeah! This stuff was designed for tools and such.

 

This may have allready been covered but this thread is a million pages long so...
When I PD'd my badges I got aggravated trying to peel the excess PD out of the centers of the "O" and "A". Finally I took a tiny piece of masking tape and rolled it up sticky side out and jamed it into the crevices, snatched it out fast like a band aid and it pulled the PD off the paint without messing up the letters.

 

Im a fan of le plasti dip myself








The pic of the wheels is shitty lighting, but you can see the comparison to the shitty rattle canned look the guy before me had
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you can just use a toothpick to get in between the letters, poke at the dip enough to loosen and open up a hole for you to start and it comes off. That's what I did.