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

Yes Bassman, planning to dip the fenders on speedway blue Taco, tomorrow if it's not too windy.

So, I did some dipping today. Holy crap that's a scary thing, spraying what looks like black paint onto my brand new baby!

I started small and did a couple emblems on the tailgate, I like the looks.





It wasn't difficult but a bit more tedious than I thought. I started off with very light coats, maybe too light. Used a heat gun between coats, switching from emblems on left and right of tailgate about every 5-10 minutes between coats.

All in all, I like it. Wife thinks it's stupid so, it must be cool.

 

LOL what do they know right....?

Nice job BTW

 

guys help, i plasti-dipped my (you know what) and i accidentally the whole thing. And now i cant pee good.

 

.....just because u plati-dipped it black doesnt mean it will actually be "black" if that what u were going for

 

i srsly have to pee so bad

 

figured as much...but i wasnt gonna wade through 119 pages of derpetology to find out.

 

So I came across this plasti-dip thread about 3 days ago and have been reading through this thread from page 1 ever since (learned a lot!). Well I made it to page 40 and have also read the most recent 5-6 pages. I am planning on trying the wheels and lower valence on my speedway blue, possibly Saturday depending on weather. Before I go through with it, here is my plan: Would appreciate anyone's input if you notice any problems or could give further advice.

Valence - should be easy, I will get painters tape + newspaper and cover everything. I am thinking 3 coats, roughly 30 mins apart. Spray lightly back and forth about 1.5 feet away. Peel away tape immediately after final coat before letting dry?

Wheels - I've seen guys have used tape as well as index cards/playing cards. I'll prob take all 4 tires off and spray them that way so I don't get anything behind the wheels. Same technique (light coats, 1.5' away, 30 mins between, will prob go with 4 coats here). Some have done a heavier coating on the last one? Again, peel away tape/index cards immediately following the last coat?

I think that is it. Any further input is appreciated. I will be posting before/after pics once I do this.

 

you dont need to wait 30 minutes apart, this stuff dries within minutes. other than that youve got the idea. might want to keep a box cutter close just incase it dries to quick.

 

x2 on not waiting 30 minutes between coats.

I was spraying both emblems on tailgate. Would spray the right emblem, then go to the left and spray it. Back to the right, hitting with heat gun for maybe 5 minutes, spray, back to left with heat gun, etc...

So I had maybe 5-10 mins between each coat and it was a non-issue. Using a heat gun helped.

Still thinking about spraying my fenders but the weather has turned to crap so, it's going to wait...

 

will try to plasti dip front bumper today

 

just finishe with the bumper. but i am going to start the paint process on the chrome parts

 

Interested in dippin my stock wheels, but i've never used the stuff before. The paint on all 4 wheels is bubbling/chipping pretty bad and looks like doo doo. This picture is from about a year ago, and they have gotten relatively worse since then. Anybody out there plasti-dipped their bubbling wheels? What kind of prep work do you guys recommend to end up with the best results? Thanks

 

's all pretty much the same process. if you want to sand that down or get rid of the bubbles do so BUT when you take the dip off, remanence will show. Take rims off (one by one is fine, I did it that way). Wash with soap and water, just get all the residue or as much of it off as you can, then dry off completely. Dip and water aren't friendly (they won't mix). First spray on a "primer" coat, meaning that you just get spots here and there so that the next coat has something to cling to. Second is getting spots you missed, third is an actual coat. Now the Fourth or Fifth coat (if you choose) are mainly for touch ups, missed a spot, etc. etc. Then let dry for maybe 30 min. minimum .... or get a hair dryer and braze it till it's dry. I like doing it on hot sunny days since the sun will heat up the rim nicely when letting cure (I left mine alone for a complete day, did also my badges and several other things and have washed it via cash wash slapper about 7/8 times already).

 

derptastic

be careful at the car wash. especially is you get bug splats

bug splats + pressure wash =

 

these types seem to be fine imo

 

Has anyone plasti-derped the shift knobs?

If I were to do my wheels, which are extremely pitted, brake dusted, etc.. do I have to do anything special in terms of prepping the surface other than washing and drying?

 

Thanks, so if I decided to just dip it as is,would you think 4 or 5 coats will be be thick enough so that the bubbles don't show up under it? My reasoning is that if I do decide to take it off for whatever reason, I'd like my wheels to still be in descent shape, respectively speaking, not scuffed up from sanding...whatchu think

 

not that I have seen, I wouldn't though. Your excessively touching the shift knob, which may start to pull at the dip causing it to come off in areas and most likely have small bits of it hang off the knob which later you will eventually take all off.

since your rims have wear, I would concentrate on just the outside where people can see them. Not many people would go the full mile and fully inspect another persons rims like that normally anyhow so the "wear" won't matter. Just make sure you get it off the front as much as you can.

I wouldn't do so may coats, the thicker this stuff is, the easier it is to take off ... although I did my front tacoma emblem with 5 coats, BUT again I left it to dry for a complete day (dip is still on it like I had done it the day before).
I wouldn't worry about the overall look, dip is like a cover up of some sort, which I mean unless someone is REALLY into your rims (purchasing or something) then I would take off the bubbles and go the full mile of sanding/etc. the rim. I doubt anyone will notice the bumps when it's been dipped.