I thought about doing my belt line but opted to tape it instead. Very quick and easy.

 

Sorry for the late reply. I did the A panels and the windshield scuttle panel. Those came out great. The mirrors and the gas cap look good, too.

The belt line was looking good until some of the tape pulled up part of the paint. The while reason I started this was because there was an area on the drivers side where a bird pooped and the PO didn't clean it. Now I have that covered and at least 3 areas where the 3M medium tack painters tape pulled off the "clear." Soooo...yeah, I made if all worse. I had to get more tale and dropped down to the 2/5 "for cabinets and freshly painted surfaces." WAY different. Less tack, tale is more paper-like. I would suggest that.

I tried to do the rear hatch but it came out fuzzy. Thankfully it peeled off as advertised. I might try the rear hatch again - maybe I need to pick up a de-greaser & tack cloth?

Will try to get some better shots up for what I did. The best success was on full panels where there was an air gap. Any place I had tape / paint or tape / paint / tape I had problems with the paint lifting. Could be me (probably), application method (rattle can) or some mystical variable.

As for driving a Twinkie, you've got it wrong... Bumble bee racing!!!

 

Good to hear. Thank you!

 

Decided to go for it!

 

Looks fantastic!

 

Thanks! Definitely breaks up the yellow well.

 

Awesome

Have you done all the fenders I was contemplating plastidipping today and found your thread

Any tips, I want to do the all the fenders side skirts and front and rear bumper parts

 

I've only done the front fenders. I'm going to start working my way around the car... All the black trim is getting dipped eventually. The best tip I can give is do many coats. The more coats you spray, the easier it will be to peel of the areas around the trim. I went one or two coats too light on one of the headlight rings and it was a big project rubbing the coating off of the headlight lens when it dried.

Also, when it's wet, the dip can look uneven, but don't worry, it dries pretty flat.

It's a good habit to do a couple little spurts on some paper next to the par you're spraying before you hit the actual car surface. That way you can break up any dry paint in the spray nozzle & get a good even stream going.

 

I just Plasti Dipped some parts on my Mini yesterday. I would also like to say you need to make sure the surfaces you are going to spray are very clean. I can also support the numerous coats strategy, it not only makes it easier to peel but it seems to be more durable on the part you are coating. I also found it important to frequently clean the spray cans tip between coats.

This stuff is so much fun to use.

 

Dude I love plastidip. Here's my 05 r53 when I got it versus now.

 

How do plasti-dipped side skirts etc hold up to pressure washing? Anyone had any problems with peeling from this?

Also - when dipping a part should you be wary of leaving 'edges' for the above reason (more likely to peel)? I'm thinking of in crevices where panels join (e.g. around the lights).

 

That looks sharp. I like the white headlight rings... I usually see them chrome or black.

Did you happen to have any curb rash on your wheels before you painted them?

Original owner of my car wasn't very good at parking I guess ::eek

I'm trying to figure out how good Plastidip would be on the rough scraped edge of the rim.

 

Thanks! And yes there was a tad bit of curb rash on my wheels. Nothing terrible but you could still see it. It's almost completely gone with the plastidip over it. I did about 4 coats per wheel of white, plus 2-3 coats of glossifier.

 

How much of a problem is brake dust? Are you finding it easy to keep the wheels clean? Does the dust stain the plasti dip?

 

Wheels are SUPER easy to clean. Since I used 2-3 coats of glossifier over the white, the brake dust still settles but when I spray it with any type of wheel cleaner (I use Griot's, but the cheap stuff from autozone works just as well.) and let it sit for about a minute, it comes off easily.

I clean them about once a week just to keep them bright, otherwise they look a little "fuzzy grey" if you will. Sometimes I have to get a sponge in there to scrub out a few spots but so far it's not too bad. I've had the dip on for about 4 months now.

 

Has anyone tried dipping their wheel arch etc trim with glossifier? I wonder how close it would look to being black painted.

 

With enough coats of glossifier you can get a wet look. Very nice.

 

After 4 months of cleaning, scrubbing... Still looks glossy

 

Sorry wrong reply. Still getting used to this app

 

How many cans to get 4 coats of color per wheel?

Edit: for 4 coats on all four wheels I mean

 

Two to be safe.

 

Strike that. I posted without thinking.

 

I did a whole can per wheel. So 4 cans total. I would buy 5 so you have a can for touch ups. Only buy 3 cans of glossifier

 

Depending on number of layers 4 or 5 is minimum IMO for wheels and how much you do, all of the inside of the wheel or not It took me all of 2 cans to do 4 wheels, but I buy 4 every time just to be safe.

 

Cool. This should make for a good Saturday sometime soon. But first I must do radiator repair ::frown