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R50/53 Plastidip roof...i love it!!

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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 12:06 PM
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Plastidip roof...i love it!!

I decided to finally paint my roof red using plastidip...figured I'd share....
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 01:15 PM
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Very nice! I'm debating doing a white or grey lid on my Space Blue.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 01:45 PM
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very cool! any plan to glossy it, or just leave it matte?
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by eaglebeagle
very cool! any plan to glossy it, or just leave it matte?
I'm doing matte black soon, so I'll leave it matte as well.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 07:31 PM
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Looks good.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 08:15 PM
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OMG!!!! i have been wanting to do this forever now i wanted to p-dip my roof and caps in red, was worried it would look weird. but this is awesome! thanks for being a guienne pig lol, im definitely gonna do this! the paint on my roof is stating to look wiered. sctatehs and marks everywhere.

man this has made my night!
 
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Old Oct 6, 2013 | 08:17 PM
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i have also been thinkng about ding a matte clear on the body but stil thinking, my boddy paint isnt looking so good especially my bumper and the fron of the hood to many rockchips and sand....
 
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 06:22 AM
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Did you just use the standard nozzle or the high-flow one from DYC. I noticed it puts out twice the amount and covers large flat surfaces very well. The nozzle is red and looks like most spray paint tips, not the standard large white tip.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 11:14 AM
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Did you just use the standard nozzle or the high-flow one from DYC. I noticed it puts out twice the amount and covers large flat surfaces very well. The nozzle is red and looks like most spray paint tips, not the standard large white tip.
I bought the paint from Home Depot and used their std nozzle. I'll eventually buy a gallon of red and use my sprayer. They say lay over white, but I hate the white...every time I use it I have nothing but issues. I laid over dark silver and just did a few coats extra. 6 spray cans do a roof and mirrors; just an FYI.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by MCS 5
I bought the paint from Home Depot and used their std nozzle. I'll eventually buy a gallon of red and use my sprayer. They say lay over white, but I hate the white...every time I use it I have nothing but issues. I laid over dark silver and just did a few coats extra. 6 spray cans do a roof and mirrors; just an FYI.

Weird, I did red over black and red over white with no issues for my wheels.

I did notice on the red over black it was too muted so I did a few extra coats of red and it began to come back to its true color and not dark red; still not as bright or popping as red over white, but more red.

You can see below, the red over white is mounted on the car and red over black is unmounted.

Also, my Lowes carries white and black, HD carries just black. I guess it could be regional as to the colors they carry.


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