Curious plasti dippers.
#1
Curious plasti dippers.
I had the opportunity to make a sponsorship deal with a local shop here in Houston, TX. I'm posting pics up for those who may be interested in plasti dipping their cars in the future.
we started by wiping the surface down with alcohol to clean it off with any contaminates. the car was already washed before being pulled into the shop but this is just as a precautionary.
I couldn't decide on the color I wanted (it was between gold, copper, and bronze) so we mixed all 3 together. this is what we got
we spent close to 4 hours prepping the car up for dipping
first coat of black
we put about 6 coats of black
after letting the black dip dry we started spraying on the tri colored dip.
the plasti dip removes off with ease, here us taking it off the tail lights and emblems.
heres some finishing pics.
I'm happy with the plasti dip and its holding up very well. cleaning is very easy and the car doesn't get as dirty as it would when it was black. my car doesn't heat up on the inside as much as it used to when it was black. stays relatively cool to the touch. hope ya'll enjoyed it. it does change shades of gold and bronze depending on the lighting.
we started by wiping the surface down with alcohol to clean it off with any contaminates. the car was already washed before being pulled into the shop but this is just as a precautionary.
I couldn't decide on the color I wanted (it was between gold, copper, and bronze) so we mixed all 3 together. this is what we got
we spent close to 4 hours prepping the car up for dipping
first coat of black
we put about 6 coats of black
after letting the black dip dry we started spraying on the tri colored dip.
the plasti dip removes off with ease, here us taking it off the tail lights and emblems.
heres some finishing pics.
I'm happy with the plasti dip and its holding up very well. cleaning is very easy and the car doesn't get as dirty as it would when it was black. my car doesn't heat up on the inside as much as it used to when it was black. stays relatively cool to the touch. hope ya'll enjoyed it. it does change shades of gold and bronze depending on the lighting.
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It last quite a while. I would expect 6 months+ before you see it start to peel on its own. I dipped my trunk for a while after doing some bodywork on it before it got painted, it lasted over a year before I took it off. I did notice some fading (it was black dip) but the dip itself remained very resilient to the elements.
#9
honestly i wanted to go gold, but than I saw all the metallizers they had and i couldn't decide so they mixed 3 metallizers for me. gold, copper, and bronze. this was the result.
it was a sponsorship deal with a local shop that deals with plasti-dipping (if you couldnt tell from the banner in one of those last pics, shop is called southsideperformance). I had only to pay for the material. which was about $240 total. even than the material was at a highly discounted pricing. normally this type of job would run around $900. a lot of labor goes into dipping a car surprisingly.
thanks bro.
thanks bro.
#14
REW 8 with JDM stuff..
It looks good and it shouldn't peel for a while as long as you did it right and it isn't thin in spots. I hope you did thick coats cause if you didn't it will be a bitch to get off haha.
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We all get along fine Unknown, please video tape it when you remove this crap.
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We all get along fine Unknown, please video tape it when you remove this crap.
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Def didn't use enough dip. He must not know how to remove thin coats. Because I dipped my emblems and even though I masked off (sloppily I admit). I got some overspray on both my front and rear bumpers that was an absolute bitch to peel off. Sprayed some WD40 and rubbed with a microfiber and it came off like butter. I hear Goo gone works for removing it as well.