Same here. Washed her many, many times, and there have been no problems.:tup:

Plasti-DIP
 

I just finished painting a friend of mines GTI wheels

Here is how they turned out. This stuff rocks.

^^ damn tell your buddy to keep those rims off the curbs.

Yeah i know right hahha

He got all rims and tires for $300 with 75% tread on them, so we tried to cover the rash up with the dip.

Nice rims & Tires for the price. Just need a little work

Oh so he didnt apply the rash himself thats good:tup: $300 is a nice deal for those.

Nice job brother... beaaaauuuutiful baby blue whip by the way! MB is my favorite color.:happydance:

Sweet deal. Def. a good way to fix up a little? :ugh2: curb rash.:tup:

I just painted my old truck with Plasti-Dip. Well, everything except the passenger side door and quarter panel. I ran out. I'll get some pictures posted up tomorrow. It came out pretty well for me doing it really quickly. It's a 20 year old truck, so I didn't care about doing a careful job.

And as a side note, with the exception of a small rock chip on one of my side mirrors, all of the Plasti-Dip on my Z has held up really well over the past few months. One word of caution if you have it on your car - be careful when waxing. I lifted my buffer up before it was completely done spinning, and it slung wax all over the place. It's a pain to get off the Plasti-Dip.

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Untitled by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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Untitled by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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plasti-dip rim by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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a good look at the Dipped rim by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

Dipped just the spokes just to get the look. I think it turned out shibbtastic! Only did one wheel due to time constraints.

How is everyone else getting past the Dip / tape issue? Taping out areas hasn't really worked out for me. The heavy coats seal across the tape and then pull the Dip off. What I did for the rims above was to tape everything like normal then used thin electrical tape along the "lines" I wanted then after every coat I removed the electrical tape while Dip was still wet. It worked real well, got sharp lines but it was tedious to reapply the tape after each coat dried.

Any other ideas? I actually did a lil R&D and tried spraying stuff on the painters tape and Pledge worked the best but the feasibility of not getting Pledge on the stuff you want Dipped seems dim.

Its tough to remove your masking after applying the Plasti Dip. I think its best to let it cure for a few days before removal. I just removed the masking tape slowly, I used painters tape to be specific. I also used a razor to help cut the Plasti Dip when it was sticking to the tape. Looks like yours came out pretty good, no?

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Here's the best way to do it. Or just don't do it at all if that area is such a big problem.

that's not what he meant

he's trying to mask an area, in this case the wheels, so that he only plastidips what needs to be blacked out... when the tape is removed it takes with it part of the edges.. Emblems are easy since you don't really have to mask, just spray and remove excess.

Plastidip doesnt work like normal paint and it makes it damn near impossible to spray something masked off and pull it off with perfect edges. Maybe try one area at a time and pull the tape off while its still wet, have to be quick and accurate though. Another option would be to use the least stickiest tape possible, painters blue tape comes to mind but it might have to be less than that.

That's what he did. Peeled while wet..

Great info! I was able to do the emblems and my stock rims (to see how the car will look before i spend big $$ on the blacking out the rims)!

Thanks for putting this up!!:tiphat:

Using electrical tape..

it doesn't matter what the tape is or how sticky it is.. the issue is the plastidip creating coats across the tape and onto the part that you are painting

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Stock side by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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PlastiDipped side by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

I like it. Nice color offset. :tup:

Had fun with this stuff last weekend. Thinking about doing the door handles this weekend.

Dude! I really like that. I'm in for closer pics. :tup:

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!!!

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a good look at the Dipped rim by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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plasti-dip rim by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

I will try to do a lil better when it stops raining here!

It is actually kinda tricky to know where to draw the line between spoke and rim since every thing is so neatly blended in.

Exactly how it was done....
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Step 1: Tape it all off by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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Orange Tape is electric by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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Step 2: Apply Dip by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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Step 3: Before Dip begins drying gently remove Orange tape by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

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Result. Re-apply Orange tape (making sure to stay off the Dip) after dry and repeat. by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

I used the electrical tape cuz I have found that it doesn't like to "really" stick to blue painters tape all that well and it is more flexible than blue painter tape.

One more pick...
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Dreary day by DufDaddy17, on Flickr

Like said its been dreary here since I finished the two wheels.

Cool what you did and I respect it fully, I just can't stand chrome lipped black wheels!! My fave is definitely double spoked gun metal. Like 5+ spokes but the spokes are double spoked.

Like this
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Introducing the new Plasti Dip Enhancers! | Plasti Dip International

I just saw this on the PlastiDip website.....Gloss!!!

for the ppl that plasti-dip the door handles, how are they holding up??

Im thinking about doing the door jams tbh, mine are already getting scratched to hell from dirt that gets in there. Also, any word on what it might look like on a window, thought about doing those little tiny ones on the inside.

OOHHH gloss:tup:

That's just what I wanted! Wish they had that 4 months ago when I tried to plasti dip my roof and wanted a gloss finish! Want to see how this looks before trying it myself.

Holding up well just like the other things. Here are some pics.

GoIng this weekend to buy some. Any suggestions on how many cans I'll need to do the front center, rear center, and door handles.

I did my fangs and rear with one can. Two cans will be roughly $12 & more than enough. Id get two to be safe.

Not bad. I might get three for the future

:tup:

just did the rear valence but theres a little part of the valence that pulled off too. i think i might try just spraying that one area and not the entire thing again.

:iagree: much easier than painters tape!