Rubber shadowline paint

[BraveUlysses]

For those who re-spayed their rocker panels with plasti-dip, how is it holding up so far?

[E30_(1st Musk)_]

ok i didnt see anyone who asked this question...
ppl keep saying that they didnt have to sand the chrome...
would it last longer if you did sand it. or its always gonnna be the same result if you do or dont sand it?

[thereisnoyun]

dont know if its a repost

but here is the spec sheet for plastic dip.

http://www.plastidip.com/docs/F-819%20820%20698%20TB%205%20OEM.pdf

I thought its interesting. Its liquid rubber. Its basically resistent to everything as well as UV rays. I cant think of a better product to paint the trims on the car.

I use SEM before and it flakes after 2 years. I did the shadowline on the gfs car using plastic dip, its been a year, and it hasnt seen any wear yet. After seeing the spec sheet, I think it will last much better than the other stuff.

[therichsta]

can somebody post a correct order/timing of the process?


here's my plan

prep: wash with soap/water and sand with 220 grit sand paper

1. painter tape the edges surrounding the chrome trim
2. mask with news paper
3. add a 2nd layer of painters tape around the edges surrounding the chrome trim (again)

4. 1st layer
(wait 30 minutes)
5. 2nd layer
(wait 30 minutes)
6. 3rd layer
(wait overnight)

does this sound right?


also, how do i keep the paint from peeling upon removal?

[joshuaaa]

i just picked up a few cans of plasti dip and the next sunny day im gonna do a test spray on my subaru wagon. if it works nice i will spray the entire body in it.

anyone know if you can spray paint over it yet or not?

[Conki]

Bought a can today, hopefully I can try it on my window trim pretty soon. It hopefully will hide the messed up part which is visible since it's aluminum right now (my car was broken into and on the right upper corner of the driver's window the trim is pretty screwed up...)

[kamotors]

well that kinda killed the attraction for plasti dip if you still need to prep...

when bounded properly, is it at least stronger than regular paint?

I think so, because when I scraped my front lip with normal paint the paint just flaked off instantly but with the plasti dip I can scrape it and nothing hapens, its nice and flexible, also its pretty rock chip resistant.

[themitchster359]

its horrible, I'm amazed at how it barely stuck to the skirts but has such a strong bond to the front spoiler and splitter, Its all in the prep work.

yea, it pissed me off. oh well. do it right, and get a real paint job.

[guibo09]

well that kinda killed the attraction for plasti dip if you still need to prep...

when bounded properly, is it at least stronger than regular paint?

[kamotors]

its horrible, I'm amazed at how it barely stuck to the skirts but has such a strong bond to the front spoiler and splitter, Its all in the prep work.

[themitchster359]

the same thing happened to my skirts. man, was that annoying. i just took em off and let them in the garage. the grills and wiper blades still look good :)

[kamotors]

so had anyone exp any chipping or peeling after some time on the car?

Front lip is holding up great because I sanded it really well because it was damaged a little before I plasti-dipped it, but the side skirts turned into a nightmare, my brothers shoe rubbed against it when getting into the car which went threw the plasti-dip and all the plasti-dip started to peel into a million little layer, I had to remove the skirt, and you can't sand plasti-dip because it just rolls up into retarded eraser dust stuff, so after an hour of removing all the plasti-dip I resprayed it with krylon Fusion satin paint and its similar looking but I'm going to have to redo the other skirt also so it matches.:( (I've learned my lesson, unless your doing something that you may want to remove later down the road I suggest prepping it really well.)

[Naplm00]

so had anyone exp any chipping or peeling after some time on the car?

[maniacmatt]

Anyone from Canada done this? Where did you get your Plasti-Dip? I Can't find it anywhere even my local Home Depot doesn't have it.

[DatUtahGuy]

I don't know if the turn signals is a smart move, post a before and after at night.