Plasti dipping your whole.car

[Kozworth]

I wa just wondering the point of the dip your car kit. From what I read the dip fades and doesnt last that long. From experience, ive had dipped mirrors peel in a few days and also bumpers that have held up decent for a few weeks.

Why do peoplr pay 300 plus the labor or compressor and a gun? I do not understand the basis of that vs a normal auto paint?

[spike68]

You're right. Dipping your car is a complete waste of money. It definitely wont last long at all. I can understand using it for little things like trim or something, but never an entire car. Do it right and get a regular paint job.

nuff said.

[Mossman]

From what I've heard it can last for a year or two. It's cool because it's non-perminent. If I had a nice car with new paint and I had to drive it in the winter I'd consider dipping it just for the winter season to prevent rock chips and the like. Rocking a crazy color temporarily would just be a bonus.

My little brother smashed the nose on his hyundai sonata and I'm fixing it for him. I'm NOT a body guy and I hate painting (cuz it always comes out terrible since I'm bad and have to do it outside, and it's not worth the time expenditure). Anyways, when it's done i'm dipping his car both as an experiment and cuz I want to get it monotone with the least possible work on my part cuz he'll probably abuse and smash it up again the little snot.

[ak-]

A good dip lasts longer than Joe with an aerosol can spraying a few swipes

[Shangsta]

I know someone who rocked a dipped car for a year and it held up very good

[lowsodium]

I just repainted all the black trim on my car. A few pieces I did with the plastidip, and a lot of it with Krylon Fusion for plastic. They both look good, but have only been a done for a few months. I dont expect it to last more than a couple years.

Plastidipping the whole car with a rattle can would be really slow.

[agent]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=248813

[IronFreak]

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=248813

He never did it, he's going to use JD blitz black single stage paint.

[HandsomeDan]

For semi-permanence, I'd rather just buy a roll of vinyl.

[evandael]

consider Eastwood paint, a good homemade PVC-framed booth, rent (or buy) a decent compressor and HVLP gun, and practice a few times.


oh and prep like you've never prepped before.


it'll look worlds better than that tacky scenester plastidip nonsense.

[mother_russia]

Man don't do it.. I'd rather get a Maaco paint-job than plasti-dip your car. It's honestly not gonna turn out good. You'll look hella riced out.

[willworkfore30s]

For semi-permanence, I'd rather just buy a roll of vinyl.

I just finished doing a full wrap on my car. Shortly after I did a lot of research on plastic-dip. I originally had no faith in the durability of plasti-dip but I watched a lot of video's about it and from my research I am now convinced that if you can get the color you want out of plasti-dip, then its the way to go.

Watch dipyourcar.com's youtube videos. do your best to deal with the annoying host and see the results they come up with. I can't say with 100% certainty because I haven't done it myself yet but I believe plasti-dip can be done properly and be just as durable as vinyl, and a whole hell of a lot easier to install.

The problem with plasti-dip is too many people are out there applying it incorrectly and then giving the product a negative review. One of the videos I saw, the owner took a car that had been dipped for a couple months through a brush type car wash and it came out showing no signs of damage. I would definitely not do that with a wrapped car.

[Jand3rson]

Jesus, how many threads on this do we need?