Plasti dip experience anyone?

Cpt.Nemo

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Hey I just discovered plasti dip a month ago when I did my car rims and I LOVE it. I'm going to do some stencil work with it and thinking of putting it on the back of my iPad. I was wondering if anyone had done stencils with this stuff and wether or not it will all peel off the back of my iPad when I'm sick of it.
I attached a photo of my car wheels just because it's so awesome, I love how smoothly it goes on for a matte color. I'm sure everyone's seen the hideous spray can matte black jobs people do on their cars with splotches and uneven paint everywhere.


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Oops no picture. I'll try that again
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There's a before and after, I think it looks more stealthy what do u guys think?


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Is that the thing where they spray on the surface of water then dip the object through the spray to adhere to the substrate...?
 
Yeah that's hydrodipping, which is super awesome but insanely hard to get right. Not worth getting into as a hobby lol. I just washed my car wheels and sprayed it right on. Dust coat and 4 additional coats. It looks amazing (in my opinion, some people don't like black wheels). Hasn't peeled or anything in the past couple months. Just got white to do the back of my iPad with, for a rubbery feel. I'd rather have a fake leather vinyl film but don't know where to find that


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Yeah that's hydrodipping, which is super awesome but insanely hard to get right. Not worth getting into as a hobby lol. I just washed my car wheels and sprayed it right on. Dust coat and 4 additional coats. It looks amazing (in my opinion, some people don't like black wheels). Hasn't peeled or anything in the past couple months. Just got white to do the back of my iPad with, for a rubbery feel. I'd rather have a fake leather vinyl film but don't know where to find that


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I don't like black wheels but they do look nice in a lot of situations, fortunately your's is one of them:) the viewer is automatically struck by the beautiful colour of the car and their attention ss not drawn away with overpowering allows so appropriate here.:thumbsup:


Plastidip was mentioned by Phaze a couple of days ago, you can dip tools handles into it to give them a soft touch and feel I believe, could be handy stuff around parts of our airbrushes to make them more comfortable and non slip, might save a few needles;)
 
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Well the reason i bring it up here is because I hear it will flow through an airbrush so it could have great uses. I searched around here for plasti dip posts but couldn't find any. Sorry if I'm repeating another thread, just wondering if anyone's dealt with this stuff extensively. There's a website dipyourcar.com that has any color you want including pearls
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Well the reason i bring it up here is because I hear it will flow through an airbrush so it could have great uses. I searched around here for plasti dip posts but couldn't find any. Sorry if I'm repeating another thread, just wondering if anyone's dealt with this stuff extensively. There's a website dipyourcar.com that has any color you want including pearls
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I've only ever heard @Phaze mentioned until now, I have heard of it but never really associated it airbrushing, I can certainly see a lot of potential, but I think many will benefit if you are going do some tests and post up your findings, it would be interesting to know more about it for sure.

I love that Carbon Blue pearl:)
 
I've only ever heard @Phaze mentioned until now, I have heard of it but never really associated it airbrushing, I can certainly see a lot of potential, but I think many will benefit if you are going do some tests and post up your findings, it would be interesting to know more about it for sure.

I love that Carbon Blue pearl:)


The blue is the best! I only have the spray cans now, so I'll test those on a few things. Plastic, aluminum, glass. See how stencils work because it dries so fast it's likely to pull up with stencils. There's also a clear coat u can put over to make it shine, since most of the colors are matte with a rubber feel. I thought about getting a gallon and painting my whole car with the burnt copper or carbon blue. When I get bored I just peel it off. Going to test stencils with it now, if those don't work I'm back to adhesive vinyl for decals and such


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I read people coat their show cars with it to protect the finish, which I don't get. What's the point of a show car if u cover up the finish... But for quick color changes of a car on the cheap, it's great.


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I've got the clear to have a play with, the shop guy said its more of a matte finish
 
Just checked the can, it's called glossifier. It looks like it's basically clear coat that won't melt plasti dip


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as far as I know Its clear Plastidip, but i'll check the can when I get home. I bought it to when I was looking for clear coat for my 'indian' project...... I'm not ready to spray yet but we will see what happens.
 
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That section is non glossified. Not sure if u can tell but it's pretty matte
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That's which glossifier on it, definitely makes it glossy

These are my tests on aluminum, I really want to use this for stencils so that's all I'm focusing on. Getting clean lines and such
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First test with batman logo failed, as u can see the edge is rough, letting the dip dry as recommended 15 min between coats doesn't work.

What did work the best was putting a super thick layer on and peeling the stencil off 3 minutes later. The sooner the better though, I peeled half off at 3 minutes and half at 10 minutes. The half at 10 ripped the plastidip with it

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Biting half was at 3, top half at 10. I'm thinking it would be better just to find a rubbery type vinyl or fake leather vinyl and send it through my cutter. I do love the plastidip feel though



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No doubt the stencilling will work with basic shapes, the more complex the shape the more issues likely. Could always trim the finished art with a sharp exacto blade and just peel the trimmings of carefully, should leave behind a nice clean image..but not a lot of experience with that paint type. Maybe also consider a thicker stencil material or two layers of it. I'd use two layers of acetate, top one being slightly smaller (bout a mm or 2) than the bottom ones design so you create an overlapped edge, take the top one off immediately after you spray your first coat or two, this may help stop the tearing as essentially it wont "join" the bottom layer or be sitting directly on the surface. If the stencil essentially doesn't touch the surface, it cant tear the paint..Thus the two sheets..Good luck
 
Good idea! I'll try the thicker stencil and double it up tomorrow. I found some faux leather vinyl online though, so that might be better suited to my iPad back. I would like to get the plastidip stencil down for application on cars and laptops or Xbox. I'll order some plastidip in a can and put it through a cheap airbrush, see how that works. It would be great for a simple temporary design on something such as a motorcycle tank. I know some people that don't want to ruin their finish but want a change in color for their bikes.


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Just had another thought, use some wax of some description, no paint sticks to that :)..may be a pain to clean up though. be interesting putting it through an airbrush :) let us know how it goes.
 
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