Custom wrap paint test
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
Custom wrap paint test
Since it's going to be some time before I'll be actually painting my car since I'm doing a body-off restoration, I was wondering if a spray-on custom wrap would look any good. So I saw the 11oz. cans on sale for $4.99 so I bought some to try. I only bought one can of each color and probably needed 1/2 can more for the hood but still a decent test.
The product I used:
Here is original hood which I only wiped down, no sanding, which it really needs, but hey, this is a test:
Here is the same hood done in Performance Red:
There is glare on the hood from overhead lights, but this is from one can and I think it would take approx. 10 cans to do the whole car based upon this area being the largest (should be about $50). When I'm ready to really paint, I can peel it off and sand, and paint.
Do you like or not ?
Richard
The product I used:
Here is original hood which I only wiped down, no sanding, which it really needs, but hey, this is a test:
Here is the same hood done in Performance Red:
There is glare on the hood from overhead lights, but this is from one can and I think it would take approx. 10 cans to do the whole car based upon this area being the largest (should be about $50). When I'm ready to really paint, I can peel it off and sand, and paint.
Do you like or not ?
Richard
#3
Racer
Thread Starter
Richard
#4
Team Owner
Member Since: Jun 2000
Location: Southbound
Posts: 38,928
Likes: 0
Received 1,469 Likes
on
1,248 Posts
Cruise-In II Veteran
#5
Racer
Thread Starter
Richard
#6
Safety Car
just seems like your gonna do the same work twice to me.
not a fan on the cheap spray on plasitc, but it is your car.
for nearly the same amount of work you could do it once and be done.
not a fan on the cheap spray on plasitc, but it is your car.
for nearly the same amount of work you could do it once and be done.
#7
Team Owner
Member Since: Sep 2006
Location: Westminster Maryland
Posts: 30,173
Likes: 0
Received 2,878 Likes
on
2,515 Posts
Hi l,
Will you put 5" diameter exhaust extensions on it too?
Regards,
Alan
Will you put 5" diameter exhaust extensions on it too?
Regards,
Alan
The following users liked this post:
Corey_68 (07-07-2017)
#8
Le Mans Master
not too bad for the time being / better then no color at all or sand & scuff marks or multiple touch up colors / seen a lot worse / way, way worse !
Last edited by 427SIXPACK; 07-07-2017 at 08:43 PM.
#9
Race Director
Member Since: Mar 2003
Location: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
Posts: 11,608
Received 772 Likes
on
645 Posts
Plastic dip, spray plastic and even wraps simply are not replacements for a high end, costly paint job, i doubt they ever will be,
But i dont care at all, i might use them on my 69, if you dont like it thats a you problem,
Some guys like to think outside a box and try new things, work on and drive their cars, other guys want to just look at their car and tell others how they should build,
both are car enthusiasts too bad one side feels they have to poke at the other...sad.
But i dont care at all, i might use them on my 69, if you dont like it thats a you problem,
Some guys like to think outside a box and try new things, work on and drive their cars, other guys want to just look at their car and tell others how they should build,
both are car enthusiasts too bad one side feels they have to poke at the other...sad.
#10
Melting Slicks
Member Since: Oct 2006
Location: hebron IL
Posts: 2,920
Received 167 Likes
on
141 Posts
C3 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
Looking at your test hood I think if you would have sanded it and maybe used an additional can it would look even better. Can the duplicate-color be bought in a quart and sprayed with a gun? I have seen some really great plasti-dip paint jobs when sprayed from a gun.
The following users liked this post:
chazde3 (07-08-2017)
#12
Le Mans Master
I've been considering doing this to my old C10 pickup. It's an ugly rusty truck and not worth the effort to put a nice paint job on it, so I think this might be a cheap option to make the truck look a little better.
#13
Looking at your test hood I think if you would have sanded it and maybe used an additional can it would look even better. Can the duplicate-color be bought in a quart and sprayed with a gun? I have seen some really great plasti-dip paint jobs when sprayed from a gun.
$150 (+/-) gun, some practice, several coats, glossifer, and the finish can look killer and be removed later. Spray can for trim, emblems, etc.
Last edited by WideVette; 07-08-2017 at 04:34 PM.
#15
Team Owner
If you want to do that temporarily, I'd say "go for it". But, my suggestion is that you go with a satin black paint that would look more like primer. That stuff in a regular color looks pretty 'cheesy' to me. For a primer car, it wouldn't look odd.