Plast dipped my 75 corvette
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Plast dipped my 75 corvette
I've seen some criticism of plasti dip but it fit my situation perfectly. It will be another couple years before I'm ready to get a nice paint job but the car looked so bad I was embarrassed driving it while fixing the mechanical and interior issues. This allows me to have a decent looking car that cost $150 and can be completely "stripped" in an hour for when I'm ready to get it painted. Also protects the spots that have already been sanded.
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Fantastic! I love it, beautiful color and looks like it went on smooth! I plasti-dipped my rims and a few other things on mine and its a great product. Did you use their glossifier? If not I recommend looking at that and their pearlizer.
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Matt - it fills imperfections about like primer... Better than paint but its better to fix them first. I need to do some body work and I can easily peel a section, do the body work, then respray that section.
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Thanks! It is the regular blue with two final coats of sazuka blue pearls mixed in with the glossifier.
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I need to look into this myself; I'm a ways away from painting too. I'd like to pretty up the coating enough so I don't barf when I'm standing closer than 32 feet.
Time to do some Googlin' and Bingin'.
EDIT UPDATE: Seems it's an elastomeric coating? So how does it work with a car finish? Just puts a 'cap' over it? Or - is more than that when color is used? Dumb questions, but this is new to me. I'm familiar with elastomerics in the marine and home exterior uses, but this is totally strange.
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It is a rubberized coating that is very durable under normal use but can also be peeled off easily which means you don't have to mask as much stuff. The dip is thinned into a sprayable material that goes on like paint. This video shows me peeling the dip off the front emblem. No masking or cutting an edge. I just picked a hole in it then peeled it.
With the right paint gun and after some practice, I could do one from start to finish in a few hours.
With the right paint gun and after some practice, I could do one from start to finish in a few hours.
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Buy it at this site or awarehousefull.com
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php
Also check out the forum for lots of pics and other info.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php
Also check out the forum for lots of pics and other info.
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