Custom wrap paint test
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Racer
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From: Jasper, GA
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
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Racer
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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.
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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; Jul 7, 2017 at 08:43 PM.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Racer
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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; Jul 8, 2017 at 04:34 PM.
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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.