Plasti Dip

[hijacker]

I found this product somehow awhile back and thought it would be cool to use on my bike. After reading a bunch on their website www.dipyourcar.com and looking at videos on YouTube of people using it I decided to order some and give it a try.

Basically, it is a rubberized paint more or less. It comes in spray cans or quarts and gallons that you can spray through a paint gun.

At $7 per can I figured I could afford to give it a try so I ordered a couple cans of black and red. I experimented with the black on my work laptop to see if it would melt plastic or not, it didn't so I figured it was safe to move on to my bike.

The cool thing about this stuff is that it is extremely durable, washable, fade resistant and when you get tired of it you just peel it off and your unchanged paint is underneath it. I tried to scratch or tear it with my fingernail and then a flat screwdriver and it wouldn't tear, I had to start an edge with a razer blade to be able to peel it off.

You don't have to sand your paint or change it in any way, just clean it with a degreaser and spray on the Plasti Dip.

The colors are all flat/satin, but they do sell a "glossifier" that will make them shiny, I didn't buy that so I have no idea how well it works.


I shot my brushed aluminum side scoops in flat black...

... so far I've shot the faux tank cover in flat red...


here it is after about 2 coats...

5 coats...

Don't like it or have gotten bored with this color? Just peel it off...

So far it seems pretty cool. They don't have a bajillion colors or anything in metallic, but if you want to change the color of your bike for the weekend or just see what your red bike would look like in black, then this is pretty cool.

I'll post some pics of the bike with the red parts back on it later.

Chad

 

[jwood]

I have seen this stuff on TV infomercials, and have seen some YouTube videos on it, but I have been able to find it anywhere around here locally...

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[m-cman]

That stuff has been around forever. Used to be available only in cans. Had to dip whatever you wanted to coat. Initially used to dip tool handles for insulation and/or cushioning. Interesting use of the product... :clapping:

 

[customizedcreationz]

Its not very durable stuff for what it was originally intended. We used to use it at some of the shops I worked in and had to constantly dip them over and over again. But for something like this, it might work because there isn't alot of wear and tear like we subjected the parts to.

Todd

 

[KJShover]

...... when you get tired of it you just peel it off and your unchanged paint is underneath it.

"Honest officer, No way would I speed through town, tearing up the asphalt. Red you say? My bike is yellow, as you can clearly see."

I'm thinking a few uses already :biglaugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDzfrjMdEp0

 

[hijacker]

"Honest officer, No way would I speed through town, tearing up the asphalt. Red you say? My bike is yellow, as you can clearly see."

I'm thinking a few uses already :biglaugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDzfrjMdEp0

Lol! Hmmm... never thought of that. :rofl_200:

 

[hijacker]

I got a chance this weekend to finish dipping my VMax, I'm very happy with the quality of the "finish", very smooth with no weird fisheyes or splatters or anything which surprises me considering this is from a spray can.

Dipped the tank cover, front and rear fenders flat red.
Dipped the air scoops and the side covers flat black, removed the Plasti Dip from the chrome VMax emblem on the side covers.

And of course what the pre-dip look of the bike and what I can return it to when I peel the dip off...

 

[thor_eyerdhal]

Yes great product

I made :
-my Vmax (green) in back
-my wife MP3 (black) in red (a lot of cansto fully hide the black..)
-Some engine parts of my mustang

But in France, cost of a can is 17 euros..

 

[naughtyG]

That's awesome, wonder how easy it is to find here down under..

 

[hijacker]

That's awesome, wonder how easy it is to find here down under..

You can order it from www.dipyourcar.com. No idea what shipping would be though :confused2:

 

[thor_eyerdhal]

That's awesome, wonder how easy it is to find here down under..

Found on plastidip website :

Distributors for Western Austrailia


Company: M&P Export
Postal Code: 08736
Phone: 732-223-0160
Fax: 732-223-6745
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.mpexport.com

 

[maxcruiser]

Looked over their website and youtube videos and I think this is a better idea then the vinyl wrap I tried out.

Going to try it on some badly corroded aluminum rims that I use on my suv for my winter tires. Need to change the winter tires on them, so it will be a good time to clean up the rims and paint them with this stuff.

If the pastidip holds up on them over the winter, which their website says it will, than I will try their create a color kit to see what color I can come up with for my Vmax.

Thanks for posting this stuff, I would have never thought of trying it.

Mike

 

[Throttle]

I plasti dipped the wheels on my G35 and it has held up really well. It has been several months and only marks in the plastidip are from taking lug nuts on and off. When my brother was visiting for the weekend we did his F150 wheels, they have held up as well. Cool and cheap idea, $7 a can at Lowes in the states.

 

[Fire-medic]

Dunno if it was mentioned elsewhere, maybe a gloss clearcoat could make it shine?

 

[thor_eyerdhal]

Yes, but don't use Plasti-dip gloss!
Surface texture is not flat and it never totally cure and stay sticky

Better results with standard gloss varnish..

 

[naughtyG]

Found on plastidip website :

Distributors for Western Austrailia


Company: M&P Export
Postal Code: 08736
Phone: 732-223-0160
Fax: 732-223-6745
Contact: [email protected]
Website: www.mpexport.com

Thanks!! :clapping:

 

[ZackDaniels]

Yes, but don't use Plasti-dip gloss!
Surface texture is not flat and it never totally cure and stay sticky

Better results with standard gloss varnish..

Thanks for the heads up on that.

 

[charlieRobinson]

Can this be used on wheels? Or will it mess up the balance? I would really like some black wheels!

 

[gamorg02]

Can this be used on wheels? Or will it mess up the balance? I would really like some black wheels!

it shouldn't mess with the balance. easy enough to check though if you have access to a static balancer.

 

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Can this be used on wheels? Or will it mess up the balance? I would really like some black wheels!

Only if you duct tape the whole can to the wheel. Should be fine otherwise. :biglaugh:

Seems like an inexpensive solution. Or, you could make friends with a local powdercoater as another option.