Plasti-Dip

[Cato]

There's a rage among the 1:1 guys for spraying Plasti-Dip on their cars-literally.

Everything from interior trim, grilles, wheels, exterior trim and even the WHOLE car. Youtube is loaded with vids on it-mostly imports but some expensive ones like an Audi S-4 sedan.

Now this is NOT my cup of tea-but the thought came that it may be successful for certain areas of models. It comes in colors but the matte black does dry to a beautiful, even suede. There is a gloss also.

I'm thinking vinyl roofs, interior upholstery and possibly chassis. Or even for rat rod lovers. The 1:1 is sprayed in thin coats and it takes four to five for even coverage. That's too much build-up for models but may work with less over a thin coat of dark primer. The beauty is that they claim it's weatherproof and it also can (with a small effort) be peeled right off by hand. Indeed one guy pressure-washed his wheels and grille at 1800 psi and it was impervious.

Don't like it on your model?-peel it off. About $6 a can at the box stores.

Thoughts??

[Harry P.]

With all the gloss, semi-gloss, and flat paints already available... why even bother?

[Cato]

Well that's true Har but I was impressed with the flat, tight finish-something we all look for in satin and matte black.

Beside I've seen wackier experiments on this flickering screen...

[cobraman]

Maybe since it is removable ( if it really is ) it could be used as a masking material. (?) It's a rubber product and I myself wouldn't bother with it unless someone uses it with good results that they can post.

[Cato]

It's certainly removable. And there's an idea already-it may serve as a liquid mask. I just wanted to bring it to the attention of the group-something someone may find useful or superior to what's being used now.

Research here:

www.youtube.com/results?search_query=plasti+dip&oq=plasti+dip&aq=f&aqi=g5g-s1g4&aql=&gs_l=youtube.3..0l5j0i10j0l4.6853.11836.0.13508.10.9.0.1.1.0.73.400.9.9.0...0.0.MdopsbJwD1c

[Dr. Cranky]

Cato, I have used it before to make rubber mats for rat rod interiors. You take a HO scale siding styrene sheet, you make a frame around with plastic strip and then you pour the plastic dip in the desired color, let it dry, and you have a plastic sheet of the stuff to cut down to side and use. It makes great headliners too, etc . . .

[Fat Brian]

Here is a thread from the Lexus forum I'm on that shows pictures of Plasti-dip being used to black out the emblems on a few cars.

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-second-generation/527165-diy-matte-black-emblems-plastidip-no-emblem-removal-required.html

[Cato]

I used it two decades ago for handle grips on tools and waterproofing connections-it was literally a dip then. Now the spray allows all this creative new stuff.

[Dr. Cranky]

The spray probably allows for thinner coats than the dipping cans I had.

[Dragline]

I use it for bumpers on my [Very] expensive slalom skateboards.

It has saved the fronts and backs of my carbon fibre and fibre-glass decks when I have had to "abort" a run and cannot grab the board in time.

It actually caught on when I showed it to others.

Bob

[Joe Handley]

There were a few guys doing it to their Chrysler 200's on the owners forum I found, not fond of how it looks on the 200.

[tabsscale1]

There's a rage among the 1:1 guys for spraying Plasti-Dip on their cars-literally.

Everything from interior trim, grilles, wheels, exterior trim and even the WHOLE car. Youtube is loaded with vids on it-mostly imports but some expensive ones like an Audi S-4 sedan.

Now this is NOT my cup of tea-but the thought came that it may be successful for certain areas of models. It comes in colors but the matte black does dry to a beautiful, even suede. There is a gloss also.

I'm thinking vinyl roofs, interior upholstery and possibly chassis. Or even for rat rod lovers. The 1:1 is sprayed in thin coats and it takes four to five for even coverage. That's too much build-up for models but may work with less over a thin coat of dark primer. The beauty is that they claim it's weatherproof and it also can (with a small effort) be peeled right off by hand. Indeed one guy pressure-washed his wheels and grille at 1800 psi and it was impervious.

Don't like it on your model?-peel it off. About $6 a can at the box stores.

Thoughts??

I have used it just to make boots on spark plug wires. Dipped the wire in the stuff let it set up and trimmed it uphere needed

[Dragline]

It would seem that Plasti-Dip has a miriad of uses!

What a wonderful product.....

Bob