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Styling Car colour change with PlastiDip

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Styling Car colour change with PlastiDip

iancookie said:
what happens when you get people peeling bits off your car when they walk past?
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They get a slap ;)
Im considering going down the plastidip route soon, for £170 you cant go wrong! Almost 1/10th of the price of a wrap!

Been doing some researching and what ever you do, dont try and jetwash it off on high pressure... couple of stories of people who have taken there paint off trying to get it off!

Tom
 
dave said:
what happens if a bit of petrol or oil gets on it?
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"Plastidip resists alkaline, acids, salts, moisture, abrasion, and most chemicals, and is an insulating dielectric coating.It will not crack, chip or peel, and will remain flexible even under severe conditions (-34ºc to +93ºc)."
 
dave said:
what happens if a bit of petrol or oil gets on it?
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Plastidip resists alkaline, acids, salts, moisture, abrasion, and most chemicals, and is an insulating dielectric coating.It will not crack, chip or peel, and will remain flexible even under severe conditions (-34ºc to +93ºc).
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http://www.plastidip.co.uk/eStore/i...lack,Blue,Clear,Red,White,Yellow&pid=PDL-0009

I can imagine it would withstand it tbh. Really wanna have a go with it :p
The tins are about £15 each once you add VAT and P&P.
 
Ok I finished spraying the car yesterday, but everything went completely wrong. I cannot believe that they sent me paint which was undissolved/unmixed!! These cans are supposed to be ready to use without filtering so without me knowing I sprayed the first coat and it got ruined!! :mad:

I mixed and shook the can thoroughly as you would, and these white pieces the shape of broken egg shells went all over my car, It was too late to do anything so I had to spray everything on my car just so I can peel it off and start all over again.

I will be sending an email with attached photos to them so I can get a refund/or new paint which is properly mixed this time!! (n)
 
aw gutted mate :( hope they send you a new load of spray to re-do it! Was dying to see what it would turn out like :eek:
 
DanielM said:
Ok I finished spraying the car yesterday, but everything went completely wrong. I cannot believe that they sent me paint which was undissolved/unmixed!! These cans are supposed to be ready to use without filtering so without me knowing I sprayed the first coat and it got ruined!! :mad:

I mixed and shook the can thoroughly as you would, and these white pieces the shape of broken egg shells went all over my car, It was too late to do anything so I had to spray everything on my car just so I can peel it off and start all over again.

I will be sending an email with attached photos to them so I can get a refund/or new paint which is properly mixed this time!! (n)
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Put a couple of pics of the result up?
 
Here are a few photos of the failed attempt, I also needed more paint because it wasn't enough to cover my bright yellow car lol.



And here while I was peeling it off I played around a bit :D

 
that colour is so nice! definitely stick with the change once u get more paint :) looks amazing and of course one of a kind! might be the way forward :) can you order any colour??
 
Hinksy said:
that colour is so nice! definitely stick with the change once u get more paint :) looks amazing and of course one of a kind! might be the way forward :) can you order any colour??
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Cheers haha! Yes, I absolutely love the colour. You can specify any colour you want, I sent them a picture of a Porsche carrera in Mexico blue, and a Mustang Shelby in Grabber blue and they did very well to match the colour. Lets just hope soon I can be able to do it properly (y)
 
thats gona look siiiiiiick.. How much roughly is it gona cost to do the whole car?

Did you also buy ur own sprayer or are you using cans?
 
Neilyo said:
thats gona look siiiiiiick.. How much roughly is it gona cost to do the whole car?

Did you also buy ur own sprayer or are you using cans?
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Yes I bought just a simple airless sprayer, the ones you use to spray garden fences etc... When you order a custom colour it can't come in cans, it comes in a tin and you have to mix it with their thinners.
 
Oh and because my car is so bright, I needed just one more coat to even it out so five litres wasn't enough, just 2 more litres would have finished it off nicely if it weren't for those white pieces. So you're looking at around £250 instead of £170 which I still think is pretty decent...
 
I didn't cover any of the lights, only windows and wheels. Because the product is peel able after I finished i just peeled away the headlights, fog lights, rear lights and reflectors and the strip light etc.
 
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