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For those that have tried Plasti Dip - How's it working?
I was just curious what people thought of it. It sounds like a good deal, spray it on, peel it off if you don't like the result or performance.
The rubberized nature of it sounds like it would work well to prevent or cover previous chips in areas prone to road damage.
A fellow triker that used to be a painter told me about it and suggested it as a protective coating for the Aqua Boards to prevent chipping.
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From my experience, it works pretty good on the rear fender tips in covering small chips, but several coats are needed to really hide them & to have sufficient material to peel off IF the need ever arises. Notice I said small chips.
The only issue I see is that it doesn't come in every color...
If you're looking to do running boards, something like stone guard might be better suited, but its not going to "peel off" if you don't like it...
I've had plasti dip on some of my 1500 of a couple years now. I used it for looks not for paint protection.
I used the flat black on the rotor covers (original paint was in bad shape) and the brushed aluminum windshield garnish (also not in great shape).
I clean and wipe the parts with pledge and a micro cloth.
I like the "textured" look and feel.
As far as wear and tear, the rotor cover has/had some chips in the plasti-dip. Since I used flat black touch ups are simple.
My black 94 gl1500 was purchased new and not exactly show room perfect, so I don't mind the look and feel of the plasti-dipped parts vs. shinny paint or chrome pieces.
In the pictures the cut down windshield was painted with satin spray paint for plastic (I forget which brand). The texture was not intentional, but I'm not complaining.
FYI: Silver anti seize paste is a bitch to get off the plasti-dip but it does come off.
I'm considering plastic-dipping parts of my trike (two tone and/or stripes/designs) but I'll need to let the new paint cure for a while once it comes back from collision repair/replace.
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https://www.dipyourcar.com/Originally Posted by peteg59
From my experience, it works pretty good on the rear fender tips in covering small chips, but several coats are needed to really hide them & to have sufficient material to peel off IF the need ever arises. Notice I said small chips.
The only issue I see is that it doesn't come in every color...
If you're looking to do running boards, something like stone guard might be better suited, but its not going to "peel off" if you don't like it...
has many colors/finishes. I've only used store bought black, white and hot pink.
Make sure you get the UV top coat or a color with it built in if you used anything besides black/white. The wife's pink ribbon I did turned orange then dirty white w/o uv protection.
From my experience, it works pretty good on the rear fender tips in covering small chips, but several coats are needed to really hide them & to have sufficient material to peel off IF the need ever arises. Notice I said small chips.
The only issue I see is that it doesn't come in every color...
If you're looking to do running boards, something like stone guard might be better suited as it can be tinted to closely match most color combos, but its not going to "peel off" if you don't like it...
Not sure why the double post appears???.../\......Didn't think I hit it twice. Sorry folks
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