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Plastidip. Has anyone ever tried to do a whole car?
Evening All!
I understand this is pretty much against what we all learn but I’m slightly impressed. This could really come in handy for promotional single colours wraps. Rather than taking the time to wrap it then dewrap after the job has been done by the customer.
The cost to you is much greater than a wrap materials plus time taken up is less I believe. Plus slightly cheaper for the customer. Basically another option. I sound like I’m trying to sell it, promise I’m not, I’ve just never seen or heard of this before.
I’m interested if anyone has ever used this product plus all thoughts. 🙂
Take a look.
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very interesting, lots of good ideas in mind for something like that.
personally, ide worry about durabilty, how long it will last. it looks very easy to strip which could lead to issues. that said, same applies with wraps.
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I should be getting some matte black soon, gonna have a crack at my wheels to start off with and see how it goes from there. Got a customer thats gonna try some on his porsche cayan too, so will report back here when we finish playing around with it.
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i was looking at this the other week as i have some wheels to tart up, probably give it a go.
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Been about a while now, seems to be quite popular for wheels. Not quite sure how it would work on a whole car though as only seen what is on the tube. It would be another skill people would need to learn as well as spraying is not as easy as some people make it look.
Not sure what DVLA would say about it either, would it count as a colour change as it is a coating that is sprayed on to the vehicle. Fairly easy to remove from what I have seen which might put people off.
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Apparently DVLA treat it just like a vinyl wrap. No need to inform them, as the colour of the colour underneath is the same. And door sills would be same colour majority of the time.
Think I might get practicing with the product. I am a dab hand with a paint gun through air compressor so we will see what it’s like through an airless paint gun. 🙂
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I would say – forget about it.
Only americans can have ideas like that 🙂 (no offense at all)I did my wheels with black and other ones in white. Easy to use, good coverage, nice look.
Now the bad point (as Robert mentioned) easy, very easy to peel it off. One stonechip will cause lifting big area and here we go the whole bonnet coming off in minutes.
(vinyl wrap will get stone chip in the same way as paint and wont cause any big problems)
You can get some clear plasti-dip (kind of lacquer) to protect it more but then you loosing matt finish as its only in gloss.My 2 pence – good for wheels but still only temporary (some car show or something)
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great idea, Id still rather slap some vinyl on :lol1: imagine all the neds getting wind of it….youd have loads of them having fun peeling it off 😀
nik
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i have used plastidip in the pas done a full florescent orange on a mr2 and in my opinion I really don’t rate it takes allot to cover and it looks easy to remove from windows ect as long as it is thick if it is thin it just brakes and takes forever. it get scratched very easy also if you spill fuel on it when filling up it causes damage. and I would never use it again just don’t rate it.
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Have had a go with it and it is ok for wheels but only as temporary thing in my opinion as not very durable, to get a decent finish on a bonnet takes 5-6 decent coats which is quite a lot of dip, the finish is nowhere near that of wrap vinyl. If anyone does want to have a go, one thing have found improves the finish is to lightly wet sand it with 2000 grit after spraying final coat.
Seen a Mercedes that had been fully done in matt black only 6 months ago and it looked pretty shocking as was really patchy with some areas having a very chalky type finish, the guy who owns the car says he wishes he had never bothered and was asking for a price to vinyl wrap the car.
I guess it has its uses and will appeal to the "can you wrap my car for £500.00" types so they are welcome to it.
Ian.
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Bit of an old topic but no doubt this information will be useful one day, forum after all it.
I’ve used it in the past its a temp solution really, good to keep your wheels protected over winter in my opinion. I’ve seen a couple of cars that have been completely plastidipped and they’re done to a good standard.
That being said i’m not sure how long it will last and considering the price it might be better paying that few quid extra and sticking to vinyl.
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”Liquid spray wrap” is great for ”infils” only, don’t even consider doing a whole car in it.. Peels off and scratches very easy, that’s why its a temporary solution.. I’ve used it on hinges, inside bonnets and the inner door sills -small difficult to reach areas only..
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