Plastidip

[askiles]

Has anyone considered Plastidipping their car instead of painting it? It is a really cool process, easy to do, and fairly inexpensive.

http://www.dipyourcar.com

Comes in tons of colors and effects. Anyways! Thought it was a nice topic of discussion.

 

[Allen27Tcoup]

Who needs paint, flat primer for me.

 

[bobs66440]

Wow! I've never seen that before. That's got to be one huge can of Plasti Dip!

Seriously though, it sounds pretty cool.

 

[Keeper]

haha that was my first thought as well. Wonder how well it holds up. I have used plastidip in the past on tools and such. Would be an interesting process.

 

[askiles]

For a full car, they suggest about 3 gallons. It goes on thick, and with 5-6 coats, should last 3 years. At the end of the 3 years or anywhere in between, you can either peel it all off and start again, or just go over it again. Seems like some great stuff.

 

[TriodeLuvr]

Am I missing something here? Why would anyone want to repaint their car every three years? In fact, one of the reviewers on the DIP site complained that the color faded in a few weeks, so three years might be optimistic. This sounds like a lot of trouble for something that will probably never look as good as automotive paint.

Jack

 

[Mike J]

I'm painting the outside and using the bed liner roll on stuff. waterproof and durable.

 

[Hank22]

Some Folks on the samba have done this. I only have 9 posts I will forward the Link after this one

 

[Hank22]

Here is is
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=592077&highlight=plastidip