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Originally Posted by jonzhuxD
You want to mask off anywhere where the dip could react badly with the car like the front grill (to protect the radiator) and exhaust tips etc.
Everywhere else you mask if all about saving dip, you can choose to spray over all the glass and peel the dip off later but that's a lot of dip you're removing. You have to spray it full on onto anywhere that isn't masked (lights and whatnot) for it to peel off easily and anywhere you can mask off will save you dip in the long run.
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...and that's part of the beauty of PD. Yes, you will save some PD by masking everything off fully, but it only take 3-4 gallons to cover an entire car with 5-6 coats (less for a motorcycle, more for a truck, etc). In the end, you may prefer to peel off PD after the spraying instead of masking beforehand. Depending on your skill at either it could be a significant trade-off in time spent. The entire kit, including the HVLP sprayer, is available from DipYourCar.com for a few hundred bucks but I'm looking for a local shop because California doesn't allow for the sale of high VOC paints in large quantities (gallons and up). With all the new pearls, microflakes, metalizers and glossifiers that are available, I'm eventually going to do my work truck and my brother's old Civic as well rather than have them painted.