plastic dipping

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Plastidip has been around about 40 years now! Hardly "new" and has proven to be an effective coating when done right. I used it on the hood of my 70 Coronet R/t back in 78 and never had an issue. When I got bored I just peeled it off and there was zero effect to the paint. Never used it again but I would think that the tech has only improved over the last 38 years.

@Tcoat , I'm sure the plastidip made your R/T look better ........




humfrz

[Yardjass]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Plastidip has been around about 40 years now! Hardly "new" and has proven to be an effective coating when done right. I used it on the hood of my 70 Coronet R/t back in 78 and never had an issue. When I got bored I just peeled it off and there was zero effect to the paint. Never used it again but I would think that the tech has only improved over the last 38 years.

Wow, I had no idea people were using that on cars so long ago. You learn something new every day.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by humfrz

@Tcoat , I'm sure the plastidip made your R/T look better ........




humfrz

Mine had marginally more green paint left on it.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

I have seen plastidipped cars that gathered a crowd of admirers.
I have seen plastidpped cars that looked like crap.

So this is true, but I would say there is a caveat which is that plastidip will stain quite easily, so you need to do touch up spraying if you want to keep it looking nice.

[slowautoxr]

I dipped my 2.5RS over a year ago. The car was white and I dipped it white with clear TopCoat. The paint was horrible on it so dipping was the cheapest alternative. It looks pretty decent. Keeping it clean is another matter. Washing with soap and water is not gonna cut it. I use a 50/50 dilution of Purple Power and water. For all the effort I put into it, I wish I would have tried spraying real paint instead.