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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #30 on: November 14, 2013, 11:35:10 pm »
Think i've just had a moment of madness. 4 tins of BLAZE ORANGE ordered.......... :stupid: :stupid: :scared:


That's ACE  :congrats:

Can't wait to see em  :happy2:

I hope so or your getting the blame for that YouTube link  :P

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2013, 12:19:09 am »
…..if you need any advice let me know ill pm you my mobile number.  :wink:

You WILL be fine as long as you use a bit of common sense.  :happy2:


* Clean wheels best you can. Dirt/tar/grease etc. Best to use a decent wheel cleaner spray like bilberry etc.

* Dry wheels best you can. Use a hair dryer after drying with a towel/cloth. Pay particular attention to the wheel rim/tyre valve and bolt holes.

* Best results would be to deflate the tyres to get playing cards under the rim around the wheel.
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* Mask the tyres up to the wheel. Leave 1mm gap. (I sprayed straight onto the tyre. It peels off easy…. IF you spray it on thick. If its thin on the tyre it will be quite a long job peeling it off)

* Use IPA and a clean micro fibre on the wheels just before spraying.

* REMEMBER to have to caps on the tyre valves. (just stick the crappy black plastic ones on)

* If you have a hairdryer you can dry the paint between coats. I found that the suggested method - do a good coat and wait 30 mins before spraying the next one, the results were not as good as my method.  :innocent:




My Method.

I sprayed a lot lighter than normal coat on the front face and then dried it straight away with my heat gun. Dont go crazy with the heat. Hairdryer will be fine  :wink:

Then I did a very light coat on the inside of the wheel and dried it with the gun. I could then go back to the front straight away for another light coat and repeat.

I did this 3x before giving the front and back a good drying with the heat gun. I then had a brew break for 15mins.

I did All of the above 3x (so 9x light coats). Just keep going till you have used a full tin (you could maybe get more coats done)

It works best to do these light coats on the front, and then inside, so that way you dont run out of paint with a great looking front face and a patchy internal rim.  :laugh:


You could do all 4 wheels at the same time, but I did 1 wheel at a time. This way you know you use 1 tin per wheel.


HTH.

Carlo.  :smiley:

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2013, 12:26:12 am »
Perfect, I'll do one wheel at a time in the shed, I'll mask up and follow your method.  Where will I get bilberry, I think I can get my hands on TFR which is quite a strong cleaner.  Thanks for the info. 

Just out of interest does anybody have any pictures of black with bright orange rims?

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2013, 12:29:26 am »
Perfect, I'll do one wheel at a time in the shed, I'll mask up and follow your method.  Where will I get bilberry, I think I can get my hands on TFR which is quite a strong cleaner.  Thanks for the info. 

Just out of interest does anybody have any pictures of black with bright orange rims?

You don't need pictures, you've ordered it now, no going back ;)

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #34 on: November 15, 2013, 12:41:27 am »
Perfect, I'll do one wheel at a time in the shed, I'll mask up and follow your method.  Where will I get bilberry, I think I can get my hands on TFR which is quite a strong cleaner.  Thanks for the info. 

Just out of interest does anybody have any pictures of black with bright orange rims?

Any wheel cleaner spray will be fine mate.




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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #35 on: November 15, 2013, 12:52:59 am »
Aww they look cool.  I'm not so nervous about it now. That actually goes well.  :happy2:

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #36 on: November 15, 2013, 12:57:21 am »
Dont forget. Its all reversible so it will peel off if you get bored with it.

Just mask up the front of the car and spray your "GTI" grille badge orange too. :wink:


….whoops I mean "GT" badge  :innocent:

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #37 on: November 15, 2013, 01:29:49 am »
I love this stuff, went and did the whole car Matt black, so easy to spray and get a smooth coat.

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #38 on: November 15, 2013, 08:18:45 am »
I love this stuff, went and did the whole car Matt black, so easy to spray and get a smooth coat.
WHOLE CAR..........!!!!! :scared: :smiley:

Good effort matey, would love to see pics of that and know how much you used too! :party: :happy2:


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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #39 on: November 15, 2013, 09:31:12 am »
so easy to work with you could let your kids do it!

Funny you should say that I got my 11yo son spraying a VW badge whilst I did my front splitter in it. Both came out perfect.

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #40 on: November 15, 2013, 11:18:22 am »
Will get some pictures up for you, I paid £200 for for the whole kit from mattpack.co.uk, including electric low pressure spray gun and 10litres of prethinned plastidip, they sell the rubber dip s now though which means you can do a whole car in three coats

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #41 on: November 15, 2013, 04:06:07 pm »
with enough coats will this cover imperfection on the wheel?
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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #42 on: November 15, 2013, 05:07:10 pm »
Will get some pictures up for you, I paid £200 for for the whole kit from mattpack.co.uk, including electric low pressure spray gun and 10litres of prethinned plastidip, they sell the rubber dip s now though which means you can do a whole car in three coats
Very interesting! :party:


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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #43 on: November 15, 2013, 05:37:35 pm »
Is this available in reflex silver..............

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Re: Has anybody plasti dipped? Is it easy? I've just ordered BLAZE ORANGE
« Reply #44 on: November 19, 2013, 01:02:44 am »