First attempt but plasti dip!

[Bigman1207]

Decided to have a go,  it's matt beige, 

Buggered up drivers side as thinned it too much and it reacted with the exposed primer,  my fault totally as zero reaction on boot lid using correct proportions.  

[Bigman1207]

Weird photo! Windscreen is NOT that big!

 

Oh and boot lid . .

[Roobarb]

Ohhh. Been tempted many times to try plasti dip. 

Currently tempted to paint my project. Only worry is it still has the original Carrera decals, which would be a shame to peel off.

Is it easy to spray with out runs?

[Bigman1207]

I use a small compressor with an hvlp gun running at 40psi thinned 50 50.   Not had a single run and it was my first go spraying.   They reckon it's better to use one of those Earlex sprayers but already had my compressor.  Settles really well and there are loads of stuff and colours etc.  Check out matt pack.  I bought the clearance product.  

I did fuck up with paint reaction on the drivers side but I have managed to lightly sand it back using 800 grit wet so reckon any runs could easily be rubbed out. 

Coverage is excellent, five light coats have covered a multi coloured panel, gold and exposed filler, and the front was a a deep metallic kind of brown 

I'm no expert but I'm really happy with front and back. 

[Bigman1207]

Oh and the paint reaction was caused by me trying to be too clever and thinned 300 ml of already mixed dip too much, the extra thinner messed up the filler primer and it went wrong! 

[rainagain]

Does this paint not dry to a film, so you can pick it off in sheets? 

[Cookiesouwest]

12 minutes ago, rainagain said:

Does this paint not dry to a film, so you can pick it off in sheets? 

Once dry it should just peel off. Not by itself. You actually have to lift a corner, then peel.

[Skizzer]

50 minutes ago, rainagain said:

Does this paint not dry to a film, so you can pick it off in sheets? 

You can put a special (?) primer under it if you want it to bind. They do hardeners and glossifiers and stuff as well.

More info here: https://plastidip.com/our-products/plasti-dip/

[ruffgeezer]

Hmm there is one near me in the process of being repainted this colour.  You don't by any chance have a massive yank pickup truck too do you?

[Bigman1207]

No sadly not lol