Plasti Dip Entire car - results

[Diagro]

I will leave that test for march hahsha

 

[R14LYX]

I have plastidiped my helmet (ohh errr) in blaze blue.. Looks better than the white.. I'll post a pic later

 

[R14LYX]

 

[Addicted]

Worst "look at me in my Atom" ever!

 

[R14LYX]

I don't often wear a full Face when I'm driving around town so that's the only picture I have of it! An atoms a car I drive it round the same track all day It soon gets boring!

 

[Addicted]

I don't often wear a full Face when I'm driving around town so that's the only picture I have of it! An atoms a car I drive it round the same track all day It soon gets boring!

Ahh, you work at the track?

I was just winding you up btw

 

[cat171]

Why on earth was the clio not stripped down before dipping, even the repeater is blue!! Amateur tbh!

 

[CrippsCorner]

No offence but you clearly don't know how plastic dipping works... it's peelable. You just peel off what you don't want it on afterwards.

 

[R14LYX]

thats why its so cheap as there is very little prep work, yeah work for the company google vision motorsport if anyone is intrested ill get a few quid off!

 

[cat171]

No offence but you clearly don't know how plastic dipping works... it's peelable. You just peel off what you don't want it on afterwards.

Me ?
He should have at least shown it without all of the bits covered over, I'm surprised the windows weren't covered over too lol!!

 

[Diagro]

You talking about my car Cat?
I Took pics as soon as i got home mate, I have sinced removed the dip that was on the lights and badges.. I will stick some new pics up if you like?

 

[cat171]

Yeah man!
Yeah, go on then :up:

 

[CrippsCorner]

Me ?
He should have at least shown it without all of the bits covered over, I'm surprised the windows weren't covered over too lol!!

As he said those pictures are before he removed things himself. Thing is with this stuff is that's it's a cheap job, if you started removing everything beforehand the prep work is going to end up costing the same as a paint job.

 

[KitsonRis]

How did the dip cope with wear and tear of daily life? As at that price I could so easily be tempted to do mine if it is durable enough to last a few years.

The finish and colour of yours is real nice, I do like it

 

[-Jamie-]

I would put that stuff on any of my own cars, It can dye and ruin paintwork.

 

[Diagro]

How did the dip cope with wear and tear of daily life? As at that price I could so easily be tempted to do mine if it is durable enough to last a few years.

The finish and colour of yours is real nice, I do like it

Its holding up ok. Had a few incidents but those were my own fault and fault of being in a carpark.
I'm having it all touched up and sorted tomorrow

Been washing it useing a Brush and pressure washer, staying around 8" from the surface and its fine.

 

[Diagro]

I would put that stuff on any of my own cars, It can dye and ruin paintwork.

Fancy adding some proof of this ?

 

[Mr Plums]

Washing your car with a brush?

You brush your teeth with a lambs wool mitt?

 

[Diagro]

LOL

Washing your car with a brush?

You brush your teeth with a lambs wool mitt?

Its a Car brush, Very soft

 

[-Jamie-]

Fancy adding some proof of this ?

Go on DW and search, Few threads on it. I also know of a white Corsa that was done using all the correct stuff and when it was removed a few months later it had stained the paint a green colour which wouldn't shift even with aggressive polishing. It has now been wrapped to hide it.

 

[Diagro]

Go on DW and search, Few threads on it. I also know of a white Corsa that was done using all the correct stuff and when it was removed a few months later it had stained the paint a green colour which wouldn't shift even with aggressive polishing. It has now been wrapped to hide it.

I have a feeling that was more to do with what thinners were used to mix the Dip.
If you use the correct ones as recommended by Dip You Car you wont have any issues.

 

[Addicted]

Washing your car with a brush?

You brush your teeth with a lambs wool mitt?

LOL!

 

[Diagro]

Ok. SO the time is approaching for me to remove the plastidip. The car is being Wrapped on the 30th of March.

So over the next month i want to try various things with the Dip, Such as taking it through auto car washes and the like.

What would you all suggest?

 

[bill]

throw paint stripper over it.

how did you win a free wrap?

 

[cs_dave]

After 2 of my mates ad a clio done in white lasted 3 weeks and a caddy van lasted 4 months both jobs done by midland car dip shocking work from that place

 

[bill]

Oh dear, lucky it's getting wrapped

 

[llgsimpson]

I like the dip!, do my car, hate the odd silver panels

 

[jageillichap]

I dipped mine myself and all paint underneath was fine, only bit that was dodgy was i had smoothed and primed the bootlid and it stained the primer brown due to it being porous but was on for 6 months with no problems!

Think its more to do with the thinners that are used tbh!

 

[Diagro]

It's bubbling badly around the windows, spilt some petrol on the dip yesterday, stained it lol.

Will try a car wash next week
I wonder what would happen if I took it to a polish car wash and the dip came off... Then I complained to the car wash haha

 

[bill]

I take it you didn't have a cigarette lighter handy when you spilt the petrol on it? [emoji6]

The pols would probably dismember your body! You have been warned!

On a serious note good on you for getting it done, I'd have tried a more lairy colour myself, make it stand out a bit more, hope the wrap is a good job [emoji106]

 

[Diagro]

Ok.

Today on my way home i plan to take it through a machine car wash.
Then tomorrow i cover the car in WD40 to melt the dip!

 

[-Jamie-]

Good luck, I hope it comes off fully. One on my mates Silver Evo race car has been ruined by a purple "dip" to the point that it possibly needs a full respray now. It was done with stuff supplied by Liquid Car Wraps though

 

[Diagro]

Well. It came off.
Had to use around 4L of WD40 to soften it.
It has pulled the lacquer off the mirrors and has dulled the gloss on half the car, but that may have been caused by the pressure washer being used so much.

The machine car wash did nothing to it

 

[CrippsCorner]

Have you given it a wax since peeling it off? Hopefully that'll sort it out.

 

[Diagro]

Its been polished. DDon't want to wax it as it's getting wrapped on Saturday so don't want to have to remove the wax before hand.

 

[_Tom]

Did you use the real stuff? There is a lot of fake stuff about apparently.

 

[Addicted]

Any pics after polishing it? Paintwork looks pretty fucked on those pics.

 

[Diagro]

Did you use the real stuff? There is a lot of fake stuff about apparently.

he used the stuff Matte-Pack sells i think

Any pics after polishing it? Paintwork looks pretty fucked on those pics.

the last one of it parked at work is after. Looks ok on that side. The other side needs Mopping i think.

 

[Adam D]

How did the wrap go?