Plastidip Experiments

Plastidip Experiments

Plastidip Experiments

I was a little bored on Saturday so I thought I would mess around with the plastidip spray and practice a couple of techniques to see what worked and what doesn't. All plastidip test were applied to a painted/clearcoat substrate for the experiments(no, not on my car).

Masking:
Masked off a two inch wide stipe about 3 inches long
Four light coats of Plastidip applied and dried in-between each coat.

Test Pull #1: Straight pull of tape
Result: Ragged edge and looks like crap.
Test Pull #2 Cut line using razor blade prior to pulling tape
Result: Smooth edge, but a little wavy unless you use a straight edge. Also
will/can cut into the piece being plastidip.

Masked off a two inch wide stipe about 3 inches long
One medium coat of Plastidip applied and not dried

Test Pull #1 Straight pull of tape (while still wet)
Result: Nice clean stripe line

Finish:
Plain plastidip(four coats)
Result: Slight texture with a flat finish (looks fine because the texture looks
good with a flat finish)

Plastidip with clear enamel (Four plastidip and one clear enamel)
Result: Slight texture with a gloss finish. (looks like a paint job gone bad)

Removability:
Test #1 Four light coats of plastidip, dried
Result: Easy to pull off in large pieces.

Test #2 Two light coats of plastidip, dried
Result: Much harder to pull of in sheets. Worked best by rolling the thumb over
the edge like you would for removing double sided molding tape.

Test #3 Four light coats of plastidip and one clear coat, dried.
Result: Made the plastidip brittle and would not come off in sheets.

Obviously, there are several other combinations to explore, but I wasn't that bored.