Time to laugh at Turk's expense and learn from his mistakes v. PlastiDip

[1quick]

It works ok on wheels, I only put it on stuff that I don't care about normally on beaters that the rims look like garbage to begin with, I've never done any body panels with it though

 

[SirMarco]

I can see why most people continue to dip their cars after they do it once. Fuck man, I'm glad you got that fixed up.

 

[ktraver97ss]

I would have been fucking pisssssssed. Should have used the 3M Clearbra spray on shit. Prob about the same cost and time and wont do that shit to your car.

 

[Bub]

[MENTION=239]Turk[/MENTION] interesting reddit thread about red plasti dip https://www.reddit.com/r/plastidip/comments/23rn0c/help_stained_my_car_with_red_dip/

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

I would admit it to the professionals and see what they say, either way looks like you have a green light to finish out these road course track days for the remainder of the year

 

[guspech750]

God, that would piss me off so badly. You go out of your way to protect your car with a product that's designed to protect your car. And it costs you many hours of aggravation and fear of a paint job.

Glad to hear you were able to correct it.

Did it at least protect your car from chips?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

It would have went away naturally in the sun. That's just a by product of the dip.

This kind of staining usually fades out after a week or two in the sun.

Best guess is that the clearcoat has been stained by the pigments in the dip. A 2 coats of gunmetal as a basecoat might help in the future.

source: This guy had some serious staining - http://www.dipyourcar.com/forums/showthread.php?17246-Staining

- [Here's when he peeled](http://i.imgur.com/JytMCeZ.jpg)

- [1 week after peel](http://i.imgur.com/Tj4L88E.jpg)

- [2 weeks after peel](http://i.imgur.com/xKUME6E.jpg)

It also doesn't help that it was applied horribly

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

God, that would piss me off so badly. You go out of your way to protect your car with a product that's designed to protect your car. And it costs you many hours of aggravation and fear of a paint job.

Glad to hear you were able to correct it.

Did it at least protect your car from chips?

It did work! We saw pieces of orange gone that looked like a rock hit it.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

It works ok on wheels, I only put it on stuff that I don't care about normally on beaters that the rims look like garbage to begin with, I've never done any body panels with it though

I've done my trunk and front bumper (plastic and metal). Removal is always a bitch but I didn't have any paint side effects like turk but I also only used black and probably put 5/6 coats on it. The thicker the better for dip. Its not like regular spray paint.

 

[Yaj Yak]

you probably didn't notice any paint side effects because of the GM junk-ass-paint you were putting it on.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

you probably didn't notice any paint side effects because of the GM junk-ass-paint you were putting it on.

Fair argument

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

^^ exactly, even GM's highest costing car ever has JUNK ass paint, spent way too much on Xpel but worth every penny every time it gets washed.

 

[Yaj Yak]

i dont think any domestic manufacturer has decent paint.

 

[1quick]

i dont think any domestic manufacturer has decent paint.

The ruby red mustang had good ish paint, no orange peal but it was soft paint, the white mustang not so much

 

[jason05gt]

i dont think any domestic manufacturer has decent paint.

It's not just domestic. It's imports too. It's because of the EPA mandated water based paints.

 

[Yaj Yak]

It's not just domestic. It's imports too. It's because of the EPA mandated water based paints.

ok... then for cars built here

sikkens ftw.

 

[RICH17]

I cant wait to peel [MENTION=653]BrianG[/MENTION] 's car now

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

It's not just domestic. It's imports too. It's because of the EPA mandated water based paints.

I disagree with my own experience with 3 german cars, the paint seems to have a thick luscious clear on it.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I disagree with my own experience with 3 german cars, the paint seems to have a thick luscious clear on it.

it does. german cars paint is typically fucking awesome.

ford's and gm's typically SUCKS. fuck. ford can't spray a blue that doesn't look textured to save their life.

 

[Turk]

Woke up early and spent a few more hours on it. One more pass with compound and polish. Tested in every single light, including the sun which everybody knows reveals everything. Looks like I got the paint back to normal. The more I think about it, the more I think the dip just left something baked on the paint, and I didn't have any product to get rid of it, nor would I know what product would get rid of it. Either way, lesson learned.

 

[jason05gt]

ok... then for cars built here



sikkens ftw.

BMW uses water based paint too. I believe the EU is even worse than the EPA for environmentally friendly paints and VOC's.

 

[Yaj Yak]

just stop.

 

[RICH17]

Woke up early and spent a few more hours on it. One more pass with compound and polish. Tested in every single light, including the sun which everybody knows reveals everything. Looks like I got the paint back to normal. The more I think about it, the more I think the dip just left something baked on the paint, and I didn't have any product to get rid of it, nor would I know what product would get rid of it. Either way, lesson learned.

Clay bar?

 

[Turk]

Tried clay bar, did absolutely nothing.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

ya there is no way a GM could have made it through that, i'd almost assume you would have had to use a 5000/3000 grit sand paper, then polish, but I would get that thing waxed up ASAP [MENTION=239]Turk[/MENTION]