So I picked up a little screw around with toy a few months ago, an SN95 Mustang.
http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/member-builds/143384-sprayins-sn95-mustang.html
The car is straight as an arrow, and there is no rust, but the paint is pretty bad. Its all sun baked, and the clear is peeling in many places. Since this is a "lowest budget possible" car, I thought I would explore some of the cheap routes to getting her done.
One of the perceived and often touted "cheap methods" for paint is Plasti-Dip. Now, I can search the internet as well as the next guy. I've seen pictures of what they look like, I've even seen plasti-dipped cars in person. That being said, I would like to hear what other people have to say about it. How does it hold up? Are there people like who post on Facebook that they wanna peel someones dipped car, that actually do that shit? Can any random hillbilly apply this shit and it will look relatively not-hillbilly?
Looking around online, it appears a lot of people point to this website, and on the website, I come across this kit in particular: https://www.dipyourcar.com/Professional-Car-Kit.html
Is this a proper channel to finding the right stuff? Somewhere/something else you would recommend instead?
As far as prepping the car for dip. What is all involved? There are some spots in which the clear is flaking off, and its a sort of physical bubble off the paint. How do I get that junk off? Sanding? What would you recommend for that? If I'm going to sand that off, do I need to lay something down first before I dip it?
Would I be better off just painting the car? I'm not completely against a primer grey race car looking shitbox, if it comes down to it. However, I like the idea of being able to make the car a proper color. I also like the idea that plasti-dip is supposedly forgiving if you fuck it up. My paint and body work experience is limited (thus this stupid thread.)
The car is red (wine red, not the bright one.) Does this limit the color I can dip the car? I would prefer darker green or just keep it red. Not really feeling black/grey/bright colors. Is the 3 gallons in that kit above enough or do I need more? Is there anything you need to do to maintain this stuff? How do you wash it? What if the god damn birds, that wont leave the tree despite my best efforts, decide to shit all over it?
While we are at it, there is no engine in the car. The paint under the hood isn't terrible, but when I washed all of the grease off of it, it took some of the paint with it. I would like to repaint under the hood too. What would you recommend for that? It can be black for simplicity, or it can be the same color as the car.
*Disclaimer: This is not going to be a show car. I don't expect a perfect car. I fully expect it to look like shit. Almost anything will look better than it does now, though. I am mainly just trying to get my dick wet on some sort of paint work (even if its just dip.)
Thanks frands.
http://www.thechicagogarage.com/forum/member-builds/143384-sprayins-sn95-mustang.html
The car is straight as an arrow, and there is no rust, but the paint is pretty bad. Its all sun baked, and the clear is peeling in many places. Since this is a "lowest budget possible" car, I thought I would explore some of the cheap routes to getting her done.
One of the perceived and often touted "cheap methods" for paint is Plasti-Dip. Now, I can search the internet as well as the next guy. I've seen pictures of what they look like, I've even seen plasti-dipped cars in person. That being said, I would like to hear what other people have to say about it. How does it hold up? Are there people like who post on Facebook that they wanna peel someones dipped car, that actually do that shit? Can any random hillbilly apply this shit and it will look relatively not-hillbilly?
Looking around online, it appears a lot of people point to this website, and on the website, I come across this kit in particular: https://www.dipyourcar.com/Professional-Car-Kit.html
Is this a proper channel to finding the right stuff? Somewhere/something else you would recommend instead?
As far as prepping the car for dip. What is all involved? There are some spots in which the clear is flaking off, and its a sort of physical bubble off the paint. How do I get that junk off? Sanding? What would you recommend for that? If I'm going to sand that off, do I need to lay something down first before I dip it?
Would I be better off just painting the car? I'm not completely against a primer grey race car looking shitbox, if it comes down to it. However, I like the idea of being able to make the car a proper color. I also like the idea that plasti-dip is supposedly forgiving if you fuck it up. My paint and body work experience is limited (thus this stupid thread.)
The car is red (wine red, not the bright one.) Does this limit the color I can dip the car? I would prefer darker green or just keep it red. Not really feeling black/grey/bright colors. Is the 3 gallons in that kit above enough or do I need more? Is there anything you need to do to maintain this stuff? How do you wash it? What if the god damn birds, that wont leave the tree despite my best efforts, decide to shit all over it?
While we are at it, there is no engine in the car. The paint under the hood isn't terrible, but when I washed all of the grease off of it, it took some of the paint with it. I would like to repaint under the hood too. What would you recommend for that? It can be black for simplicity, or it can be the same color as the car.
*Disclaimer: This is not going to be a show car. I don't expect a perfect car. I fully expect it to look like shit. Almost anything will look better than it does now, though. I am mainly just trying to get my dick wet on some sort of paint work (even if its just dip.)
Thanks frands.