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Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Plasti Dip? 04/21/14 at 15:38:19 https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php Curious if anyone has any experience with this product. Getting ready to repaint my Suzuki and this seems like something I can do myself without too much hassle. I like the idea of peeling it off if you want to change colors. I realize it does not hold up to gasoline well and it's not as glossy as regular paint.
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shorty Serious Thumper Offline be careful out there gentlemen Posts: 547 southern NM Gender:	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #1 - 04/21/14 at 17:20:29 don't do it, if it's what I think it is, not intended as a cosmetic coating
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #2 - 04/21/14 at 17:52:41 old_rider painted a Harley Tour pack with it....he has some experience. Go to Page 3....post 33 to see what he said: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1395537807/30 I bought a can to spray on the front of the swing arm to protect the paint where the tire throws crap...haven't used it yet. Dave
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Ragnar444 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 125	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #3 - 04/21/14 at 19:14:35 Get the feeling I have just been challenged. Despite the results I'll be happy to conduct an experiment.
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Fishbulb Ex Member	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #4 - 04/21/14 at 20:44:55 I used black spray on my silver roof rack cross bars. It worked, but it is not as durable as I Would have liked. Maybe I did not do it correctly, but it seems to want to peel anytime anything rubs/scrapes it at all. I don't see how it would hold up on the front of a car, but people are doing it!
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #5 - 04/21/14 at 23:53:22 Looking for references on DIY paint jobs I've run across a good amount of people painting their bikes with Plasti Dip on other forums, seems quite popular with smaller fairing sport bikes as it's fairly easy to change the bike color often. Most of the people seem happy about the results, but I don't recall any long term reviews at all.
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Reply #6 - 04/22/14 at 08:45:36

The stuff I got had a really bad spray pattern coming from the nozzle, splatter is what I would call it.
Coat it with several light coats, I still did not get the tour pak totally coated you can see the gold paint underneath in places with the bright sun shining on it.
However, when I taped the borders around fasteners and lights I did not realize the plastidip peels when you take off the tape. I tried a razor knife around a couple of "no see" spots, but that was iffy. So I ended up spraying into the cap and using a small paint brush to "trim" up around my fasteners, it all dryed about the same, so spraying back over a peeled part might be something you could do.
Overall my advice...practice on something you don't care about, maybe a license plate to hang off the front of the car or truck, then see how it wears after a month of weather and bugs.
The surface of the plastidip after this past few weeks still feels "tacky" to me. I got sawdust on it and sprayed it off and instead of wiping it dry I kind of dabbed it dry.

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Reply #7 - 04/22/14 at 09:14:29

I have painted numerous bikes with it. The stuff works great. And best of all you can peel it off if you get sick of it. Also, you can pretty much paint over everything, and then peel off the paint you don't want on there. For example, I panted my entire rear fender (with the brake light on it). Carefully used an xacto knife to "cut" what I wanted to peel off, then peeled it all off. Very easy.

The only "downside" is that it is typically a lightly textured, matte finish. If you like that, then you're golden. I also would not coat anything that gets too hot in it. It has a low-ish melting point. And you really need to shake the can a lot before you use it. If you don't it can come up a bit "lumpy" and leave a more textured finish than you may have wanted.

Send me a PM and I'll send you pics of my "dipped" LS650.

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Plasti Dip? Reply #8 - 04/22/14 at 17:57:24 Post a pic up Schleppy!!!
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