Anyone familiar with or worked with Plastidip? Is it worth it? Any negatives?

Ive got a can O plasti dip. I do as it is intended.. Works on tools pretty well,,I cant imagine it on a tank or anything,, but,, hey,, somebody has to test those waters,, I have shot undercoat on a milk can,, seems pretty durable, seems to stay real well.. & it Sprays,,

The guys in the body shop left the end of the tape long & pulled it off by pulling it straight back across itself, folded completely back on itself. Tended to not lift the paint,

I kinda wondered if you could work it backwards... smear some vasaline where you dont want it to stick.

PS. I used it on some AL rims.. I did clean them, but nothing else. The product seemed to work well, though its not permanent. Should last 6 - 12 months though. Came off with a pressure washer with the very high pressure tip.

its worth it. as long as you apply a good couple layers nice and thick, it'll come off really nicely. Its decent protection against the elements too. I haven't ever heard of any problems where the stuff will ruin the paint... knock on wood though. Cheap easy to do... try it and remember to try n tape it all off very nicely. over spray is annoying to get off.

I was able to try the PlastiDip thsi weekend.

I took a painted piece of metal, and I taped off two sides, and cleaned the paint.  I then sprayed several passes of PlastiDip until it was fully covered and shiny.  I then waited just a few minutes and peeled the tape off one side.




For the other side I waited the full 30 minutes that would be required to do another coat, and then I attempted to remove the tape from the other side.  As I anticipated after reading what old_rider said - the PlastiDip does not seperate cleanly when removing tape.  The PlastDip has a very strong surface.....and it does not want to seperate once cured.



I let the PlastiDip dry overnight, and the next day I was able to peel it off.  It sticks really well, and it reminded me of the kind of material a latex balloon or glove is made from.  It is very stretchy and very strong.


With what I learned I taped off my swingarm, sprayed a few heavy passes for good coverage, and then carefully removed the tape.  I did bump the wet surface in one spot on the vertical piece just in front of the tire and it made a smudge.  The PlastiDip should do a good job protecting the swingarm from the rocks thrown by the tire....although it would have been nice to get a few more coats, the only way I can think to accomplish that is to remove the edge masking tape between coats and apply new tape on the edge with each coat applied.