"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
08/08/2013 at 19:06 • Filed to: how to
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"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
08/08/2013 at 19:06 • Filed to: how to | 1
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After the former posts about ordering the set, and it having arrived, I finally did the deed today. Weather was nice, all went well-ish, and so on. I even took a few pics for you but somehow my phone and my laptop are refusing to cooperate via bluetooth. They recognize each others existence but that's about it. I somewhat blame the Sony/Ericsson software I installed yesterday to save my phone contacs. It keeps crashing during the connection process and also blocks them from communicating directly. Tried to fiddle about, deleting sony software etc. nothing worked. I gave up. Ordered my first smart phone today anyway.
Back to the wheels! I applied the coat like you would apply a coat of paint. Zig-zagging over a wheel until there was a colour change visible. Let that coat dry for a few minutes and repeat. The end result was a texture like that of suede (see pic). I kinda like it as I was going with a rough flat-black look anyways. The wheels have a military or cast iron look to them, which will contrast nicely with a silver car.
The question is, what did I do wrong to get this quite desirable finish? Let's crowd source here for others who are going to do their wheels as well!
Instead of treating it like paint and putting down even coats, should I have focused on smaller areas for longer to put down "wet" coats? When using paint this will get you runners, but would it have been the "correct" procedure for plasti-dip?
I'm quite pleased with how my wheels turned out, just a little surprised! So why not exchange notes on how to do it?
I also used a #how to hashtag, maybe we can turn this into a series which others can look at later.
Victorious Secret
> Klaus Schmoll
08/08/2013 at 19:08 |
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The beauty of plastidip is that if you get a large wet spot to compensate you make the entire thing a nasty wet spot and it'll sort its self out.
My preferred way of doing them is with a spray gun now, just makes nailing all angles and sides of the wheel easier.
Casper
> Klaus Schmoll
08/08/2013 at 19:09 |
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My guess would be that you got the texture because of how lightly each layer was applied and how far the sprayer was from the wheel. It seems to appear smoother the thicker it is applied, short of running or peeling.
I don't use it on my stuff, but a friend plastidips pretty much everything.
Giles007
> Casper
08/08/2013 at 19:18 |
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Yep, just apply the last coat thicker.
MonkeePuzzle
> Klaus Schmoll
08/08/2013 at 20:52 |
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full size pics of completed wheels?
gavinski91
> Klaus Schmoll
08/08/2013 at 22:21 |
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My brother has done plenty of Plasti-dipping on his car (including wheels) and he figured you either did too light of a coat, or you held the can too far away from the wheels. Apparently you have to coat Plasti-dip thicker than paint.