Thinking about some visual upgrades

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#11

04-18-2014 | 10:38 AM

dbaldwin

Monte Of The Month -- January 2014

Joined: Aug 2013

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From: Washington

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Originally Posted by ZIPPY02

Cool was looking for more information on the Pd process and it's durability. Nice to see it is fairly resilient. Bet with the proper prep on could get it to adhere to some unusual places. Good job! Hell $800 for pin stripe repairs, ouch for sure, i can se why one would want to diy a smaller project then.

The only dificulty I had was when spraying on a vertical surface, you have to start with very light coats or it will run and bubble. It takes a little getting used too but once you realize its not just like paint you can adjust your technique and it works well. It used to stink when all they had was flat colors but with all the work done by DYC they have some pretty neat over coats that gives a gloss, pearl or metallic shine. They even have color changing pd.
Here is my pearl that im doing on my wheels

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Yeah, im glad I didnt pay for the whole set of these pinstripes. Lol.

#12

04-18-2014 | 11:40 AM

iMuf

Joined: Jan 2013

Posts: 872

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Originally Posted by ZIPPY02

Also how does one ever go about waxing their car again near where the Plasti-dip stripes would be? Think they would have to be masked off everytime and hope you don't hit them with a buffer. What would it take to have them professionally painted on and be nice and shiny? $200 to $300 and they would be there for the duration.

Anyone else who did the "Plasti-dip" method experiencing any type of issues to include delamination from say like high pressure car washes etc.? Or do you just accept the fact that they will be an ongoing maintenance issue and call it good, fixing them when you need to?

When I had my Monte I plasti dipped my ground effects and it held up really well. It's a nice way to try something to see if you like it and if you do then you can always peel it off and have it painted. I certainly wouldn't run a polisher over it or anything like that. But it cleans pretty well and since it is a matte finish, there is no need to try and polish it.