Interior/Exterior Plastidip'd my grill slats
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Dawn Dish soap will take wax off also.
Just clean really well, tape off or remove and spray. PlastiDip works best if you put about 4 coats on, applying the PlastiDip about 30 minutes between layers. When you want to remove it, just heat it up a bit with a hair dryer and you should be able to slowly pull it off and remove it.
I have the front end of my Lancer done. It looks great and holds up great. Bugs show up like crazy on it though.....
Just clean really well, tape off or remove and spray. PlastiDip works best if you put about 4 coats on, applying the PlastiDip about 30 minutes between layers. When you want to remove it, just heat it up a bit with a hair dryer and you should be able to slowly pull it off and remove it.
I have the front end of my Lancer done. It looks great and holds up great. Bugs show up like crazy on it though.....
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It doesn't even take that to remove, rub back and forth and it will peel up just like rubber cement or the tacky stuff credit cards come stuck with. I would say that is is pretty durable though as I have used an automatic car wash, pressure washer etc and it is still there. It will however look crappy if you get wax on it. Mine has some excess wax on it and now has some light white haze to it but for a hour's worth of time I can redo it and for $6 I have no complaints.
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In my experience, it is easier and neater to paint the slats if you remove the grill. Those pallnuts (sp?) are easier to remove if you wedge something like a flat screw driver behind them as you unscrew them. Good luck! I used black vinyl tape on the bumper grill slat. It worked quite well.
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Recommend taping over removing grill
I started taking my upper grill off and broke the first plastic retainer on the grill. So I taped it off. Taping took around 40 minutes to do a thorough job. To take the 11 nuts off the upper grill it would take a lot longer. I would strongly recommend taping the grill off. I was able to get the tape perfectly between the grill and the paint on the car so no overspray would get in between the cracks. Pictures below were taken while paint was wet.
The Can says to wait 4 hours between coats, but someone here suggested waiting 30 minutes. Any suggestions???
The Can says to wait 4 hours between coats, but someone here suggested waiting 30 minutes. Any suggestions???
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The PD can actually says wait 30 minutes between coats. My old eyes are deceiving me. Anyway, I waited 45 minutes between the first and second coat. Pictures below taken 45 minutes after the first coat. Second coat was much lighter than the first coat so this time I will wait maybe 30 minutes.
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Finished Job
Here is my finished job for Plastic Dip Grills. It was very easy to do and highly recommend taping off instead of removing the grills. One can does the job and I was able to get 4 coats on there with a little left over for touch ups. I left the tape on over night to allow more time for drying. Use a utility knife before pulling the tape in the grove between the body and grill to cut the paint before pulling and go slow. I had a slight booboo at the top section which I will touch up later. This is a temporary stop gap until I get a Aero bumper and grills.
Let me know what you think. Do you think I should do the headlight surrounds. Car has a white top. Thanks.
Let me know what you think. Do you think I should do the headlight surrounds. Car has a white top. Thanks.
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Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind for this weekend.
I"m gonna buy a can today and test it out on some scrap I got laying around. This way I can get a feel for using it and get an idea of how the texture feels. I plan on doing the chrome lip around my headlights as well and possibly the back chrome piece on the hatch and my side markers. I'm really curious about the texture though cause if it's smooth enough I'll even do my door handles.
I"m gonna buy a can today and test it out on some scrap I got laying around. This way I can get a feel for using it and get an idea of how the texture feels. I plan on doing the chrome lip around my headlights as well and possibly the back chrome piece on the hatch and my side markers. I'm really curious about the texture though cause if it's smooth enough I'll even do my door handles.