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Perk10 - it looks like you didn't mask the Porsche crest on the center caps. Did you just peel them afterwords? I'm about to dip my wheels and am wondering if I should mask the crest. Is there enough of a crease that you can just peel without masking?
Perk10 - it looks like you didn't mask the Porsche crest on the center caps. Did you just peel them afterwords? I'm about to dip my wheels and am wondering if I should mask the crest. Is there enough of a crease that you can just peel without masking?
thanks
The spray was thick enough that we could have peeled the crests just by using the "crease" in between the crest and wheel itself, however we edged it out slightly (and VERY carefully) with a razor blade in order to get the crest out without and mistakes.
So once you're done spraying (just completely spray over the crests) you will trace the outline of the crest lightly with a razor blade. THEN poke through on one of the corners and start to peel VERY slowly.
I took it a step further and glossed my wheels and made sure to gloss the heck out of the crests, this way there are no more exposed edges from the peel! And you would never know they are glossed as they look factory!
Originally Posted by haivle
wow anthracite looks amazing on silver 997, now do the matte clear turn that thing into a matte silver
saw a mercedes cla amg matte silver with black rims the other day looks amazing
thanks!
Originally Posted by Iceter
Perk10--the wheels look great. I see you masked fenders and lug bolts but did you mask the tires as well? ...Or did you just spray the whole kit and kaboodle and the plasti-dip didn't stick to the tires?
Thanks Ice! The way that it works is that you spray everything. The whole kit and kaboodle as you say and when you're done, peel off what is not needed.
The thicker the end result, the easier it is to peel. So in this case after spraying, we removed the masking from the lugs, valve stems and brakes/car.
The tires, however, simply peel off. Since it's rubber on rubber, the plasti dip doesn't stick to the tires and will wipe off in one careful swipe with a cloth!
Awesome. The one thing that's been keeping me from doing this (I got the anthracite cans last week) was trying to figure out how to effectively and neatly mask the tires. Now, no worries.
Your dip looks really really good! Am considering this color or the stormcloudgrey dip pearl on my yellow 2001 996 (immaculate paint by the way, but just can't get into the yellow). Any tips or suggestions before heading to the shops for some quotes?
Originally Posted by haivle
hi guys just wanted to share my matte clear plasti dip on grey 997, it looks amazing in person and looks like its an actual matte paint finished. the rims are done anthracite plasti dip and it also looks like its original painted,just letting you know if anyone wanna do their rims or do matte finished to their car anthracite and matte clear is the way to go looks amazing
i had some emblems plastic dipped on my lexus. biggest thing you have to be careful with it is age and time in the sun. after 3 years of the car being outside, the paint started to wear at the edges and you couldn't really peel it off anymore. i would be careful of that if you all are going to be parked outside or daily driven.
Looks great! I'm about to take an extended roadvtrip bach East in a few weeks in my Bimmer, and I've been thinking of doing the front and a portion of the hood to protect against stone chips during the trip and then remove it when I'm back. Clear dip may just the thing.
10-07-2013, 09:52 PM
