Anybody here plastidipped their Chrome!?

[MrHemi94]

Damn that jeep is beautiful!!! Props bro!! Ya that's what I meant sorry lol ok cool. Nobody has done their grill yet? Black that is

 

[TheSatinPumpkin]

the new owner of my old truck dipped the lower chrome bumper insert, grille and hood insert.
Came out pretty good.

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

Yea your jeep is def sick. I never did my grille cause I was afraid of it chipping and lookin like ****. Didn't wanna do something that I had to touch up or fix all the time.

 

[MrHemi94]

Oh ok. I wanna do my badges wheels and grill. How many cans do you think that will be? And are there any wheels done??

 

[ramanator]

I forgot i didn't do my whole grill but I did do the outside of it to be different

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

We did my buddies wife's Lexus wheels and I believe it took 3 cans for them with some heavy coats and it turned out good and survived PA winter. So I'd say you'd be good with like 6 cans. You can always take back cans you don't use to.

 

[MrHemi94]

That's not to bad. Hopefully that will be my project this weekend. I will probably start with the wheels and badges and see how that turns out

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

With the badges, spray a light coat first and let it dry or get tacky before you spray more or it'll run. I had to redo a couple of the numbers til I figured that out.

 

[SFD213]

Look up some videos on you tube. DipYourCar. Dip is very different from paint as far as application goes. Its easy to use once you get the hang of it tho

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

Yea that's a good idea ^

 

[bostoncarp]

I love the look


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[MrHemi94]

Thanks for the advice bro! I will definitely be watching that cause I don't feel like having to do it over a couple times lol anymore advice or suggestions??

 

[dtexan]

I love the look


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Ever think about doing your wheels? I have that truck in the Bighorn trim with Chrome everything lol. Been thinking about playing with vinyl or plastidip on the bumpers and wheels.

 

[MrHemi94]

Ya so do I! I'm probably doing my rims and badges over the weekend and see how it turns out

 

[SFD213]

Thanks for the advice bro! I will definitely be watching that cause I don't feel like having to do it over a couple times lol anymore advice or suggestions??

As far as the badges go, tape off about an inch away from the badges and spray the whole box. Make sure you get alot of dip on there but over many coats. Like paint, too thick of a coat and it runs, but its harder to correct without removing it and redoing it all. First coat is very thin and you just want to put a light dusting on it. The other coats you should apply thicker and even. I usually do coats like this: 1 dust, 4 from all four sides (only do one angle at a time, coating the whole badge from that angle), and 1 or 2 coats straight on.

The biggest thing with this is to make sure you apply the dip thick enough to peel outside of the badges, on the truck. Once its all dried you can peel the tape and masking off. Peel the extra dip off and youll have your dipped badge.

If the dip is too thick at the edges of the badge, it could connect the dip from the badge to the dip on the truck, which would all come off when you peel. Right after the last coat take a look around the badge and if you see a spot run a toothpick or razor through it.

Feel free to ask any questions. Just tag me or quote me so i get the notification and can help as soon as possible. Goodluck!!

 

[blackbeautyhemi]

Can't get much of a better instruction than that ^.. And make sure ya have a toothpick to get the dip to start peeling when ya peel out from the R or A.. The toothpick didn't mark up the paint either under the dip.

 

[MrHemi94]

Awesome! Ya I was wondering how I would do that without scratching the paint! I'm pretty stoked about this!

 

[MrHemi94]

I'm starting on the badges!! Let's see how this turns out. I will have pics to follow

 

[MrHemi94]

Before

 

[MrHemi94]

After