plasti-dip gold

so i just picked up 4 cans of plasti-dip metalizer for my rims today from Peter (big props to him). According to the can it says that it must be sprayed on top of an already dipped surface. I saw a video on youtube from dipyourcar.com where fonzi shows that you can easily peel off the metalizer from rims that were sprayed with it only. The rims seemed to look very light gold in colour compared to others i've seen that have been dipped with black first. has anyone dipped their rims gold over their bare rims without dipping in black first? mine are silver so im wondering if it wont be dark enough.

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Originally Posted by trulankan

so i just picked up 4 cans of plasti-dip metalizer for my rims today from Peter (big props to him). According to the can it says that it must be sprayed on top of an already dipped surface. I saw a video on youtube from dipyourcar.com where fonzi shows that you can easily peel off the metalizer from rims that were sprayed with it only. The rims seemed to look very light gold in colour compared to others i've seen that have been dipped with black first. has anyone dipped their rims gold over their bare rims without dipping in black first? mine are silver so im wondering if it wont be dark enough.

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From the look of what fonzi was showing, the gold metalizer is just clear coat plastidip with metal flakes, so what ever is underneath has a good chance of showing up on top.

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Originally Posted by Lactose

From the look of what fonzi was showing, the gold metalizer is just clear coat plastidip with metal flakes, so what ever is underneath has a good chance of showing up on top.

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hmm i see but im sure it has to have a gold colour too it since the clear is just clear lol...im thinking that having the black dip underneath will give it a more richer colour.

from what research i did i understood your supposed to do it to a dipped surface.

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Originally Posted by trulankan

hmm i see but im sure it has to have a gold colour too it since the clear is just clear lol...im thinking that having the black dip underneath will give it a more richer colour.

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Having the black underneath will give it a richer gold texture. It does have gold color, but I believe all the gold is just the flakes. So one layer of metalizer will give you flakes with the underlying color still showing, another layer gives you a darker gold etc. That was my understanding from the Dipyourcar video. Maybe someone else like Rey can chime in on this.

I believe dipyourcar sells wheel kits with the metalizer on top of any base color such as Red/White/Black. Im sure you can use the metalizer on any base. For example I wouldnt use black plastidip on my already black rims before the metalizer.

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Originally Posted by Lactose

Having the black underneath will give it a richer gold texture. It does have gold color, but I believe all the gold is just the flakes. So one layer of metalizer will give you flakes with the underlying color still showing, another layer gives you a darker gold etc. That was my understanding from the Dipyourcar video. Maybe someone else like Rey can chime in on this.

I believe dipyourcar sells wheel kits with the metalizer on top of any base color such as Red/White/Black. Im sure you can use the metalizer on any base. For example I wouldnt use black plastidip on my already black rims before the metalizer.

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yeah I would have ordered the kit from dipyourcar.com if they shipped to Canada :( im just gonna give each rim a coating of black first and then 3 layers of the gold dip on top

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Originally Posted by trulankan

yeah I would have ordered the kit from dipyourcar.com if they shipped to Canada :( im just gonna give each rim a coating of black first and then 3 layers of the gold dip on top

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Make sure to post pics :)

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Originally Posted by Lactose

Make sure to post pics :)

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yup I will

my stash of plasti-dip:

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/9...7185438.th.jpg

When will we see the finished product. I'm especially interested to see it on a sunlight silver

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Originally Posted by JBale

When will we see the finished product. I'm especially interested to see it on a sunlight silver

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whenever I get the time and location to do it lol i live in a townhouse condo with no driveway so cant do much. I will have to borrow one of my buddies' driveway to do it. Hoping to get it done by end of August. If not then might have to postpone it till next spring :(

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Originally Posted by trulankan

whenever I get the time and location to do it lol i live in a townhouse condo with no driveway so cant do much. I will have to borrow one of my buddies' driveway to do it. Hoping to get it done by end of August. If not then might have to postpone it till next spring :(

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No balcony?

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Originally Posted by Lactose

No balcony?

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lol we have a ghetto small front yard

anyone else planning to dip their wheels? i'm thinking a plasti-dip meet might be a good idea

i gotta do my emblems, which Ive been told is easy, but I suck at arts and crafts, sooo Im down to attend a Plasti-dip party before I end up plastidipping my entire rear end :(

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Originally Posted by Marta

i gotta do my emblems, which Ive been told is easy, but I suck at arts and crafts, sooo Im down to attend a Plasti-dip party before I end up plastidipping my entire rear end :(

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You need to remove the emblems to spray them...LOL.

Marta, if you soak em in bleach (i.e. strip them) I'll paint em for you.

I don't really use plastidip, primer + paint and it'll never come off!

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Originally Posted by MarkWB

You need to remove the emblems to spray them...LOL.

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No you don't, not with plastidip.

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Originally Posted by Marta

i gotta do my emblems, which Ive been told is easy, but I suck at arts and crafts, sooo Im down to attend a Plasti-dip party before I end up plastidipping my entire rear end :(

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Just dip the whole rear and peel the extra off.

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Originally Posted by JBale

Just dip the whole rear and peel the extra off.

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Tape off a portion of the area so you dont get overspray, and spray around the emblems about 1-1.5 inches. That makes it easier to peel off later. Imo the PITA is the little areas around the "Mazda" letters, even with a tooth pick i peeled some off the edges... twice.

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Originally Posted by trulankan

lol we have a ghetto small front yard

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Even better, do it straight on your grass without anything under it to protect the grass, and then you won't ever have to mow again ;)

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Originally Posted by trulankan

whenever I get the time and location to do it lol i live in a townhouse condo with no driveway so cant do much. I will have to borrow one of my buddies' driveway to do it. Hoping to get it done by end of August. If not then might have to postpone it till next spring :(

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If you need a driveway, I can probably loan you mine.

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Originally Posted by Lactose

Tape off a portion of the area so you dont get overspray, and spray around the emblems about 1-1.5 inches. That makes it easier to peel off later. Imo the PITA is the little areas around the "Mazda" letters, even with a tooth pick i peeled some off the edges... twice.

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For the Mazda word it is definitely easiest to just take it off and spray it.

I know its like the simplest thing ever...
But this is going to be messy... dont worry, pics will follow so you can all laugh at me.

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Originally Posted by JBale

For the Mazda word it is definitely easiest to just take it off and spray it.

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For the front it is. For the back I think it would be more trouble than its worth to take them off.

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Originally Posted by Marta

I know its like the simplest thing ever...
But this is going to be messy... dont worry, pics will follow so you can all laugh at me.

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Don't be such a girl about it. It's easy.. you got this.