kanecullen89
Registered User
Hi all,
Just thought I'd post a guide on how I plastidipped my front chrome grill without removing the bumper. Plastidip guides and pictures have been fairly well covered on this forum but I couldn't find much about applying the dip without removing the bumper so I though I'd share my experiences.
I know that it would have been ideal to remove the bumper but I'm not hugely confident with unbolting parts!
All original:
My daughter's Po happy with my purchase:
Bought a clear plastidip to shatterproof a glass screen we have. Have not used this yet.
Car all prepped and covered. I cleaned the grill and dried it as best as I could and used masking tape and news paper to cover the body and centre of the grill (want to keep the different shades of black with body and inside of grill):
First coat applied, got to be a fairly light coat to allow the plastidip to bond properly on the following coats:
This is the finish after the 3rd coat, the idea is to keep the can fairly close to the grill while still creating an even coverage. If the can is too far away it starts to blob:
The finished product after 5 coats, I had to be careful when peeling off the masking tape not to get carried away and peel off a large chunk of plastidip. The dip that went on to the paint work was simple to just peel off. I'm really happy with how easy it was and how good the finish is!:
Let me know what you think
Kane
Just thought I'd post a guide on how I plastidipped my front chrome grill without removing the bumper. Plastidip guides and pictures have been fairly well covered on this forum but I couldn't find much about applying the dip without removing the bumper so I though I'd share my experiences.
I know that it would have been ideal to remove the bumper but I'm not hugely confident with unbolting parts!
All original:
My daughter's Po happy with my purchase:
Bought a clear plastidip to shatterproof a glass screen we have. Have not used this yet.
Car all prepped and covered. I cleaned the grill and dried it as best as I could and used masking tape and news paper to cover the body and centre of the grill (want to keep the different shades of black with body and inside of grill):
First coat applied, got to be a fairly light coat to allow the plastidip to bond properly on the following coats:
This is the finish after the 3rd coat, the idea is to keep the can fairly close to the grill while still creating an even coverage. If the can is too far away it starts to blob:
The finished product after 5 coats, I had to be careful when peeling off the masking tape not to get carried away and peel off a large chunk of plastidip. The dip that went on to the paint work was simple to just peel off. I'm really happy with how easy it was and how good the finish is!:
Let me know what you think
Kane