Who has experience with plasti dip?

I have a 98 legacy that's white, I'm thinking about picking up a rattle can of white plasti dip to do the door moulding/trim that's black. On the lgt I know the door mirrors and molding is all body color. If anyone has any advice on prep or general directions, I'd appreciate it. Does anyone know if white plasti dip would match Subaru white?

It probably won't match perfectly. But why not try? You'll need to clean the area very well. Then wipe it down with rubbing alcohol. You'll want to do 6+ coats of it.

That's what's great about PlastiDip. If you don't like it, just pull it off. Just make sure you apply thick(not overspray) so if or when you take off it just all comes off in one or a couple of pulls. No scrubing or rubing off. Check out dipyourcar.com.

I've only dipped wheels and fog surrounds on my 06.

Pretty much, just make sure it is clean. Rubbing alcohol is a bit extreme, I just went to the car wash and sprayed the car down with soap and rinsed it off, then dried it by hand. That should be plenty for cleaning. As other people are saying, do many coats! First coat is a thinner coat, then progressively get thicker as you go, but not so thick it runs!

Love plasti dip actualy used more of it today to make a black strip on the tint band of my windshield

the predip spray on dipyourcar.com works really well. I did my wheels among other things. Honestly I would buy the trim kit on their website. Plus the bro who runs it has the name of Fonzie, so that counts for something.

 

I found that if you mask it correctly it's much easier to peel off overspray. Also, the more layers you do the better.

 

Also get some goo gone for overspray that doesnt peel off correctly. (Goo gone will turn the dip into liquid again so careful where you put goo gone.)

white is really tough to keep clean. if you touch it with dirty fingers etc. normal weather condition should be dine though. storm trooper that thing!

my whole car is dipped... im not really on the plastidip train though, im not a huge fan of it personally

my whole car is dipped... im not really on the plastidip train though, im not a huge fan of it personally

 

How many cans and coats did u need for ur car? I like the idea of dipin my car just to see what color I want to stick with

I myself did the door moldings,front grille and door handles with black plasti-dip. I put on about three to four coats. The grille believe it or not is holding up the best but the door moldings are peeling up in some places. The door handles are just peeling a little from the bottom edge on the drivers side and slightly on the passenger side because of constant use. All and all i would recomend it for the price of a couple cans and some blue painting tape. Just wipe everything down with denatured alchohol before you do it so it sticks properly.

Thanks for all the responses!

Has anyone painted their door handles? How would one prep those, and how would you spray around the nooks and crannies?

I was thinking about dipping door handles as well. The rears are peeling on mine as well. What's weird is the driver's door is fine. It's like I had bird dropping that messed up the paint on the rear door handles. Subaru paint is not the greatest. I don't think you would even have to tape. Just PlastiDip and peel off the over spray.

painted door handles? I would pull them off the car, scotch bright them or 800 grit and seal, paint and clear them.

Hey everyone, did it and they turned out great! I highly recommend, updates the look of the car and makes it look just a little more like a GT

Hey everyone, did it and they turned out great! I highly recommend, updates the look of the car and makes it look just a little more like a GT

 

Great!! Did you have a chance to take some pix?

Of course!

I keep getting errors with attaching the pictures, but here's a link to an album.

First two shots are the night I picked the car up (cracked windshield, faded headlights with improper mounting, and in need of a wash)

The last two shots are from this morning. I highly recommend!

https://imgur.com/a/nXUyV

Nice job! Plasti-dip is pretty easy to do.

 

BTW...Noticed in the pics that the passenger side headlight could use a clearing, driver's side probably as well. I did mine with the Sylvania kit (best rated on Consumer Reports). Turned out great!

Thanks for the kind words, I used a 3M kit and polished them haha kind of hard to see but in the "after" pics, they're crystal clear

Nice job with door handles and trim! Are you going to PD the driver's side mid-door trim?

as far as experience with plasti dip, how does it hold up to automatic car washes? anyone know?

i just washed my car at the 'Brown Bear' just yesterday for the first time since it was sprayed, i was hesitant to use the foaming brush but it seemed to be alright in the end...

 

the automatic car wash ones are brutal though, i wouldnt trust those things lol

as far as experience with plasti dip, how does it hold up to automatic car washes? anyone know?

 

This guy demonstrates that it's fairly durable.

my outback bumper has made it through the auto wash 3 times so far. i go through the one with the scrubbers also, the brushless ones just dont get it very clean. i worry every time i hit the dryers tho, i know that will be the part that kills it

my outback bumper has made it through the auto wash 3 times so far. i go through the one with the scrubbers also, the brushless ones just dont get it very clean. i worry every time i hit the dryers tho, i know that will be the part that kills it

 

Rims hood scoop bumper center all hold up great every time for me, I'm not even worried about it

 

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well I mean it IS plasti dip, so worse comes to worse, peel and respray right? just asking cause I want to 2 tone it, top of doors up white, top of doors down black, wheels, not sure yet.