Frankenstein.

[Powerstroked162]

He paid about $600 for the whole paint kit, paint gun, misc supplies to mask the unpainted parts, and paint. That's less then getting a wrap done.






Total of 8 coats.

Here is it with the final coat on.

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I was skeptical at first. Looks way different then I had imagined. Nice work Julian!

 

[Fantom]

Is he doing the glossifier on this or leaving it matte?

 

[SAK]

Is he doing the glossifier on this or leaving it matte?

AFAIK he is leaving it as it is. The final coat has pearlizer mixed in

 

[imelmo]

It's morning. Where's the dang daytime pics?!? oke:

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[SAK]

It's morning. Where's the dang daytime pics?!? oke:

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He's in El Paso, so he's still a hour behind us. I'm sure he will get some pics today.

 

[Hotrodtractor]

It's morning. Where's the dang daytime pics?!? oke:

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That is what I am waiting for. I want to see a good clean shot of it. I'm pretty sure my DD is going to get a coat of Plastidip this spring.... 220K miles of abuse on a TDI that sees a gravel road everyday has taken its toll.... this stuff looks like it covers well and is probably much more forgiving than paint.

 

[lincolnlocker]

AFAIK he is leaving it as it is. The final coat has pearlizer mixed in

So its got a gunmetal look to it?

live life full throttle

 

[Twinturbostroker]

All he got done yesterday was the taping off. He was headed to the shop about an hour ago and was going to start.

Taping and masking, at least to my standards was BEYOND time consuming, but learned and tried a few tricks with weather stripping, that I'm really curious to see how it turns out.......

He paid about $600 for the whole paint kit, paint gun, misc supplies to mask the unpainted parts, and paint. That's less then getting a wrap done.

Exactly......not to mention the "side business"

Interesting. Can't wait to see it at the Bash.

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Man I'm so ready for the bash.......

Ewww... you kept the door molding? oke:

Yeah I thought about taking it off, but God only knows how long its been on there and how many layers of paint it would have taken off with it

I was skeptical at first. Looks way different then I had imagined. Nice work Julian!

Thanks man, the pics really don't do it justice

AFAIK he is leaving it as it is. The final coat has pearlizer mixed in

Is he doing the glossifier on this or leaving it matte?

What Sak said.....it ended up being 4 coats of just anthracite to get everything even and one color to get a good base coat. Painting Plasti-dip is very different from painting regular paint, if you want everything to look uniform and even, you have to keep the gun in the same position, no sweeping motions and after you get the 2nd coat down, you have to spray wet, but right before it starts to drip or run.....talk about tricky, but towards the end I was getting it pretty good

Here is the pearlizer I used, which used a ratio of 1 to 3 pealizer/anthracite and then the last 2 was a HEAVY 50/50 mix, meaning I could generally cover the truck with 1 liter of paint, the last two coats took 2 liters each coat

So its got a gunmetal look to it?

live life full throttle

I'm not really sure what to call the color just yet, as I haven't seen it in the daylight, but here it is dry.....

I couldn't wait any longer after an hour, so I had to let some sunlight in....

And then finally, I pulled it out, trying to catch the last bit of sunlight that was left....

 

[lincolnlocker]

Nice!!

live life full throttle

 

[Vader's Fury]

Can't wait to see pics of it all unwrapped and in good light. I really like how this it turning out.

 

[JMart]

It looks pretty good. I agree on leaving the side molding. When I pulled mine off is when I realized I need body work, or liner on the rockers.

 

[Twinturbostroker]

Can't wait to see pics of it all unwrapped and in good light. I really like how this it turning out.

You and me both......

Here's me itching to rip off the tape LOL

and here is a side shot my buddy got

 

[imelmo]

Well hurry up and get the tape and paper off it!

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[Twinturbostroker]

Well hurry up and get the tape and paper off it!

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I wish man, I'm dying here at work.....

 

[jdgleason]

That little truck is sick!

 

[SEABEE08FX4]

That turned out really good Julian, curious to see how it holds up.

 

[Twinturbostroker]

That little truck is sick!

Thank you sir....its coming along

That turned out really good Julian, curious to see how it holds up.

Thanks Eric.....I am curious too.....when I go to change it, I'll put it through a small torture test to see what it will and wont hold up to

 

[SEABEE08FX4]

Thank you sir....its coming along



Thanks Eric.....I am curious too.....when I go to change it, I'll put it through a small torture test to see what it will and wont hold up to

I've been wanting to do the same thing to mine, I'd like to go all one color and cover some of the rock chips and what not. Hard to beat on the cost of going this route, especially if it holds up to the TX heat and weather fluctuations.

 

[Twinturbostroker]

I've been wanting to do the same thing to mine, I'd like to go all one color and cover some of the rock chips and what not. Hard to beat on the cost of going this route, especially if it holds up to the TX heat and weather fluctuations.

I think the stuff has come a long way......problem is that people don't know how to shoot it right, and just like paint, if you do it wrong, its gonna look like $hit. I saw one plasti dip sucks video, where the guys tried to shoot a bright red camaro with blue dip and non plasti dip paints and it came out some good awful purple maroon.....but that has nothing to do with the dip, that's not knowing how to work with colors correctly

 

[Josh@DirtyDiesels]

seems to have turned out pretty damn good! Hope it stays for awhile because peeling that off will prob be a pain in the ass!