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Old 01-11-2012, 08:16 AM
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balts with plastidip'd wheels..

Looking do do mine.. how many cans would I need?
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I've yet to do it myself but I've heard two to be safe.
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2 cans will be enough, I used maybe half the 2nd can.
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3 coats per wheel, i say 2 cans should be just enough. I think more the better though....
Old 03-16-2012, 01:04 PM
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yea I would say 3 should be enough. Unless you fucked up like I did and you had to cover mistakes lol. I used 5.
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I bought 3, used one and a half. The next day I finished off the second can doing touch ups I could see in the day light.
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imo 4-5 coats would be best. Thats what I used on my wheels and they came out pretty good even though I fudged up on some parts. Not sure how much that is in cans I used the paint cans they send you for custom colors
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I did 3 coats. Looks fine....I also did the bumper. 3 cans will do you fine!
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get 3 to be safe i did mine 2 weeks ago and used both and a little of the third, plus its good to have extra
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BUY THREE! not two! you want to do 4 coats.

2 cans only got to my third coat.

1st coat should be very thin. you want like 50% transparency with your wheel, and the plasti dip. then the second coat should cover everything. then 3rd and 4th coat should go over whole wheel again..

im going to do 5 coats on my wheel. just cuz.

i already plasti dipped mine white.
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do you sand or scuff the rims before the plasti dip??
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Originally Posted by LS2SS
do you sand or scuff the rims before the plasti dip??
I would think neither. I mean isnt the whole point of plasti dip to be able to take it off whenever you want and have the same thing you had to begin with? Otherwise you would just paint it.
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ahh true didnt think of that lol
thanks man
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Originally Posted by damastah
BUY THREE! not two! you want to do 4 coats.

2 cans only got to my third coat.

1st coat should be very thin. you want like 50% transparency with your wheel, and the plasti dip. then the second coat should cover everything. then 3rd and 4th coat should go over whole wheel again..

im going to do 5 coats on my wheel. just cuz.

i already plasti dipped mine white.
With plasti dip you actually want the first coat to be pretty think
Old 03-23-2012, 11:34 AM
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i used i think 3 cans on my wheels, but then i shot over the white plasti-dip with gloss white enamel and it made it really look good and white.
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Anybody have any pics of their wheels done in black with the glossifier yet? Also I'm wondering if anybody has tried doing a really light coat of the new silver metalizer over black plasti dip to make a sort of gunmetal finish. That'd be really cool I think...
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I only did 1 coat of glossifier because it came out of the can like ass and I did not want it to keep getting worse with more coats. It kept shooting bubbles/drips out of the can. I tired all 3 cans and all 3 sucked. It messed it up in some parts, It does not have the nice spray nozzle like the plastidip cans. I wouldn't recommend it. My buddy Plastidiped his mirrors for his truck and then used clear coat over the plastidip and buffed it lightly. It came out really shinny and he can even put wax on it. I wish I would have done that with my rims.... Maybe next time.







Closest picture I have of my buddies mirror
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i used 2 cans to do like 4 or 5 coats on all 4 rims and 3 on my rear lip..
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Originally Posted by Slobalt09
3 coats per wheel, i say 2 cans should be just enough. I think more the better though....
^^^ this because you never know if youre gonna mess up
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I would say two cans would be fine. I used almost all of the second can. I ordered 4 though so I think I may be plasti-dipping some other parts as well.

Here is a pic of mine.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwindy/7007604429/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwindy/7007604429/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/rwindy/, on Flickr
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bought 2 cans spray'd 2 layers on each wheel
Old 04-03-2012, 01:27 AM
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I used 4 cans but it was prolly a bit overkill. I just really wanted the white to cover well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmueller22/6988893427/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmueller22/7021316973/
BTW. Don't know if you want them glossy or not, but the plastidip gloss stuff doesn't work real well from my experience... lol
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^ those look sick
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Yea i wish i had a white balt those look really nice
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Originally Posted by robby1029
yea i wish i had a white balt those look really nice
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