I tried to search and couldn't fndanything. But anyways...
my bud gave me a few cans of Plastidip and told me to go at my rims. So, cars going up on the stands tonight. Now, I notice after a few days Plastidip starts to fade or brown a bit, and I want a gloss finish not a flat black. So my question is, if I Plastidip the rims, let dry over night, then use some rustoleum metallic black paint over top, will the Plastidip still come off if I don't like it? And it will it look decent?

when goingthrough some google searches and checking other forums, I've got mixed reviews on painting over Plastidip.
I don't wanna hear "don't use Plastidip" or any of that blah blah garbage. I got it, ima try it, why not.

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I plasti dipped my wheels a week ago and it looks fresh as ****. I think you can paint over it too I've seen a few peeps do it on other forums. Just make sure you get good coats of plasti on the wheel or you might actually spray the rim with paint lol

 

yea definately just make sure you get a good solid thick coat of the plastidip on there. only thing about painting over it is i think it probably wouldn't adhere to the plastidip as well and might chip off fairly easy and it will leave a rough looking finish instead of a smooth finish, but go for it. you may give it a shot on some random peice of plastic around the house just to see how it looks.

 

You can but not advised...

 

yeah you probably can my friend did but we never tried to pull it off its probably hard as sh*t to though lol

 

Although I've only plasti diped my wheels on my new car, I've also heard that you can paint over them.

But be careful, make sure it's fully dry and I would put at least 3 coats on the rims (of plasti dip)

 

If your going to plasti dip them and then paint over them then do it right the first time and just powdercoat them.

 

how is powedercoat the right way? using plasti is a simple cheap way to see if you want to paint your wheels a certain color without ******* them up. i dont know about painting over the plasti but plasti on its own is the ****

 

Im not looking to powdercoat. Just a temporary change in style. And yea im going to let it dry overnight. But there isn't any problem with peelingthe Plastidip is there after painting?

 

I painted over it with VHT Hi Temp clear and it brought the shine back.

 

your best bet is to just test it out on something. paint something (whatever you got, like a dinner plate or just watever) with a coat of plastidip (thick coat), let it dry for a night or so, then paint over it with actual paint. that should answer your question.

 

Not to thread jack, but i'm doing my rims next week as well. I've got mixed responses on how go about dipping them. One thick coat and then a couple lighter ones? Or 5-6 light layers? I did the evo mod and the first time I had a lot of run and dripping from doing it thick, but i'd think the rims would be considerably easier to do since it's a flatter surface.

 

I planned on doing it all tonight after I got off work. Just wondering if anybody had any experiences with it. I heard spraying clear on it didn't do anything visually. But the hi temp clear made it shine for you? Do you have pics of it after a few days or so

 

The best way to plasti dip is similar to painting. Thin coats with ample drying time between coats. Building the total thickness up slowly to ensure an even and consistent buildup.

I would test it on something like playing cards or something and hitting it with your color of choice. I've never heard of using VHT Clear but that sounds like it would work. Either way, good luck and post pictures =)

 

The clear made mine a lot glossier

 

 

The answer is yes, you can paint over plastidip, but you MUST do light coats of the topcoat - do not lay down heavy color coats over the plasti, or it'll lift/lose grip. Same with the clear over the metallic - keep it light to light-medium.

You'll generally see it first at the edges, where it'll curl and let go.

And either way, the strength of the whole coating process won't be much more/less than the grip strength of the plasti on the surface.

 

post a pic of your wheels i wanna see how much the clear worked. what clear did you get again?

 

BUMP! i wanna see more plasti dip painted over. wanting to paint mine gold, they are plastidipped now and dont want to ruin them and not be able to peel the plastidip off

 

My plasti got F'd at the carwash, had to peel it all off..

 

so anyone know for sure that u can paint over plasti dip and remove it just as easy. with no damage or anything

 

Yes - if its done right - there's no problem. Plastidip bonds to surface. Over-coat bonds to plastidip. That's the ideal. But sometimes things ain't ideal.

You may not get the same "remove just as easy". The problem is a thick enough top coat will act like a hard shell, and if the Plastidip layer is thin, the plasti will pull of in little bits instead of pulling off more substantial bits. And there's no guarantee with the "no damage" part, since nobody knows the exact composition of that top coat paint! You could say "no damage", but if some of the solvents in the top coat are nasty, they can do stuff to the plastic finish underneath the Plastidip, just by bleeding through.

Sometimes these mods are "dare to try".....