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Title: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Degudodger on February 28, 2014, 07:35:16 pm

I have a spare grill i want to spray Matt black and i'm not sure if plastidip is going to be more resilient to stone chips than a rattle can spray paint, i would have thought so but thought i would check first :)

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: martziniuk on February 28, 2014, 09:17:51 pm

I'm have the same predicament. Spray chips easy, I might try vinyl wrap.

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: dansmith180 on March 01, 2014, 10:50:44 pm

I plasti dip'd an r32 front bumper about a year ago, the car gets driven pretty hard and there arnt any chips really, it has a few layers on and because it is a bit soft stones probably bounce off instead of chipping.

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Gobytibbs on March 02, 2014, 12:01:10 am

I used a can of Plastikote in Matte Black today. After a good clean and 3 coats they came up great (upper and lower grills). As for the longevity I cant comment as yet!

http://www.diy.com/nav/decor/paint-woodcare/specialist-paints/spray_paint/Plasti-kote-Super-Spray-Paint-Matt-Black-400ml-9253990

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Degudodger on March 02, 2014, 09:40:06 am

I didn't release B&Q sold Plastikote. Guess where I'm going later  :smiley:

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Gobytibbs on March 02, 2014, 07:17:50 pm

How did it go?!

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Degudodger on March 02, 2014, 07:35:51 pm

Didn't get round to it today but i will do some point next week  :smiley:

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Degudodger on March 31, 2014, 01:54:58 pm

Update

In the end i decided to use a rattle can which took longer than i thought to get a half decent finish but it looked goo enough. Initially i used 2 coasts of filler primer and 5 coats of paint then 2 coats of lacquer but found the finish to be very matte so rubbed the lacquer back and added a couple of coats of paint but this caused a reaction so i had to rub it back and respray.

The end result looks ok but i just can't get a high gloss finish  :confused:
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi184.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx211%2Fdegudodger%2FKL07PEP%2FCar_zpsc8a7e6fe.jpg&hash=033d7d02db5cb4c7d1923722d3f4edef97c45bac)
This is the only photo i took, in hindsight i should have taken more but the weather was against me.

So after 3 weeks and nearly 900 miles the black paint is already showing significant stone chip damage to the point where i'm considering giving plastidip a shot as i don't feel rattle can paint is strong/flexible enough for the job.

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Adam-golf on March 31, 2014, 03:08:56 pm

I done mine in Matt vinyl at the weekend. Was easier than I though and cheaper than spraying it

Title: Re: Plastidip or rattle can for front grill
Post by: Stanipkiss on March 31, 2014, 10:20:06 pm

Plastidip all the way. I sprayed my spare grill some time in Early December and ran it on the front of my car for 3 months and it resists stones chips better than any wrap or Plastkote! I think because plastidip is spray-on rubber it resisted the damage that wrap or plastikote never can.

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fag38%2Fstanipkiss%2FIMG_0755_zps7dab3a3f.jpg&hash=812275b23f4932a95f85acfc3e983f96ee279ef7)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fag38%2Fstanipkiss%2FIMG_0756_zpsdb3e8bfe.jpg&hash=4e5a6a952dad11dc3b6eab63fa746ca9f4896784)