Fun with plasti dip

[union]

Before



After



I'm not so sure about its long term durability but it looks good for now. Tomorrow I'll see if it takes a tire without losing too much.

[Paul_E_D]

Wow, you went from wire spokes to forged aluminum with a spray can! That's a neat trick.

[union]

Wow, you went from wire spokes to forged aluminum with a spray can! That's a neat trick.

It wasn't easy and took a lot of coats

[Aprilia Pilot]

what about the dog ? is he two tone too?

[Spooler]

You can't get that shiny coat with less than three coats....

[virtualbong]

You should have been able to do this without taking the tires off. Looks great though!

[loudbeard]

Did you weigh before and after?

[typeone]

looks great.

depending on application and number of coats, it's pretty durable stuff. they make a clear coat or you can wax it to help durability. the lip won't withstand a tire change though.

my truck wheels have been coated for a little over 2 years. looked great until a tire change but all i need to do is respray the lips.

[tsorfas]

Total cost?

[loudbeard]

all i need to do is respray the lips.

giggity

[scubasteveRR]

how many cans did you use, ben wanting to paint my rims red and this seems like an inexpensive and non-permanent way to do it.

[union]

Here they are on the bike



Total cost was around 35. I bought two cans of plasti-dip and two rolls of painters tape. One wide one narrow. The tape was the expensive part. I think the wide roll was like 12 while each can of plasti-dip was 7.

I used less then one can to do what I did. I did not do a before and after weight but one can of plasti-dip has 11oz in it. I probably have at least 1/4 of a can left so I may have added 8oz of weight to the wheels combined. The biggest pain was taping everything off.

[Pittenger5]

Howd it hold up to mounting the tire

[union]

It did ok. I was being pretty careful when I did the mounting and tried to set it up so when I used the iron it was on the black section. There are marks but you have to look for them. I do have my doubts if it will survive a track tire change in good shape but I wont find out until next season.

[scubasteveRR]

I was looking at it today, For the price and the ability to take it off if you don't like it is great I think.

I'm going do my rims in red and add metallic and pearl flake to it.

Did you use a clear coat too? And how many coats did you do? I was thinking just get 2 cans for both rims but maybe i'll get 3 cans to be safe

[union]

I didn't use the clear coat. Probably did 5 or 6 coats. They seemed to go pretty quick

[MattR302]

did you re-balance them after spraying half the wheels?

[cdovego]

Skip the plastic dip and get the real deal after you sell me those rims!

[Marc R]

what about the dog ? is he two tone too?

Nothing on the warning label about using it on pets?