IanLeMasters
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I just wanted to start a thread for people wanting info on Plasti-Dipping your bike, bike parts, helmet, or whatever.
Let's start here. Plasti dip, rubberized coating that can be sprayed from a aerosol can or purchased in gallons and sprayed through a variety of sprayers. The best sprayer set up for your money is here:
https://www.dipyourcar.com/dyc-dipsprayer.html
Can you do better with a pro set up, air compressor and gravity fed fancy hvlp gun? Yes. Can you afford all of that? Probably not, or don't want to invest that much to paint your bike. So, moving on.
This sprayer system above is made for dip, and is an hvlp setup. It WILL do the job very well.
Plasti Dip is durable, relatively heat resilient (300F) and completely removable. The color options are becoming larger by the week, and now include a wide range of pearls, flip flop pearls, and metallics.
Almost everything you want to know is here, as well as all the products and colors.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php
There is a YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DipYourCarcom
They release a new color frequently as well as dip at least 1 car a week as an example.
As for me,
I've been dipping things for about a year, and when I bought the bike I knew it was getting dipped. So about 3 weeks after I got it, it got sprayed camo green. (all from a rattle can) Learning experience for sure. I learned how to take some basic parts off the bike, and It was the first entire vehicle I had dipped. All done it looks like this
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It has been dipped for 6 months. And is starting to look tattered.
That being said, I probably ride more that most people in here. That's not an ego trip or anything, I'm stating that for the sake of the Dip. I have rolled 12,000 miles in the last 6 months on this bike. I ride daily. 85-100 miles. So I burn through everything that is motorcycle. =)
What I learned from my first dip job.
LAY DOWN MORE DIP
For durability AND peelability sake put at least 4-6 coats of gunmetal or black down first. Then 4-6 coats of color. This makes a huge difference.
For colors, after applying a gunmetal base. You can apply most colors on top and get the proper color in the end. There is a difference though, in certain colors, if laid down over black, gunmetal, or white.
Red, (and blaze colors), for example, if sprayed over black makes a dingy darker red as its coverage isn't as opaque as say camo green or gunmetal. So for red, and blaze to pop, you want to lay down white first. That then makes 3 colors to get 1 color. Gunmetal base, white, and top color. White covers poorly just like red, and all of the florescent colors. So you don't want to use it as a base by itself.
The color patterns and possibilities can be discussed more later in the thread, I just want to state that you may need more than just the color you want, in order to get the job done right.
Here is a video of my helmet with the clear dip glossifier applied.
http://youtu.be/KUXWO12X27Y?list=UUc8rNWMNNzDPlA71JUWRXQQ
Here is a video of my bike and the wear and tear on the dip from 12,000 miles of riding.
http://youtu.be/1fIooMbvOPk
The possibilities are wide as to what you can coat with this. Headlight internals, springs, wheels, forks, bars, etc. I had a Danmoto slip on that was blacked out with dip. I sold it on to a user on the other FZ8 forum and it is holding up nicely. My key is dipped,
Please feel free to hit me up with any questions regarding application, color choices vs base coat or anything dip related.
Hopefully this gets some attention and gets stickied.
Lets get the discussion rolling.
Laterz
Let's start here. Plasti dip, rubberized coating that can be sprayed from a aerosol can or purchased in gallons and sprayed through a variety of sprayers. The best sprayer set up for your money is here:
https://www.dipyourcar.com/dyc-dipsprayer.html
Can you do better with a pro set up, air compressor and gravity fed fancy hvlp gun? Yes. Can you afford all of that? Probably not, or don't want to invest that much to paint your bike. So, moving on.
This sprayer system above is made for dip, and is an hvlp setup. It WILL do the job very well.
Plasti Dip is durable, relatively heat resilient (300F) and completely removable. The color options are becoming larger by the week, and now include a wide range of pearls, flip flop pearls, and metallics.
Almost everything you want to know is here, as well as all the products and colors.
https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php
There is a YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DipYourCarcom
They release a new color frequently as well as dip at least 1 car a week as an example.
As for me,
I've been dipping things for about a year, and when I bought the bike I knew it was getting dipped. So about 3 weeks after I got it, it got sprayed camo green. (all from a rattle can) Learning experience for sure. I learned how to take some basic parts off the bike, and It was the first entire vehicle I had dipped. All done it looks like this
It has been dipped for 6 months. And is starting to look tattered.
That being said, I probably ride more that most people in here. That's not an ego trip or anything, I'm stating that for the sake of the Dip. I have rolled 12,000 miles in the last 6 months on this bike. I ride daily. 85-100 miles. So I burn through everything that is motorcycle. =)
What I learned from my first dip job.
LAY DOWN MORE DIP
For durability AND peelability sake put at least 4-6 coats of gunmetal or black down first. Then 4-6 coats of color. This makes a huge difference.
For colors, after applying a gunmetal base. You can apply most colors on top and get the proper color in the end. There is a difference though, in certain colors, if laid down over black, gunmetal, or white.
Red, (and blaze colors), for example, if sprayed over black makes a dingy darker red as its coverage isn't as opaque as say camo green or gunmetal. So for red, and blaze to pop, you want to lay down white first. That then makes 3 colors to get 1 color. Gunmetal base, white, and top color. White covers poorly just like red, and all of the florescent colors. So you don't want to use it as a base by itself.
The color patterns and possibilities can be discussed more later in the thread, I just want to state that you may need more than just the color you want, in order to get the job done right.
Here is a video of my helmet with the clear dip glossifier applied.
http://youtu.be/KUXWO12X27Y?list=UUc8rNWMNNzDPlA71JUWRXQQ
Here is a video of my bike and the wear and tear on the dip from 12,000 miles of riding.
http://youtu.be/1fIooMbvOPk
The possibilities are wide as to what you can coat with this. Headlight internals, springs, wheels, forks, bars, etc. I had a Danmoto slip on that was blacked out with dip. I sold it on to a user on the other FZ8 forum and it is holding up nicely. My key is dipped,
Please feel free to hit me up with any questions regarding application, color choices vs base coat or anything dip related.
Hopefully this gets some attention and gets stickied.
Lets get the discussion rolling.
Laterz
