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[Burkey]

[MENTION=16058]Yeah Nah[/MENTION] can you give me a clue where to search for pics of Enochs car? Nothing sort of jumps out as obvious and the search function doesn't seem to help much... Not that I'm very clever at that sort of stuff :headbonk:

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[Yeah Nah]

This is all his threads http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/search.php?searchid=3468748

Here you will see his bronze badges http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53606 Dunno if he has changed the colour of his rims yet.

 

[Burkey]

So today I decided to grab some Plastidip "smoke" in order to tone my plates down a little.
Laws in Vic dictate that your plate must be legible at a distance of 25 (30?) metres and an angle of 45 degrees. They also mention that you can't use coatings that effect the reflectivity of the plates... Luckily, this stuff allows the plate to reflect, although it could be argued that they aren't AS reflective as they were...

 

[Burkey]

First I tried applying it to the Kingpin covers, but the distortion I clarity was out of control.
So, did the plates instead.
Bottom plate is after two coats.

 

[Burkey]

I ended up with 5 or 6 coats in total.
I love the effect!
No idea why the image is upside down...

 

[Drewbo]

No idea why the image is upside down...

If you are posting from your iPhone, sometimes you need to edit the photo before posting - rotate the original image one quarter and save, then edit again and rotate it back into the original position before saving again.

Works for me.

 

[Burkey]

If you are posting from your iPhone, sometimes you need to edit the photo before posting - rotate the original image one quarter and save, then edit again and rotate it back into the original position before saving again.

Works for me.

Legend!

 

[Andrewg]

I ended up with 5 or 6 coats in total.
I love the effect!
No idea why the image is upside down...

Looks awesome. Can;t wait to see if on the car.

 

[Burkey]

Looks awesome. Can;t wait to see if on the car.

Cheers Andrew! They're actually on Sally right now, but she needs to do her make-up before being exposed to the world right now... Tomorrow is make-up day, so I'll have something by the end of the day.
Pictures don't quite capture it correctly due to the high reflectivity, but in person, it's now EXACTLY what I was hoping for.
PRO TIP for anyone using Plastidip. Chuck your aerosol in some hot water for a good while before using. The paint will flow and atomise SO much better.

 

[Andrewg]

Cheers Andrew! They're actually on Sally right now, but she needs to do her make-up before being exposed to the world right now... Tomorrow is make-up day, so I'll have something by the end of the day.
Pictures don't quite capture it correctly due to the high reflectivity, but in person, it's now EXACTLY what I was hoping for.
PRO TIP for anyone using Plastidip. Chuck your aerosol in some hot water for a good while before using. The paint will flow and atomise SO much better.

Look forward to the pics.

As for the plastidip cans, I just leave mine outside for 15 mins beforehand. It's the middle of summer here and it was 49*C (120*F) outside yesterday. Problem I have is the drying time with the humidity. I ended up using the missus' hairdryer on cold setting to dry some stuff the other day. Plastidip was still visibly wet after 25 minutes outside.

 

[Burkey]

Look forward to the pics.

As for the plastidip cans, I just leave mine outside for 15 mins beforehand. It's the middle of summer here and it was 49*C (120*F) outside yesterday. Problem I have is the drying time with the humidity. I ended up using the missus' hairdryer on cold setting to dry some stuff the other day. Plastidip was still visibly wet after 25 minutes outside.

Lol. Yeah, it was about 5 degrees here when I did the spraying. Same problem with cure time, different reason.
On the bright side, I'm kinda thinking your location lends itself to sand blasting at a reasonable cost...or no cost, just wait for a windy day....

 

[Andrewg]

Lol. Yeah, it was about 5 degrees here when I did the spraying. Same problem with cure time, different reason.
On the bright side, I'm kinda thinking your location lends itself to sand blasting at a reasonable cost...or no cost, just wait for a windy day....

One drawback to Guard Green is the darkness of the colour shows up the dust. Looks like i've had the car painted matt green most of the time. It's got a fine layer of dust within about 8 hours of having it washed. Infuriating.

 

[yellowpony]

Thinking about painting calipers,so I went out and bought some goodies

 

[Burkey]

Thinking about painting calipers,so I went out and bought some goodies

Can't wait to see the finished product!!! :cheers:

 

[yellowpony]

Can't wait to see the finished product!!! :cheers:

Me too.

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