Plasti-Dipping badges/emblems

[18psi]

Hi all, just had a few questions/ponderings about plasti dipping emblems/badges for those that have done it already.

I've used plasti-dip before on wheels and body panels, but on my '15 gt I want to black out the front pony, rear GT, and side 5.0 emblems.

How do you mask off the inside of the letters/numbers? cut out pieces of masking tape? use liquid masking tape? what's the cleanest/best approach?

I want to do it as clean as possible, and not scratch or put any blemishes on anything at all, maybe there's a way of doing it that I haven't considered yet.

Thanks in advance

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[aschaefer]

You only have to mask a square around them. If you spray enough coats, the overspray will peel right off.

 

[czuozo13]

only mask a square around the emblems and badges for the sides and back. And leave a good amount of space. I will show you a picture of how I taped the back when I get back to my laptop at home. But once the plastidip has dried it is easy to peel around the emblems.

I used scotch blue painters - multi-surface tape and newspaper to cover the area around the emblems.

 

[18psi]

oh wow that is interesting. so it comes off clean and doesn't rip off uneven?

I think I tried that before and it just kinda pulled a lot of the dip around it off too.

I'm sure I was doing it wrong

 

[Aarron_M]

Watch a few videos on youtube about plastidipping emblems. It's easy. Mask off a square around it. Give it a good 20 minutes to dry when you're all done spraying. Spray light, even coats so it doesn't pool in the corners. Take your time, and it should be fine. I used a toothpick to get in and grab some of the dip on the "inside" of the emblems.

 

[czuozo13]

Yea as you can see I taped off a box around the emblem. I did like 4-5 coats, which allows me to peel off the surrounding quite easy.

As for the holes in the feet, i used 2 things, a pick and a long wooden shish kabob stick to cox and roll up the plastidip and remove it.

After first coat

A few coats in

Final product

 

[18psi]

nice, looks great, and really easy
..like surprisingly so haha

I will give it a shot (watched a couple vids too)

thanks all

 

[Pnasty]

the stuff you can do now with the flakes and pearls is ridiculous. You can spray it through a cheapo preval too

 

[Chameleon]

I did like 4-5 coats

Great but what the hell is this? :lol:

 

[Aarron_M]

Chuck Norris ad?

 

[18psi]

Alright, here's the results. dipped emblems and wheels

DSC_8466 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8528 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8543 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8595 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8606 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8507 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8488 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8512 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8614 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8556 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8539 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

DSC_8572 by Max Denisevich, on Flickr

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