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Yeah i'd also like to know how difficult this is as I'm currently stuck with the old 199 silver!

 

Some polish guy in my street has an accord that's matte black, looks nice :)

 

It's the easiest thing to do.

 

You don't even need to mask, you can spray everything, then peel away the bits you want.

 

Takes about 15-20 litres for a supra.

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Looks good! What sort of equipement is needed?

 

An electric air sprayer.

 

Argos do the sprayers for creosoting wood fences for £69 and apparently that does the job.

 

Or you can get the proper ones for £120 I think.

 

I have a sprayer and loads of Matt black left over from my van.

 

It really is simple to do.

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Thinking of doing this myself but white. Found a gun that would be practical. If I buy the paint do thinners need to be added or can it just be sprayed straight on?

 

What gun do you have?

And what paint you seen?

 

You need the proper gun, and especially the proper paint with proper thinners.

 

Don't buy any old crap that isn't the correct stuff as it will go horribly wrong.

 

I buy my paints from http://www.matt-pack.co.uk

Best paint in the uk, trust me.

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Al, a couple of questions about dipped cars.

 

Do you just wash the car as normal, or do you have to use any special equipment?

 

How durable is the finish, does it rub/peel off easily, or is it quite hard wearing?

 

You can get some good plastidip wash but you can't wash as normal.

 

It's very durable if painted on correctly, as long as there are no tears or cuts a jet wash won't remove it.

But if it comes off, just trim and paint the area

Plastidip moulds to everything.

You can get gloss plasti dip. I'd definitely look at that instead.

 

Matte one side and glossed the other: [ATTACH]193881[/ATTACH]

 

That is not gloss plastidip.

It's lacquer added to the paint, which makes it impossible to remove and effectively becomes just like paint.

 

You can get glossifiers to add to plastidip which work a bit and look ok.

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What gun do you have?

And what paint you seen?

 

You need the proper gun, and especially the proper paint with proper thinners.

 

Don't buy any old crap that isn't the correct stuff as it will go horribly wrong.

 

I buy my paints from http://www.matt-pack.co.uk

Best paint in the uk, trust me.

 

So if I get the 20 litre starter kit from this website it should have everything good to go? Pre mixed paint gun etc

http://www.matt-pack.co.uk/20-litre-starter-kit-c2x13230159

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From another forum:

 

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/460915-Gloss-PlastiDip-vs-Regular-PlastiDip-quick-surface-example

 

I like the idea of plastidip but the surface has to be perfectly smooth underneath doesn't it?

 

Oh it's the fonz that's doing it.

Then yeah that would be glosifier and be the best, fonz is a legend in the plastidip world.

 

It doesn't have to be smooth as plastidip moulds to anything and forms its own outer layer, but being smooth helps

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