Changed the dip color again

[chuckie669]

I can't say how jealous i am of your talent. This would be amazing to do and it seems like you just switch it up every few months.

Car looks great.

[IneedAZ]

Do you have a shop? I see you are near me. I may do a dip next year, as i just spent my budget for this year having to replace my engine and rear this week :(

In our climate, how long should i expect it to last? What about love bugs?

[ytown87]

Originally Posted by baum

looks good!

how much time to you spend each time you dip your car? peel off the old, prep, re-dip?

not to mention each time you dip how much in dip do you spend?

This last one took me longer than all the others. Peeling, which normally takes me a couple hours max took me over 4 hours with the grey. I attribute it to using unthinned plasti dip and thinning it with just xylene the last time making it thinner than expected. Id say with peeling, prep, and spraying I put in 10 hours. I was done spraying at about 4pm on Saturday but had to let it sit overnight and started unmasking around 9am Sunday and was ready to pull out the garage little after 10.

In the past, I have been able to peel, prep, spray, dry, unmask, and drive off in less than 7 hours. If a car doesn't need peeled and I am using standard dip products, I can have it done in 5-6 hours max when everything goes the right way.

This dip cost me around 700 in supplies I believe and this the most I've ever spent. Was way too much but I wanted to test out a new product that isn't cheap. Normally I have extra dip laying around from other cars I've done and can use it. Any other dip I've done hasn't been more than 300-350bucks total. The purple as well as the 2nd blue I did was at no cost for material at all.

Originally Posted by IneedAZ

Do you have a shop? I see you are near me. I may do a dip next year, as i just spent my budget for this year having to replace my engine and rear this week :(

In our climate, how long should i expect it to last? What about love bugs?

I have access to a shop as well as actual paint booth but have only used them a couple times. I normally just shoot from my garage if its going to be something simple for me that doesn't require being completely closed off from the elements.

It will last as long as you take care of it really. The longest I've had someone keep their dip on was 2 years. It was a black Range Rover I sprayed pearl white. Dip was in perfect shape, he was just not really taking care of it and the white didn't look as great after 2 years of being outside every single day and not being washed often. You'll have no problems with the bugs. The only serious issue you could have out of your control would be that orange/yellow pollen stuff or whatever it is that falls out of the sky. It stains dip and is very visible on light cars. It did my white dip job in pretty bad.

[IneedAZ]

Originally Posted by ytown87

This last one took me longer than all the others. Peeling, which normally takes me a couple hours max took me over 4 hours with the grey. I attribute it to using unthinned plasti dip and thinning it with just xylene the last time making it thinner than expected. Id say with peeling, prep, and spraying I put in 10 hours. I was done spraying at about 4pm on Saturday but had to let it sit overnight and started unmasking around 9am Sunday and was ready to pull out the garage little after 10.

In the past, I have been able to peel, prep, spray, dry, unmask, and drive off in less than 7 hours. If a car doesn't need peeled and I am using standard dip products, I can have it done in 5-6 hours max when everything goes the right way.

This dip cost me around 700 in supplies I believe and this the most I've ever spent. Was way too much but I wanted to test out a new product that isn't cheap. Normally I have extra dip laying around from other cars I've done and can use it. Any other dip I've done hasn't been more than 300-350bucks total. The purple as well as the 2nd blue I did was at no cost for material at all.



I have access to a shop as well as actual paint booth but have only used them a couple times. I normally just shoot from my garage if its going to be something simple for me that doesn't require being completely closed off from the elements.

It will last as long as you take care of it really. The longest I've had someone keep their dip on was 2 years. It was a black Range Rover I sprayed pearl white. Dip was in perfect shape, he was just not really taking care of it and the white didn't look as great after 2 years of being outside every single day and not being washed often. You'll have no problems with the bugs. The only serious issue you could have out of your control would be that orange/yellow pollen stuff or whatever it is that falls out of the sky. It stains dip and is very visible on light cars. It did my white dip job in pretty bad.

I am thinking of blue again, or perhaps 2 colors. Can u pm what kind of pricing it is? Doesn't have to be exact, but just so i have an idea.

[ytown87]

Originally Posted by chuckie669

I can't say how jealous i am of your talent. This would be amazing to do and it seems like you just switch it up every few months.

Car looks great.

Honestly....I only started doing it myself when I got quoted 900 for my first job from a shop and saw that materials plus equipment would cost me much less. Allz you gotta do is buy a little equipment and some dip and give it a shot. That's all I did. First job was not great at all. It took a while to figure it out. It was more of a hobby/skill I just wanted to be able to do and I had a friend who also wanted to learn. We started off on our Camaros as well as motorcycles and his other cars. Then I had a few friends that paid for their dip and let me work on their cars. I also had someone come over one day and teach me better skills on how to mask and prep. As much as I've changed mine I'd probably be close to 5000 if I paid someone else to have done them all. Over 2 years I've maybe spent 1500-2000 if that. Plus theres always another color I wana try...

[KGoddard]

Originally Posted by ytown87

Definitely going to print this out and put in my girlfriends face next time she tells me I'm a jerk. No babe...IM AN INSPIRATION! lol thanks!

also...thank you so much for being one of the very few people left in existence that know how to use your and you're. You're a grammatical hero!



May have to nickname the car the Georgia Peach for a little

What's your Instagram account? All the colors you do give me ideas for my car may have to buy my own sprayer and try this out

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[ytown87]

Originally Posted by KGoddard

What's your Instagram account? All the colors you do give me ideas for my car may have to buy my own sprayer and try this out

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Check the B-Dipped instagram. When it comes to colors, the possibilities are honestly endless. Check kppigments.com didspade.com dipyourcar.com hawkeyebrothers.com as other sites to go through what kind of solid colors and pearls are available. Also check out the dipyourcar YouTube channel

[RenegadeXR]

You must really confuse the crap out of people driving in the local area. Must feel like playing one of those games where you drive through the respray station to avoid the cops, lol.

Looks good.

[ytown87]

Originally Posted by RenegadeXR

You must really confuse the crap out of people driving in the local area. Must feel like playing one of those games where you drive through the respray station to avoid the cops, lol.

Looks good.

the first thing people usually bring out is how it could be used for things like that haha. then the other half of people think I have purchased a different Camaro multiple times.

[KGoddard]

Originally Posted by ytown87

Check the B-Dipped instagram. When it comes to colors, the possibilities are honestly endless. Check kppigments.com didspade.com dipyourcar.com hawkeyebrothers.com as other sites to go through what kind of solid colors and pearls are available. Also check out the dipyourcar YouTube channel

So I have been looking into doing this. Ive got a few questions for you... If I were to spray in my garage does the dip overspray get on everything? Is the HaloEFX and the PlastiDip DipPearl TopCoat the same thing? I would want more of a glossy finish. How many gallons do you usually use for the base and for the pearl?

[jc615]

Looks good as usual