Plastidipped Fourplay For Matte Lovers

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If you don't know what plastidip is look it up on youtube.

Ive been thinking about Plastidipping my car for a while now, and thought I would test it out on my bike. I've wanted to go matte but using normal paint + stripping, cleaning, primer and waiting for coats to dry etc is just way too long. Plastidip covers everything and this took me a couple of hours to do in total.

Its way easier to spray that normal paint and isn't any where near as fussy about what it goes over. Its tough and removable, its very difficult to scratch but if you get underneath it you can just roll it off with your fingers. It wil go over platistic and metal with little prep, but Im yet to find out how it fares with rubbing and riding, it is very easy to touch up though.

If anyone wants to go matte without damaging their original paint finish, or if you want to change colour quickly because you are a bit bored, I would definitely recommend it. I only used one can to do the whole lot, and its pretty well covered. Although I was painting black on black it made it easier to hide thin patches. The colours are a bit limited, but they do have neons and some special finishes such as gloss and metallic. Also Ive heard that if you use the primer the rubber isn't removable, but not sure.

Also please excuse my crazy front brake cable, scabby grips (I like em like that) and stem stacker area, I'm experimenting with heights before I set it up properly.

Before Pics:

Masking: I masked the bb7's moving shaft and internal slots with pads removed (incase anyone's wondering)

Spraying:

I also did the back of the slaves, hopefully it will last a bit. Also did the plastic seat...

Took outside for a few photos, its not setup properly, but once its setup I'll ride it right away so it won't be this clean again:

[Ben Cox]

i like it mate, how much did it cost to do? Is it a cost effective alternative to normal spraying?

Ben

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i like it mate, how much did it cost to do? Is it a cost effective alternative to normal spraying?

I used just under one can, its expensive at about £18 but if you were using primer and stripper etc and a normal paint job its pretty good deal, plus its so much quicker to do and covers plastic and rubber easily.

Check out the range of colours here:

http://www.plastidip.co.uk/eStore/index.cfm?type=Home_Solutions/PlastiDip&stage=1&menu=0

I got mine from here:

http://www.matt-pack.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=81

You can get cans on ebay too, I've heard its best to stay with official plastidip not imitations as well.

[Ben Cox]

Cool, thanks mate . So do you just strip the bike down, give it a wash and spray on? or do you need to sand it down a lil first?

Ben

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Cool, thanks mate . So do you just strip the bike down, give it a wash and spray on? or do you need to sand it down a lil first?

Just clean the bike thats it, no sanding at all the stuff is mega sticky, I sprayed over paper and vinyl stickers in parts because of laziness. You could paint strip it if you wanted first (maybe to save weight?), but part of the beauty is that you can peel it off at anytime and go back to your original paint work.

[nicolasp1405]

Wow looks super nice!!! I see that you puted some on a hope stem, how does it stick to anodized?

I might be tempted to do the same, if i want it for maybe just this summer is it a good idea? Will it be strong enought to stay on the frame for 3month or more? When taking it off will it damage my paint ( frame fork and hope anodized parts)?

Thanks!

[Danny00135]

That looks so good

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Wow looks super nice!!! I see that you puted some on a hope stem, how does it stick to anodized?

I might be tempted to do the same, if i want it for maybe just this summer is it a good idea? Will it be strong enought to stay on the frame for 3month or more? When taking it off will it damage my paint ( frame fork and hope anodized parts)?

Thanks!

I was worried about that too, but it goes over anodised just fine, spray it on it thin coats a couple of minutes apart and it will cover anything.

As for durability, I can't guarantee anything, but looking at the cars people have done, yes it will stay on and won't damage paint work / anodizing.

It may have trouble on parts of the bike which get a lot rubbing, such as cranks. But then paint has the same problem. A simple solution is to put a piece of clear sticky back vinyl on it. I vinyl wrapped my cranks a few months ago and its still going strong and stops my shoes from going black.

[FamilyBiker]

isnt plastidip some kind of rubber coating?

just out of interest,i imagine it to be funny if a black rubber coated frame gets "sticky" when riding in the sun

[Nick Manning]

I used Plasti dip black on my car earlier this year. I wanted to paint a chrome coloured grill trim black, this from research seemed to be the best way. Reason being as you question Family Biker, it does leave a rubber coating, with the idea that if you just spray it on to bare material with no primer you can then peel the coating off if you change your mind.

It didn't work for me unfortunately, may have been the original coating on the trim, or the temperature outside when I was spraying. But when it works it does look really.