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Plasti Dip a rc body ?
- Thread starter twisted
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CrawlinMike
RCC Addict
I'm thinking it would add a lot of unnecessary weight?
prolly but idk. i have a junk body i might just play around with some on.
Cheatin
Quarry Creeper
Recce01 sprayed a 5T body with Rhino lining and ruined the integrity of it, made it noodly.
SunShine
Rock Stacker
I used it on an old on road car body. Seemed to work just fine. Just spray a few light coats don't go all crazy on the first
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
C*H*U*D
No idea what I'm doing
That was my first thought too.
When I was in High School, I wanted to paint a full size car with flocking...just to give it that fuzzy look:
How to Apply Flocking - YouTube
I use the "as seen on tv" Flex Seal. I think it works great and tough. used it on my proline jk on the flares and top. It adds a little texture and doesnt scrape off on rocks also doesn't hurt the plastic. Just one coat is all it needs this stuff goes a long ways.
xCoolHandLukex
Quarry Creeper
I used vehicle undercoating on my slash body that I let my dog chase it worked fine but it did make it more top heavy
It will stick to the rocks real well.:ror:
Nabil
no talent hack
Like twisted said they are plastids point full size cars now. Iirc 6 coats added about a pound to the entire car
SunShine
Rock Stacker
With the amount needed to paint a rc body it will most likely weigh the same as a regularly painted body that has 3 coats and a backer. Its just like a regular paint it just has a different bonding agent which changes the texture of it.
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
Fat fingered from the phone- Corey
grunt95
Rock Crawler
i used liquid tape(spray type) on my slash body just one coat and it seems to have added no wait and it makes cleaning it up a breeze all i do is take like five to ten paper trowels(depends on what i have been running in, more recently its been snow and mud.) and just wipe it done or even let it take a bath.
i bought some white and black plasti dip (all they had at lowes). im spraying it on a masked off section on an old beat up body.
so far 3 coats on.i could scratch off the over spray pretty easily but thats with maybe 2 hours of drying time. i dont know if the adhesion gets stronger over a period of time ?
also the stuff does stink pretty bad so keep that in mind.
as of right now im up in the air if i want to try it on my new body.
so far 3 coats on.i could scratch off the over spray pretty easily but thats with maybe 2 hours of drying time. i dont know if the adhesion gets stronger over a period of time ?
also the stuff does stink pretty bad so keep that in mind.
as of right now im up in the air if i want to try it on my new body.
monkeyracer
I wanna be Dave
I plastidipped my grill and a few other parts of my 1:1 car a few months ago, after numerous washes, road salt, etc, it looks just like it did when I first sprayed it. Planning on doing my wheels as soon as it gets a little warmer outside on my day off.
I think it would be fine on an RC body. The paint will peel off when you want it to, but holds up fairly well otherwise. Once the paint cures, it will be just fine. Check out dipyourcar.com on youtube, they have some good info on how to do this for 1:1's that may help with the RC stuff.
I think it would be fine on an RC body. The paint will peel off when you want it to, but holds up fairly well otherwise. Once the paint cures, it will be just fine. Check out dipyourcar.com on youtube, they have some good info on how to do this for 1:1's that may help with the RC stuff.
thats how i found plasti dip.. loking for my real car. lol
i plan on doing my hood,front clip ,side skirts and wheels on my soob when the weather turns warmer.
well the portion i masked off on my beat up body came up when i pulled off the masking tape.
i wanted to try it with masking tape so i could see how it would react when i pulled it off. i wanted to do a design ,not just a simple color. maybe have to pull the masking tape up when the dip is still wet ? that in itself creates an issue as it takes more then one coat of paint....
i wanted to try it with masking tape so i could see how it would react when i pulled it off. i wanted to do a design ,not just a simple color. maybe have to pull the masking tape up when the dip is still wet ? that in itself creates an issue as it takes more then one coat of paint....
