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ltedder New Member

ltedder

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Hey guys,

 

I have been looking through some posts on plasti dip lately, and it seems that most people are taping off the chrome parts of the emblems. From past experience I didn't think that this was necessary. So I had some time this morning and gave it a shot! Hopefully this saves people some time!!!! ha.

 

You will see I taped off everything surrounding the emblem, but not the chrome parts.

 

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I threw on about 4 coats and let it set for probably 10-15 minutes before I removed the tape and paper. You can see that the plasti dip on the chrome pieces pulls right off without effecting the red portion.

 

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bdbake01 Senior Enthusiast

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Heck no, don't bother with tape! That's one of the awesome things about dip. I didn't even bother to tape the grill. I hacked a square hole in some cardboard and had at it. Any over spray on the grill came right off with a microfiber. Done!

gabekalp Enthusiast

gabekalp

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That's why plastidip became so popular! I can't believe some people still tape entirely off

 

 

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cev103 Enthusiast

cev103

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I didn't bother taping the chrome either, I like the idea of using cardboard instead of tape and newspaper.

ikaika1984 Enthusiast

ikaika1984

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Hey guys,

 

I have been looking through some posts on plasti dip lately, and it seems that most people are taping off the chrome parts of the emblems. From past experience I didn't think that this was necessary. So I had some time this morning and gave it a shot! Hopefully this saves people some time!!!! ha.

 

You will see I taped off everything surrounding the emblem, but not the chrome parts.

 

0528160954_HDR.jpg

 

0528160956_HDR.jpg

 

I threw on about 4 coats and let it set for probably 10-15 minutes before I removed the tape and paper. You can see that the plasti dip on the chrome pieces pulls right off without effecting the red portion.

 

0528161038_HDR.jpg

 

0528161043a_HDR.jpg

 

0528161043_HDR.jpg

So basically you just scraped it off with your nail...

 

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ltedder New Member

ltedder

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So basically you just scraped it off with your nail...

 

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No, not scraping... Once it's starts it just pulls off with very little effort. Certainly less effort than taping it off

ikaika1984 Enthusiast

ikaika1984

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No, not scraping... Once it's starts it just pulls off with very little effort. Certainly less effort than taping it off

Thanks brother

 

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Cooldaddygroove Enthusiast

Cooldaddygroove

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I would rather just buy a new emblem, an all chrome one, but fr the life of me can't find one, nor can I figure out how the old emblem comes off haha

roadblock Enthusiast

roadblock

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Or just take the emblem off the truck and spray it like I did. It just pops off, it's only held on with tabs. This seems like a lot of wasted effort.

Salsa Steve Enthusiast

Salsa Steve

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Or just take the emblem off the truck and spray it like I did. It just pops off, it's only held on with tabs. This seems like a lot of wasted effort.

Yup that's what I did, pop it off and paint the whole thing, left it all back too.

Havvkeye Enthusiast

Havvkeye

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No, not scraping... Once it's starts it just pulls off with very little effort. Certainly less effort than taping it off

That was insanely easy, thanks for this post. Made me not overdo the taping and pulling off was even easier than I expected!

AZRenegade Enthusiast

AZRenegade

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This stuff is really easy to work with. I went with the white to match the truck. Like the man said, minimal tape, a little peeling and you've saved yourself a couple of hundred bucks based on the commercial product that is currently out.

 

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