Washed and Plasti-Dipped Emblems

[woyster_00z71]

As the subject states, I washed the Avalanche this morning and then Plasti-Dipped the Avalanche and LT emblems black. Now I am totally free of chrome!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TimmyG]

Looking great! Btw what rims are those

 

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[jimbrown1]

2007 Victory Red Chevrolet Avalanche 1LT ? Click for Gallery

Vortec 5.3L FlexFuel V-8, 275/55R20 Cooper Zeon LTZ Tires on 20x9 Ballistic Jester Wheels, Tinted Windows (35% front, 5% over factory rear, 20% over factory back), Black Painted Grille, Custom Painted Bowties, JVC HD Radio, Overhead Audiovox DVD Player

[woyster_00z71]

Looking great! Btw what rims are those

 

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Thanks! And as Blue_Silvy_11 pointed out, they are Ballistic Jesters.

[8.1HD/ALLISON]

Looks good!

[Doug_Scott]

Looking great! Btw what rims are those

 

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Thanks! And as Blue_Silvy_11 pointed out, they are Ballistic Jesters.

 

 

With chrome lug nuts.

[RyanbabZ71]

looks good

 

how does the plasti-dip work? Did you remove your badges? I would like to do something similar with my SS badges on my camaro

[scz71864]

i too would like to know how you did this

[RyanbabZ71]

Found some info on youtube

 

 

[woyster_00z71]

Plasti-Dip is some pretty cool stuff. If you buy the spray, it sprays on like spray paint but is removable. If you don't like it or whatever it just peels back off. It leaves a rubbery finish when dried.

 

The best resource I have found on technique and how to plasti-dip is www.dipyourcar.com.

 

For my application, I washed the emblems and let them dry really well. Then I masked off the area around each emblem about an inch away (see below photos). I sprayed 4 coats of plasti-dip on each emblem varying the angle of spray to make sure I got all surfaces. Waited 15 minutes between coats and 30 minutes after the final coat. To remove, the letters of the emblems cut the plasti-dip so you just pull off the excess as that is what it is designed to do. I learned after the first one to pull the excess out from the emblem before trying to remove it away from the truck....hope that makes sense. Anyway, if you don't like it, just pull it off and remove it.

[RyanbabZ71]

cool

 

I did find the dipyourcar site. pretty good stuff.

 

Thinking of doing my rims?

[SouthCo]

Looks good. I'd have been nervous spraying over the paint.

[TimmyG]

I have been thinking about doing my rims for a while now!

 

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[RyanbabZ71]

Got a can at Oreilly autoparts today for $1.67

 

 

Ryan

 

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[scz71864]

how did you "cut" around the letters?