DIY: How to BLACK OUT rear emblems w/ Plastidip

[ILLicit]

I've been meaning to post this up for a while now, just haven't had the time to do it.... so now that I have a flu, and I wake up at the most random times... I figured I'd do it now... than never.

You can pick up a can of plastidip from the paint department of any home building store (Lowes, Home Depot, etc.)

In case you don't know what plastidip is... it's rubberized paint originally used to coat the grip of tools, until it was made in a spray form and fell into the hands of a car guy... and well the possibilities are endless. This stuff will peal off on demand with no issues as long as the coats are thick enough.



Sorry for the cell phone quality pics.
Here's the steps:



















Enjoy

[JIST]

good stuff i was looking for a way to do my infiniti letters without having to take them off,
sounds like what i'll be doing to my G today.
i wonder how well this hold up to car washes?

[pmanliu]

nice spinoff on the S. I was wondering how you did the lime green S outlined in black on your G

[youngG]

it shows as matte finish or a gloss

[Alex]

Its a matte finish

Good write up Igor, you can see me in one of the trunk reflections lol

[G37x24]

thats my G, was hoping to see these pics

[lefizzet]

So you spray it right on the paint and it peels right off?

[Felix87]

Great write up!

What did you use behind the actual letters? The same masking paper? I ask, because it looks different when your peeling it in the 7th picture...

Also, are you able to apply clear coat to this pastidip for the shine?

Thanks and great job.

[Migz]

What other colors do they have it in? I wanna do like a sky/light blue thing with my G.

[R3diK3r0u5]

make a gloss plasti-dip alreadyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

[Jewbag]

Great write up!

What did you use behind the actual letters? The same masking paper? I ask, because it looks different when your peeling it in the 7th picture...

Also, are you able to apply clear coat to this pastidip for the shine?

Thanks and great job.

There is no tape/paper behind the letters. Plasti-Dip just peels off.

[CARZ]

There is no tape/paper behind the letters. Plasti-Dip just peels off.

do you have to cut around the letters before peeling?

[purebullet417]

do you have to cut around the letters before peeling?

nope it brakes on edges so it will just peel right off leaving the dip on the emblems

[Felix87]

There is no tape/paper behind the letters. Plasti-Dip just peels off.

Thanks, I actually understood how it all works right after posting my reply.

It's definitely a great idea especially when you are leasing a car.

Now the rims with PlastiDip is a tempting thing to do.

[eKO]

Goodman. Thanxfor pix

[din9leberry]

Thanks, I actually understood how it all works right after posting my reply.

It's definitely a great idea especially when you are leasing a car.

Now the rims with PlastiDip is a tempting thing to do.

if you touch your 370z wheels I'll kill you.

[Felix87]

if you touch your 370z wheels I'll kill you.

LOL :hides:

[R3diK3r0u5]

on another forum a friend of mine did this a while ago
i personally dont like the look of the finish [at least on the wheels] but if you do it has held up well

[AH MI]

Nice write up

[Felix87]

Doing this on my emblems as we speak. How many coats should I do? two or three?

As I have understood, the more coats you do the better and easier it is going to be for you to take off the extra's for final result.