Years later, I still have respect for this guy actually helping the consumers. Thanks, Fonzie!

This bloke isn't just a Plasti Dip expert. He can also crush a watermelon between his bicep and forearm.

@elifire4147

3 жыл бұрын

LOL! YEP spraying constantly builds forearms like mad!

Fonzi... i have made some ball busting comments in the past on your vids on the past, but dude... you break this down so well in terms that help us... no other company or product makes so much effort to educate it's customers so well, thank you. I just got done changing one of the colors of my stock paint job using plasti dip. And these vids made it possible.

I used to do auto body and paint you need a small 3 m rubber sanding block you can also use water instead of the expensive spray put a couple of squirts of dish soap in the water it acts like a lubricant . You can use a spray bottle for the water and sprits it on the panel Never use your hand or fingers to sand . I would also use some silver or white spray paint do a light guide coat and sand very lightly the silver mist on the panel will tell you when you have the run blocked out . Your panel will be more flat and uniform

This technique works excellent I've personally used it many times. I use a soft flat sanding block with some 600 or 800 and just use a little soapy water and lightly block it focusing on the high spots. Turns out perfect every time!

@jonpg28

Жыл бұрын

? If I have texture/rough spots can I use this method

Your are easily the best at explaining things to people in very understandable and easy to follow ways. Thank you bro, I wish there were more company’s that were like yours

Half of the comments are about Fonzie's arms...

@Heavy.hemi510

8 жыл бұрын

+X88X Fonzie looks like an Italian Michelin Man.

@royward1952

6 жыл бұрын

Because they are distracting... and for a guy that you might judge as a simple meat head om first observations. He shows that he is a guy that is good at this stuff, knows his shit, and a smart dude.

Thanks for this video! I've become quite passionate about this product, and will be dipping my whole vehicle myself after winter! Very excited to share the result with you and the dyc community. Keep the videos coming, I look forward to them.

I went to school for 4 years doing collision repair, plus worked at an autobody shop. So I can vouch that what he's doing here is correct. My only suggestion is get a flexable sanding block, basically its a 2x4" foam pad that you put the sand paper on, I personally would attack the run with my finger first to apply the majority of the pressure on the high spot only, as it gets lower to the rest of the surface you should then switch to the sanding block and sand in an X pattern, constantly stopping to check the surface for low and high spots. This method can help reduce the risk of putting a low spot in using your fingers instead of a block.

great tip another trick to use is glazing putty . you can smear glaze on the lower spots of the run even it out as best you can with the putty spreader then while you sand to remove the putty the run also vanishes at the same time as the glaze putty. it is also available everywhere the sand paper is. another smaller tip is when folks are block sanding automotive paint they use the method of guide coat. if your material is light color black works great . if your dip is dark colored a can of white aerosol dip would help you find the low and high spots as well . mist on a light coat of the different color let it dry and while you sand to remove the run or drip you will be less likely to cut too deep and hit the oem paint.. hope this helps

Very well presented training vid with all the potential pitfalls explained clearly.

Man you’re the best teacher. 👌🏻 thanks fonz!

Can I use this technique with a run with glossifier?

Fonzie looks beastmode and badass at the end!! Great video!

when you need to fix your drip asap and this video is 15 mins!!!

@itsivypintor

5 жыл бұрын

Carlos Spicy Weiner 💀💀💀

@FinnishArmy

4 жыл бұрын

You can't fix a drip "asap". You need to wait 3-4 hours.

@imDonDiestro

3 жыл бұрын

Fax 🤦🏾‍♂️

What advice can you give for sealing in edges that didn't grab too well? Especially around the windows and door handle.

just dipped my car today and had the trigger get stuck so it ran down the side of the car. i watched this video sanded it and while it did take seemingly forever, it did work! sure it wasnt as textured as the rest of the car but it really blended in well! now i can look back at the car and not want to rip it all off :) lol. thanks fonzie

Fonzie will the clear ziplock bag method used to feel the smoothness of the paint work on plasti dip ? If so, this would be a great to feel out those ridges and runs a person just sanded.

pro tip: Use your pinky to feel it, it's generally the least used finger so its mostly more sensitive than any other finger and you can feel the smaller details better than the other fingers.

Perfect timing with this Vid. I just sprayed my bike and had a few runs. This should help me fix it. Cheers!

@rabbit0664

4 жыл бұрын

I feel you

Thanks for the video. Just sprayed my wheels yesterday and did have a few drips so after 24 hours now, I will try this method to remove the drips. I also have the the glosifier. Is it the same process? I am guessing I’ll screw that up too!

This video might have saved my Lancer project... Thanks Fonz!

I am a cosplayer and I plastidip my costumes and weapons each time. Thank you for this video, it's so helpful!

Wow!! Plasti dip just amazes me more and more. Hoping for a sale or a free shipping in orders over 300$ one of these days. I live in CA and i've been saving money to buy the Low VOC (hoping to plasti dip my RSX balloon white sometime during Spring brake). Just waiting for the right time.

Would a sanding block help keep everything flat? Or is having the flexibility in the sandpaper a good thing. Or does it just depend on the contours of the spot you're working on?

I dipped my Vette this past weekend and had 4 sags in my base coat because I stopped my gun movement getting around the car. I stopped the shoot and found this video and followed his instructions. the hardest part was waiting for the 3 coast to set up enough to try the fix. I ended up waiting 2 hours and used his wet sand method, the only thing I did different was that I used a wet sanding hard back/ sponge on the flat surfaces rather then my finger as I didn't want to put a finger groove in the material by accident. once dry I continued on with my black base (3 more coats) and followed up with my carbon red infused top coats. Came out awesome, I had some minor imperfections during the un taping process but they are not noticeable and the best thing is I can peel it off in the future and try another color, if I had painted the car and gotten the mistakes I'd have to live with it or sand and repaint. great stuff!

I still haven't even dipped my car yet. I just wanted to make sure if I completely dip the thing, there's someway to fix an error. Yup I'm sold now. I'll order some buckets soon 💪🏽 well layed out tutorial Fonzie

My salvation, tank you so much... My first project, painting a VW Polo with pink neon (white base) with two black stripes, and flakes all over.... The pink started to run, solving a litle of the white base... ohhhh life is hard...lolololol

Nice job, thanks

Thanks! How long after spraying do you wait to sand?

My dyc sprayer caused me to have some runs on my door so I want to fix it like this but can I use a rattle can of dip to spray over the sanded area? I don’t want to being out the sprayer for the small touch ups.

so many great videos, but i don't find the one about how your plasti dipped your biceps.

Does this work with top coat also?

I had some massive runs in a dip job I did the other night - spills actually, the vent on top of my cup kept clogging so I just removed it and a couple times I sloshed dip onto the job. If you're doing, say, a temporary dip and you're not overly concerned with the end result, it can help to immediately take your gloved finger and just dab up the run as soon as it's there. Blot away as much of it as you can, you'll probably start to see oem paint even. Then just go over the spot again and it sorta levels. I imagine that if you did this first, applied enough layers over the top, and then did the wet sanding and recoating like shown in this video you'd get good results and you wouldn't do as much with the sandpaper.

hey I painted my truck red and I want to plasti dip the trim black and other small details. but idk how after I already painted everything

Nice run in them biceps.

Didn't need this for a car but for cosplay purposes. First time priming foam with plastidip and it got a bit messy. Nice to see I have some options.

Cheers for the help bro awsome

does this work if it a top/clear coat drip which ended up on the last top coat I did? do you sand out the clear drip then re clear ? I am just confused as this only shows if you are painting color overtop, vs if it was a re clear that had to be done.

Would it be same process if paint pilled back a bit and want to even out coatings without edges showing

is this technique possible to apply to the whole car? i imagine doing this lightly across the whole car before the final coat would yield a super smooth finish, right? Not sure if its worth the effort though

@slow_rednline4874

5 жыл бұрын

Only if you didn't spray it correctly in the first place otherwise it would be rather redundant

Flexible sanding block to wrap the 600 grit onto?

Wow I never woulda thought of this

Depending on the runs placement wouldn't it just be quicker to peel and re-spray?

Okay, I just sprayed my wheels today with about 4-5 coats of light blue, then added a heavy coat of blue metalizer. They look great, but I have a drip/run from the metalizer about 3" long. Can I use this technique?

@GougedandLeft

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

Don't you need to remove the masking tape while it's still wet to prevent ripping off the dip?

Thank you Fonzie for the video. I couldn't find plastidip near me so I used rust oleum vinyl wrap. Stupid decision. I'm going to try this method and if it cuts🤷🏻 plastidip website here I come haha

Very helpful..Thanks for sharing.

Can you spray plastidip on a car with vinyl wrap?

I used a razor to cut the area out nice and neat and peeled the area. I sprayed even coats and it worked just fine

Can i armor all the areas if done with plasty dip $

Can I wet sand texture/ rough spots that I sprayed wrong

use a sand block it'll make it easier.

If you've masked with tape, how do you keep the Plasti Dip from peeling along with the tape? I'm not painting a car, I'm only painting some clear plastic wastebaskets, but I can't keep the Plasti Dip from peeling along the tape edge without going carefully along the edge of the tape with an X-acto blade. Obviously this is something one wouldn't do to a car.

I got a drip.....on my rims. I need to sand down some pretty serious drips. I was using Sapphire Black and it seems to run pretty easy. I have dipped my rims multiple times and I thought I had some good techniques. My problem is a lack of patience. It looks like I need some sandpaper and do some sanding.

mount bicepious!

@dipyourcar

8 жыл бұрын

+StorminNorm86 Jason Blaha reference?

@StorminNorm86

8 жыл бұрын

+DipYourCar heard it from CT fletcher first lol

@StorminNorm86

8 жыл бұрын

+DipYourCar you look good man I watched the video of you from few years ago, I see the gains!

What can I use beside pre dip spray? Want to get it done asap

@miguelfragoso7023

3 жыл бұрын

Did you find out?

Hey Fonzie I like the matte white sense I dont want to spend to much money can i just dip my car matte white with using no base ???

@slow_rednline4874

5 жыл бұрын

Or just spray it white

What about using a NIB remover file?

I found a technique to try while you are still spraying, if you take a paper towel and fold it over, right when you notice the run dab it gently trying to absorb the thick area of the run, if it's not too big and you catch it right away you might be able to recover with the next coats, I've only done this on wheels so far..

What sand paper did u uze to getridof ridges

what about the gloss coat?

right he's cool thanks car man

Maybe I got lucky but I just sprayed a few layers lighter in the areas I had runs and ended up with a perfect dip project without sanding. It was my first time too so idk. Beginners luck I guess

Can you use a heat gun to melt it flat?

Porque não usou o taco para nivelar ?

Can I just use the thinner?

for the fifth layer dont tape off just spray the whole panel right?

@alexanderbachmann9343

8 жыл бұрын

Yes

How on earth are this guy's biceps so gargantuan

Does anyone know what is the first product he used to remove to first layers of the plastic dip?

@edvaldo4746

2 жыл бұрын

He said pre dip but I’m still not sure. I have some pretty bad drop on the scoops of my hood and want to fix it it. Any advice helps. Thank you

Is using a block sander to aggressive for plasti dip?

@Shawnyaki

8 жыл бұрын

It shouldn't be as long as you keep it wet and aren't aggressive with the block. Maybe use a foam block also.

Hey Fonz I tried making a forum account on DYC forums, the account was made, but I never got the activation email and I cannot make a post. Had a lot of question I wanted to ask in regards to dipping my Porsche. If you could help me out I would appreciate it.

@dyccustomerservice1964

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Rahl email Jared@dipyourcar.com with your email address and your username...he will be more than happy to help you with the issue!

@alexanderrahl482

8 жыл бұрын

DYC Customer Service Thanks Fonz, will do.

Hey guys i have a question, what do you do if you find out you have bubbles or i think it are some holes inside your plastidip? Its like 5 degrees outside. I did warm up the spraycan plastidip in warm water. Is it my spray technique? Did i maybe use to much? Hope someone can help me :)

@B_HarTz

5 жыл бұрын

5 degrees outside? That’s why. The car didn’t dry good enough, put the car in the garage, heater lamps on and try it again... peel it and repsray

@Skitice1991

5 жыл бұрын

@@B_HarTz i think i sprayed to thick, now i have done 5 layers with a low ammount and now its perfect.

Can you wet sand and polish the clear?

@KingTen91

6 жыл бұрын

SixSevenOne Vid 2 years later still waiting on a response

@miked8260

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingTen91 yes

I did my rims the other day and my main problem is that I didn't put enough coats, so they're starting to fade and it looks like shit... Is it still safe to clean the rims and go back over the plasti dip with new coats?

@Creator_Veeto_PAEACP

3 жыл бұрын

I find that yes you can. If you used a metalizer/pearl/matte finish, you can paint over and re-finish it.

@JayRM714

3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting 5 years for someone to answer... Thank you sir!

@Creator_Veeto_PAEACP

3 жыл бұрын

@@JayRM714 glad my trial and error helps.

I just used some old plasti dip cans and it was spitting out on my 3rd coat...pissed me off

The video should be called "how to fix a dip drip" 😂

can you spray plastidip over factory matt decals and not ruin them?

@GrundleFur

8 жыл бұрын

+R Dixon yes

@squirlybmx

8 жыл бұрын

+R Dixon You wont ruin the decal but you will see the surface difference at the edge of the decal

why no block?

I'm guessing you can wipe drips if you notice them straight away

When feeling for imperfections on a vehicle do not feel with your fingers. Feel with your whole hand. If you feel with just your fingers you will miss some imperfections. Just some basic auto body knowledge.

@menneskefiendsk

7 жыл бұрын

I would agree, in that my fingertips are less sensitive than the rest of my hand, from years of cooking burns and other on the job injuries.

What's a good alternative for pre dip spray

@andrewschafer2544

8 жыл бұрын

Alcohol and water solution in a spray bottle, it's basically the same exact thing

@dipyourcar

8 жыл бұрын

There is no alcohol in PreDip Spray.

@BenDover-cd2ns

8 жыл бұрын

***** what is in PreDip spray? Or if you tell me would you have to kill me lol. My run wasn't even bad so I don't need any now.

this saved my ass

At 3:03 explanation with the middle finger perfect

4:02 lol “check”

I know I wasn't the only person that wanted to blow at the screen the first time he dried the sanded area...🤣🤣🤣

the uou guys ship to california

How would you prevent drips?

@dyccustomerservice1964

8 жыл бұрын

+frosted1030 call us at 855.847.5825 and speak with one of our Technicians! They would be happy to discuss preventative measures with you

@frosted1030

8 жыл бұрын

DYC Customer Service Thanks, but before I invest in a product, I would rather see video demonstrations on how to avoid the pitfalls of the product.

@BilalKhan-ng3ex

8 жыл бұрын

+frosted1030 he said call, there's no prerequisite of you being a customer

You should try a small hard sanding block.

I bought yall's kit and did this with spray. I'm shadow banned so you may not be able to see this but if you can and can answer some questions please let me know. Thanks.

My guy is jacked lol

if the fifth coat is still dodgy Do Six!

I know this is a really old video, but damn look at those arms. You got a permit for those guns bruh?

Run

10 years later I’m back with way less runs 🤝👍🏿

Just used 4 of these cans right meow

Havent been able to get a straight answer from anyone about this. I have a car that was dipped about 8 months ago (matte black) the dip is still in great shape. However I want to dip the bottom portion of my car white and leave the roof + window trim and pillars the same matte black. I am wondering if I can just mask off the entire top and then just spray the bottom portion white over the black? Also will the masking tape stick or leave any residue on the old black dip?

@anesthetized7053

8 жыл бұрын

+dontevenliftbro Ive had bad experiences with masking off previously painted parts to try and add to them. If you are going to do that, make sure the surface which is being masked is THICKly dipped or it will peel with the mask. Also, you need to peel the mask QUICKLY after shooting the paint, or it will dry to the mask and peel that part aswell. If anything, i would start with some test material and try to replicate your car's dip thickness etc, mask off the test part and paint it white, then peel and see how you like it. Good luck! Also stay away from edges, the mask will peel edges almost guaranteed

@ThatFirstBaseMan

8 жыл бұрын

He made a video about a two tone like that a year or two ago.. Search his channel..

What’s a run again? 😬

hint. I'm a paint and body tech. use a sanding block. use light pressure and keep it wet.

@TakeITger

5 жыл бұрын

Bla bla bla

What your arms look like after shaking up 100,000 cans of Dip