Just painted my friend's Elise last night.

[Pooter]

[Pooter]

...please excuse the garbage cans in my driveway.

[LiveToDrive]

What type of paint did you use? It's hard to do flat black right, but as long as it maintains it's semi-gloss luster and doesn't grey-out it looks nice.

[Silver_Surfer]

****, paint mine too!


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[Pooter]

Originally Posted by LiveToDrive

What type of paint did you use? It's hard to do flat black right, but as long as it maintains it's semi-gloss luster and doesn't grey-out it looks nice.

Believe it or not, I used Plastidip! I was just experimenting because I had never used it before and I was really curious to see how it would actually turn out. My friend let me use his car as the guinea pig. It turned out pretty good. Only time will tell how long that stuff lasts.

[LiveToDrive]

Isn't Plastidip sort of a thick rubbery product? How much did it take? I'm wondering how much weight you just added.

[Pooter]

Originally Posted by LiveToDrive

Isn't Plastidip sort of a thick rubbery product? How much did it take? I'm wondering how much weight you just added.

A. Yes, it's rubberized paint.

B. 1 Gallon.

C. Maybe 2-3lbs at the very most. It probably ways no more than a regular paint job. It sprays so incredibly thin. I did about 7 coats (1 tack, 2 light, 4 heavy).

[GStephan]

Originally Posted by Pooter

Believe it or not, I used Plastidip! I was just experimenting because I had never used it before and I was really curious to see how it would actually turn out. My friend let me use his car as the guinea pig. It turned out pretty good. Only time will tell how long that stuff lasts.

Looks great from the first picture. Do you have any close-ups? What process did you use when painting, how many coats, how long did this take, etc?

Graham

[GR82DRV]

How do you service the finish? I can't imagine you'd want wax anywhere near it!...

[Deja Vu]

https://www.dipyourcar.com/home.php

Good site for learning everything about the process and care.

[Pooter]

Originally Posted by GStephan

Looks great from the first picture. Do you have any close-ups? What process did you use when painting, how many coats, how long did this take, etc?

Graham

I can get close ups later this week. I just used my trusty old paint gun that I usually use for primer on real paint jobs (I think it's a 1.3 or 1.4 tip). 7 Coats. From start to finish it took about about 6 hours... but my friend has never painted before so I was teaching him as we went.

Originally Posted by GR82DRV

How do you service the finish? I can't imagine you'd want wax anywhere near it!...

I doubt you can wax it. It'd probably ruin the whole paint job. I did notice that it collects dust extraordinarily fast. Maybe that's just magnified by the black.

[afex]

looks awesome!

although as much as i hate to say it, i think i like your matte white more...

[GuppyCaptain]

Now I'm a firm believer in "to each his own", so just keep that in mind when I say that I think it's sacrilege.............and hideous. I never understood the matte black thing. As long as your buddy's happy. What color was the Elise before?

[Motorcitydak]

Also keep in mind that you can literally peel that entire finish off cleanly in about 10-15 minutes. You can actually spray your car with this stuff, go do a track day and stay protected from rocks then peel it all off and keep your pretty car. They actually recommend not masking off any of the car when you spray it. It takes too long and is not worth it. You spray the windows and lights then take a razor to the edges. Peel off the rest and you are good to go

[Plackslayer]

Plasti-dip is fun.

[RENDERMAN]

Originally Posted by Pooter

Your Title tells me you got wasted and went to work... GF "I hate when he drinks!!"

[Pooter]

Originally Posted by Motorcitydak

Also keep in mind that you can literally peel that entire finish off cleanly in about 10-15 minutes. You can actually spray your car with this stuff, go do a track day and stay protected from rocks then peel it all off and keep your pretty car. They actually recommend not masking off any of the car when you spray it. It takes too long and is not worth it. You spray the windows and lights then take a razor to the edges. Peel off the rest and you are good to go

Actually, I did all the door jambs and it would have been an absolute mess if I didn't tape off the whole interior. Also, I taped off a few things that would be annoying to peel of (like the wiper blade).

[Pooter]

[Pooter]

Originally Posted by afex

looks awesome!

although as much as i hate to say it, i think i like your matte white more...

I like my flat white better too.

Originally Posted by GuppyCaptain

Now I'm a firm believer in "to each his own", so just keep that in mind when I say that I think it's sacrilege.............and hideous. I never understood the matte black thing. As long as your buddy's happy. What color was the Elise before?

Haha, it's ok. I take no offense. My friend's car was dark red before... but here is the thing; the previous owner got hit on the driver side rear part of the clam and the body work was AWFUL! Some crappy shop really botched up the entire paint job. I hid sooooo many imperfections by painting it with this Plastidip stuff.

[2011 chrome orange]

Alsa Corp has a water based “spray wrap” very similar to plastidip that they just came out with. They have it in gallons and spray cans. I ordered several cans yesterday to test it out. (I won’t be spraying my Evora, but possibly using it on a Ninja powered, enclosed reverse trike I’m building.)

I’m not sure of the durability of the Alsa product yet, but being water based, it can be sprayed virtually anywhere. They also offer it in a couple hundred colors and will even color match it to a chip. It comes with a 2 year warranty. Best part is that if you don’t like it, you can peel it off just like plastidip.

Right now, cans are on sale for $9.87 per can (Regular price $18.70, sale ends midnight November 28th)
If you are interested, more info is here: Alsa Corp | Paint Wrap