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Plasti dip paint - does it really come off?

Discussion in 'General' started by zamboiv, Oct 11, 2021.

  1. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    I'm in the process of making a halloween constume for my daughter and I need to paint her her truck blue. Does this stuff really come off or will I be making a big mistake? I don't want to ruin her cozy coupe for a few nights.

    My other option is to buy a different truck to paint but I'd rather not.
     
  2. ttt637

    ttt637 Well-Known Member

    yes it does, but yo must have more money to waste than I. That's alot of time and effort for a few days
     
  3. Rat_trap

    Rat_trap Member

    Yeah, it comes off. It's like peeling off an old dehydrated condom. If you want it to come off easier, paint it on thicker. It's really hard to get off if it's a thin layer, you have to rub it off.
     
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  4. Raceless man

    Raceless man Well-Known Member

    I would try waxing the area first...it may not adhere as well on a polished surface. It may also run like a banshee.
    Test a bit for sure.
     
  5. Rebel635

    Rebel635 Well-Known Member

    Yes, thick layers and stay away from complicated shapes, like BBS mesh wheels (I’m looking at you previous owner of my BBS wheels).

    thicker you do it, better it comes off in big chunks.
     
  6. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    Thanks. I found a separate little truck on mArketplace so I’m gonna buy that one and give it a run. I’ll post pics if/when it’s done.
     
  7. In Your Corner

    In Your Corner Dungeonesque Crab AI Version

    This project is getting out of hand already.
     
  8. motion

    motion Nihilistic Member

    Are you new here?
     
  9. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    Ok, so I’ve finished “The Little Blue Truck”. This is based on my daughters favorite book about a truck that drives around with farm animals. Growing up on a farm and once my wife had this idea it was a “no-brainer”. This was a lot of fun for me. I didn’t use Plasti-dip, I decided to use regular paint, bought touch led lights to make the eyes/lights and made the grill out of cardboard and foil.
     

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  10. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    Needless to say Stella was pretty stunned to see "The Little Blue Truck" show up at the house today. Hopefully, we can get some fun pictures with Stella in the Toad costume with Mom and I in the Cow and Pig costumes along with the farm dog.
     
  11. Raceless man

    Raceless man Well-Known Member

    Well done. Enjoy.
     
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  12. yokohama1

    yokohama1 Well-Known Member

    Does the little blue truck go “Beep, beep, beep”?
     
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  13. notbostrom

    notbostrom DaveK broke the interwebs

    Yeah but does it have Ohlins
     
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  14. dtalbott

    dtalbott Driving somewhere, hauling something.

    That the truck was a toy truck was unexpected.
     
  15. noles19

    noles19 Well-Known Member

    I was thinking the same thing, with some of the people on here the fact that he was going to buy a truck for his daughter only for Halloween was not out of the realm of possibilities:crackup:
     
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  16. zamboiv

    zamboiv Well-Known Member

    Should’ve prefaced it with daughter is 1. So yes, it’s a little tikes truck that she can ride in.
     
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  17. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    :crackup:

    I was also thinking real truck but that is truly cool!
     
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  18. Yzasserina

    Yzasserina sound it out

    Super cute! Well done, dad!
     
  19. Phl218

    Phl218 .

    gasoline will get the rest that you can't pull off


    .cool truck.
     
  20. 10-15

    10-15 Well-Known Member

    Very nice! Give her a few years and drop a turbo LS engine in it. She'll have the baddest little tikes truck on the block!;)
     

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