Re: Anthracite Grey Plasti-Dip
jimmirehman,
The letters are pretty easy actually, as is any of the badging. There are great videos on YouTube, but here's the basic technique - Get some painters tape and tape a box about an inch away from whatever you want to paint. So when I painted the back letters and logo, I put a line of tape about an inch under the letters all the way across, and another line about an inch above the logo wing all the way across, and then two vertical lines an inch to either side. Then mask off the rest of the car with drop cloths or whatever to catch overspray - it's just easier to not have to worry about cleanup later. Clean and prep the area within the tape box - I use the dipyoucar.com pre-dip spray, but it smells a lot like windex so who knows - getting everything clean and oil / grease / way free is important. Make sure it's 100% dry (I use my air nozzle). Then spray down a light tack-coat over the entire area inside the tape line, including onto the tape. Then do your follow on coats - I did 4-6 coats depending on how it was laying down. Then let it dry a few minutes while you pull off all the tarps and drop cloths. Then, as you peel up the tape, the plasti dip on the painted area within the tape will start to peel up. When you get to the letters go slow, and the plastidip 'sheet' you're pulling up will snap off clean at the base of the letters, where there's a big change in direction. Use a tootpick to get the plast dip up from inside the letters (R,O,S etc). Same with the logo - peel up slowly around it and it'll snap clean right where the logo badge is on the trunk lid, as long as you cleaned good and pull up gentle / away from the logo, not towards / over it. Watch some of the YouTube videos to see more of what I'm trying to describe. Good luck!
lildaddym,
I did the entire wheel, inside and outside. I did the center caps separately.
-Kevin