Plastic dip spray a bike

[metalchewy]

I was curious if anyone has tried spray painting their bikes with plastic dip.

I was talking to a buddy, and he was telling me about his boss who paints his car every other month with plastic dip and changes the colors for the season.

I'd love to see how it looks on a bike I'm fairly interested in this.

Thoughts?

Edit:changed Chem dip to plastic dip, thanks Raoul Dude.

 

[metalchewy]

they say it just peels off when you are ready to change color.

 

[Raoul Dude]

Googling "chem dip" just pulls up a lot of "hits" for a carb and parts cleaner by that name.

It sounds like you're talking about Plasti Dip instead: http://www.plastidip.com/

"40 years ago, we made it to dip tool handles. Now our fans are dipping cars." http://dipheadsunite.com/

 

[metalchewy]

Duh, u are right, plastic dip, did a carb on Saturday, doh.

 

[Raoul Dude]

Glad to be able to help out!

Somewhat ironically, between that last post and this one I went to a local store where they just installed new shelving -- which was made with wooden planks and PVC pipe "spray painted" with.... *drumroll*

...Plasti Dip®! [Yeah, that's the official spelling, not a typo. (I don't normally worry about spelling and grammar on the internet, but if anybody else wants to Google a trademarked name, then it makes things easier! )]

I was asking the proprietor about the product, the application process, and how well he thought it would work on bike frames. He thought it would work pretty well, and said that it sprayed a lot like spray paint. He also told me of a friend of his who painted his car rims and then "power washed" them at the self-serve car wash a few times "and the stuff hasn't peeled off yet." We agreed that a good cleaning/degreasing off a bicycle frame would probably be a good idea to make sure the stuff adheres well, but then the store got busy before I could ask much else.

I'm extremely interested as well because of my latest project bike (that I don't want to do anything irreversible to), so I'm looking forward to hearing from people who HAVE used this stuff before!

 

[roadwarrior]

I use it. It takes a few applications to get it real thick like you see on a pair of pliers. That's just dipping the item in the solution. I also use it on shifter clamps. Trims real easy with a exacto knife or razor blade.
It also comes in spray cans.

 

[chepe13]

I plast dipped my steel wheels on my truck. They held up great for 6 months. I'm sure it would hold up just fine on a frame.

 

[metalchewy]

Sounds like on my winter build, I will start playing with this paint.

 

[patman73]

will road salt effect it ?

 

[metalchewy]

From what I understand, road salt and mag chloride shouldn't effect it

 

[roadwarrior]

I'll Quote this right off of the can... "Flexible, won't crack, chip or become brittle. Insulates, electrical shock, vibration, heat, deadens sound. Grip, provides safe non-slip comfort and control (non-skid grit can also be added) Durable, resists weather, chemicals, impact and abrasion.
Since it resists chemicals then it has your road salt covered.
Here are a couple of sets of pliers I did. Dipped 2 applications it is a real light covering. Second picture shows a shifter clamp I made using a conduit clamp and I Plasti Dipped it.

 

[dragnusa]

I've never used Plastidip on a frame but I did use flex seal on this last years build off bike and its held up nicely

 

[ozzmonaut]

We used it on all of our tools at the factory and it has not failed yet

 

[metalchewy]

Let us know how those gumwalls work out ;-) got me thinking there.

I did just use it on the shifter mount I did for the Muscle Bike Build Off a couple of days ago. Worked out well.