Anyone used PlastiDip?

Yeah I've used it a lot over the years, mainly in spray cans.

I've currently got it on my motorbike as a temporary colour change / paint protection (they've produced a newer metallic colour, although the metallic effect is very minimal to be honest).

It goes on very easily but with a matt finish - you can use the 'glossifier' if you want a gloss finish though.  You need a good 4+ coats for it to be durable over paintwork and although it will be touch dry quite quickly, you really need a good week or two before if becomes quite a tough coating.

If you get bored / it gets damaged, it simply peel's off - this is another reason you want at least 4 coats on.  If the coating is too thin, when you try and peel it off it wont come off in a nice single sheet, but will rip and tear and be a pain to take off.

Hi, Ive used it for years, I use to run a company making diamond tools and we used to dip needle files in it to give a more comfortable handle ,we got it from a company called "FROST AUTO REPAIRS"  who sold an absolute array of items for cars and motorbikes-Good stuff!  Regards     Paul

Thanks from me also, it sounds like just what I need to fix the same issue Cymro has on our van 

Hi Cymro

Another plus for self amalgamating tape.

I've used it on occasion with great success for 50 years, and it does what it says on the tin.

As advised already, stretch to at least double its original length as you wind it round, and squeeze hard to stick each layer to the preceding one.

On the van I've found it very useful for repairing the (apparently inevitable  ) split in the cable sheathing at the bottom of the habitation door - the wires to the door locking mechanism. Constant opening and closing of the door breaks the sheathing, which should have been made of a far more rubbery and flexible material.

S/A tape is just that when properly applied. A flexible and rubbery sheath, which is also about as waterproof as you can get. Plus it doesn't begin to peel off after a time, as insulating tape always does!

Hope this also helps.

Dave

I think that hard plastic sheathing needs throwing away, to be replaced with a very flexible rubber tube. It's bound to keep cracking, specially in the cold weather.

I haven't looked into the best way to disconnect the wires so a bit of new tube could be slid into place. I wonder if anyone else has done it??

Maybe a new thread to ask this specific question?

(Could you do it please. I'm wrestling with the dog at present - literally!!! Bloody Welsh Terrier hates the clippers, but she dances round like a pup when I've finally manage to shear her!!)

SA tape is great, easy enough to get online these days.

Definitely what you want, plasti-dip wouldn't do a good job for that application unless you spent ages trying to dip that particular part.

I used PlastiDip a while back for a small electrical job, I bought it from Frost. I seem to remember it was rather expensive, but my main complaint was that it didn’t store well. I suppose it uses a volatile agent. The upshot was that when I needed it again for another job the stuff had gone hard.

Hi it uses Toluene as a thinning agent ,not sure you can get it these days ,but im sure Frost sell a thinner. Regards        Paul