I personally don't get the fad myself. I use it for better grip on my drumsticks but to each his own. I live in so Cal and Home depot also carries the bigger cans (not the rattle cans) of it. Have you tried there? The usually have it in the caged section where the spray paint is but behind the rattle cans.

I have seen vehicles completely sprayed from shops that do the truck bed liner sprays... they'll prep up the entire vehicle in that stuff.  Some of the cars I've seen looked pretty bad ass , like almost a "Bat-mobile" look to them ...

Have you thought about a vehicle wrap? They do these for cars all the time, mostly for advertisements and logo kind of things. I have seen these also used to change the exterior color of the vehicle. Is no where near $3,000 to do, especially in a single color. There should be many places in SoCal to get this done. It is a plastic film over the car, either partially or totally. It will also protect the paint and car from chips and scratches as it covers the exterior. We did logos, as they ran about $500 per car, but just a partial one. We did one a few years back that covered the entire car, as it ran around $850, although this was not in the land of price appreciation that SoCal is. Check into that.

Grey_Beard
Have you thought about a vehicle wrap? They do these for cars all the time, mostly for advertisements and logo kind of things. I have seen these also used to change the exterior color of the vehicle. Is no where near $3,000 to do, especially in a single color. There should be many places in SoCal to get this done. It is a plastic film over the car, either partially or totally. It will also protect the paint and car from chips and scratches as it covers the exterior. We did logos, as they ran about $500 per car, but just a partial one. We did one a few years back that covered the entire car, as it ran around $850, although this was not in the land of price appreciation that SoCal is. Check into that.

Do not do a wrap, especially if its the sticker ones hehehehe.
To do dip a mustang yourself its under 450-500 bucks.
Here is mine I could had made it glossy with a dip gloss after the dip but I loved the flat grey dark grey that looks almost black, and then I decided to have the Stripes put on in a lighter dark grey.

agent8
My God? That is plasti dip? I had no idea it could look that cool. I just see some guys putting it on their jeep rims and it looks so so. Hmmm... lot of good points about touch up and not waxing...

Yup that's plasti dipped, the whole thing minus my rims of course, you can do a ton with it, not to mention its cheaper/faster to fix a scuff or anything. Really a great cheap solution over a top of the line or even a cheap body shop paint job. Will probably cost you as much to get an entire car dipped as it would be to get a body shop to paint a whole door with paint... If you have the stuff to do it you can even paint your hardware gpu shrouds and what not and not void your warranty stuff will peel off with some effort of course, a car a lot of effort....

Just be sure to sand it good, and get all the dust off before you do it. Do not sand past the first layer of paint, you can go into the primer a little if you wish but you need to leave enough and have it done good enough so the plasti has something to hold onto. Do not wrap your car, its junk it fades, and when it comes time to take it off, its like dealing with peeling off old stickers... 

agent8
I have only seen it in black, white and safety yellow.... Can it be painted or do you mix it with colors? I am almost thinking about doing a guitar with that. 

I'm confused what you mean. It comes in a lot of different colors. I'll be painting my insight purple with plasti dip someday as well.

Thanks for the advice with the sanding. I'll be dismantling the car for the most part when I do spray it. The hood, front bumper, fenders, rear hatch and rear bumper will be coming off. I have a shed I can paint the parts in, so wind won't be an issue. I'm going to have to pick a really calm morning to dip the roof and quarter panels as the shed isn't big enough to put the car in. The hatch will be a bear to do, as it's red so I'll have to do a color change. I may source a black hatch/doors before I do this. I don't like that my doors were originally white and I had to color change them.

That is bad arse! I have a new respect for plasti dip. I did a search and found a few other colors. It seems like some companies are price gouging because of the new interest which is a shame. To get the stripes are you doing a 1 color base and then masking off and going over it with another color?

donta1979
Do not do a wrap, especially if its the sticker ones hehehehe.
To do dip a mustang yourself its under 450-500 bucks.
Here is mine I could had made it glossy with a dip gloss after the dip but I loved the flat grey dark grey that looks almost black, and then I decided to have the Stripes put on in a lighter dark grey.

Pics do not do justice. Looks incredibly good and I am really looking into getting this for my SUV as well. I'd seen a friend of mine doing his car completely vinyl dip from front to back so it will cover the fire red paint he has in his car and to be honest is worth the money. It is a great investment if you don't live in a snowy state, but even then still worth the money. Id  always been a fan of dual paint in a car, from black on top, the rest in grey, or red, white, etc. Nice work Donta
 
To those interested, this is how you plastic dip you car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J6rRj98A5s
 
Different colors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGdjWLan6hc
 
how to remove it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r7xvBSqhOE

Alright I got a friend in Las Vegas that will let me use his house as a shipping Depot. Anyone that wants to order a kit that lives in SoCal let me know. I'll be ordering a 4 gallon kit in about a month and a half.

Looks interesting. If you use a good company that does the wrap, they fade less, been doing this with company vehicles for 15 years. I like this for my personal cars. Seems like these folks are in fair weather climates. Would this work in the Midwest?

donta1979
Plasti will work anywhere Grey_Beard, if and when you decide to take it off comes off a lot easier than a wrap. If you want it you want to be really sure it holds you sand the car first, if you want to be able to swap it out because of ODD then you just leave your paint job alone, if you have cracks from clear coat peeling and what not, you need to have it sanded so its all even.

Thanks. My Infiniti's paint is showing wear, even though I have had a clear bra since day one. Infiniti's are known for fragile paint. I will consider this. I would sand it down first though, as it has many chips where I tried to repair with those freakin" little paint things they have for reprinting chips, as they really do not work that well. Looks like this process will give it a nice new look that will last. I will read up more in this. I would have never considered this unless you guys had this thread.

Grey_Beard

donta1979
Plasti will work anywhere Grey_Beard, if and when you decide to take it off comes off a lot easier than a wrap. If you want it you want to be really sure it holds you sand the car first, if you want to be able to swap it out because of ODD then you just leave your paint job alone, if you have cracks from clear coat peeling and what not, you need to have it sanded so its all even.

Thanks. My Infiniti's paint is showing wear, even though I have had a clear bra since day one. Infiniti's are known for fragile paint. I will consider this. I would sand it down first though, as it has many chips where I tried to repair with those freakin" little paint things they have for reprinting chips, as they really do not work that well. Looks like this process will give it a nice new look that will last. I will read up more in this. I would have never considered this unless you guys had this thread.

A LOT of people hate on Plasti-dip due to ignorance. Once I explain to them the awesome advantages of it, most people change their tune, and if not, that's totally fine, but at least they now know the option it out there. I'm glad you went and educated yourself. I have never sprayed a sanded surface, so I don't know if you will be able to just peel it off like you can on a car that has good clear coat. I don't think it will be a problem, but who knows.

blacksapphire08
I was not familiar with plasti-dip to be honest at least not as far as painting a whole car. I've seen new cars that people have give the matte black job and all I could think is why would you ruin the paint on a new car? I had no idea it just peeled off like that... now i'm getting ideas lol.

Yup as long as your clearcoat is not cracking/chipping and peeling off, you dont have to sand it. just put it on until you get an itch to put on something else or just have your regular paint job, think of it as an extra protective coating on your car.

way2faded
Yea I thought that was dipped when I seen it in Rush's thread jus now..looks great Donta.  Im hearing that you can use the glossifier without pearls or anything and layer it up to act as paint protection / clear bra too.

Yep, a BMW came into the shop yesterday with what I suspect was the glossifier, it felt like it, but I didn't see the customer so I didn't get a chance to ask. It was only on 1/4 of the hood and the front bumper.