Plastidip - Hardtop interior- Part 1
04-16-2012, 06:51 AM
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I sanded with coarse sandpaper, however I have some friends who do almost zero prep work before plastidipping anything, with great results.
I have line X on the outside, and didn't really want to overspray onto it, as the surface is extremely rough, and won't peel up very nice. I did tape the edges where the line-x meets the white interior. I also taped the little metal rivet looking things (duno what those are called) and pulled all hardware off.
The same friends also dont even give 1 - 2 minutes between coats which I'm not really on board with. for mine I sprayed thin coats (counting again I think I actually threw 6 coats on there) and would give a solid hour between sprays. I used the better part of a day, but I did them one at a time. If I had to do it again, I'd prep all three hard top pieces, and spray them all at the same time. The entire thing could be knocked out in about 8 hours given my long dry times. the surface is nice, however where the little L shaped handles that secure the top rub the top, I have already peeled some of the dip. I don't have a problem touching that up, but it may bother some.
I believe for the actual hard top I will spray a black primer and then start the dip, that way if scuffs occur, i mean it is a jeep after all.. at least they'll reveal black paint, not white.
overall I would say the plastidip is about 100000000000000000% better to look at than the stupid white interior. but I'm estimating with that number.
I have line X on the outside, and didn't really want to overspray onto it, as the surface is extremely rough, and won't peel up very nice. I did tape the edges where the line-x meets the white interior. I also taped the little metal rivet looking things (duno what those are called) and pulled all hardware off.
The same friends also dont even give 1 - 2 minutes between coats which I'm not really on board with. for mine I sprayed thin coats (counting again I think I actually threw 6 coats on there) and would give a solid hour between sprays. I used the better part of a day, but I did them one at a time. If I had to do it again, I'd prep all three hard top pieces, and spray them all at the same time. The entire thing could be knocked out in about 8 hours given my long dry times. the surface is nice, however where the little L shaped handles that secure the top rub the top, I have already peeled some of the dip. I don't have a problem touching that up, but it may bother some.
I believe for the actual hard top I will spray a black primer and then start the dip, that way if scuffs occur, i mean it is a jeep after all.. at least they'll reveal black paint, not white.
overall I would say the plastidip is about 100000000000000000% better to look at than the stupid white interior. but I'm estimating with that number.
04-30-2012, 12:44 PM
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How about plastidip on the exterior? I have some trail damage on my hardtop that I just patched and I'll need to repaint/texture something the outside. Was thinking plastidip could be the cheap option sinceI don't want to paint match my hard top.
04-30-2012, 02:25 PM
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I am looking into spraying my interior with Lizard Skin to try to control some of the heat our here in the desert then I also won a set of hot head healiners so hopefully between the two I can keep it from reaching 130+ in that dang jeep during the summers out here.
05-31-2012, 05:05 AM
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there's almost no noticeable difference in noise for me, however the exterior of my hard top is covered in Line-X, so if I got any benefit it was from that, and that was 18 months ago.
