Restoring trim with plastidip?

So, the black plastics/rubbers on the daily are pretty rough looking. Especially the grille, and the window surrounds. (03 protege5).

Can I do plastidip on this? Is some plastic, some rubber, some paint.

What's the best method/application/prep etc? Found stuff on doing black plastic bumper restoration with it, but not window surrounds.

I haven't found a material that plasti-dip doesn't work on, so it should be fine for all of your trim. I've done grills, badges, and the window surrounds on my e46.

I at least wipe everything being treated with degreaser. Alcohol or acetone works even better as long the material can handle it.

In theory you don't have to mask anything because you can peel off the overspray, but I still mask and just run a razor along the edge of the tape before I peel it off.

I have some rubber trim with deep cracks. I'd like to plasti-dip the whole piece but I'm afraid to in case I won't be able to remove the dip that dries in the cracks. Anyone have experience with this?

If it's just discolored, plasti-dip isn't the best solution, sharpies are. Paint the discolored area with black sharpie, it'll look reddish for a week or two, and then it will look black again.

Plasti-coat has a black restore paint. Sprays out semi-gloss. As MCM would say, "Restore your BLAAAAACKNESS!"

Who is MCM?

Or am I just old?

Any link to the restoration product?

Stock photo but I had the same green Taurus. The green paint was fine (presentable) but the black trim between at the B-pillar and C-pillar had faded to nearly white. Many thin coats of standard black Dip (about 6 coats which only took seconds to apply a coat) gave me 3 years and 100k miles for great results in a salty, northern climate.

Huge visual improvement for absolute minimum investment. Doing both sides I think I used about 1.5 standard rattle cans.

I have some car trim I would like to 'restore' as well with Plasti-dip. Any recommendations on tutorials to read/watch for training?

DipYourCar.com has tons of videos/tutorials on their site and on Youtube.

Interesting story on DipYourCar. The guy had to sort of convince PlastiDip to let him sell the product and to offer the product in large quantities (quart/gallon.) He is now the largest distributor of Dip and surged the Dip company to levels they had never experienced before.

Plasti-Dip permanently adheres to all rubber, so make sure you are aware of that. It is also not resistant to bird poop. It also fades. And since it's flat, you'll have smudges and swirls all over it.

Just by a can of Dupli-Color Black Trim Paint and be done, the right way. It's permanent, it's the right level of gloss, it's tough, and one can will last you 2-3 cars worth of restoration.

In reply to Javelin:

Will it work on plastic, rubber, etc?

I did the rubber bumper pieces on my E21. Looked great, never lifted, never faded. Still looked great the day I sold it. The white dip on the body didn't look so great.

Action shot

In reply to Nick (picaso) Comstock:

Does sheet magnet still stick to a Dipped body panel?

The black trim on the door pillars is vinyl wrap, you might consider removing the old wrap and replacing with new satin black vinyl wrap. If you don't want to re-wrap it, I'd look at vinyl paint rather than plasti-dip for those pieces.

JohnRW1621 wrote: In reply to Nick (picaso) Comstock: Does sheet magnet still stick to a Dipped body panel?

I didn't have any issues, and that was the thin cheap stuff you can get at a craft store. I'm sure the stronger stuff that professionals use would be fine.

Nick (picaso) Comstock wrote: Action shot

man that thing really leans

You should have seen it on the stock suspension