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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 08, 01:13 AM
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Anybody use this stuff ?
How much coverage out of a can for a good finish, and how resistant is it to stone chipping ect ?
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fierofool
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DEC 08, 08:43 AM
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I once used it on the mirrors and engine grills. It's supposed to be removable, but I wasn't successful. Eventually, it lost its gloss and became a matte finish. I can't say how resistant it is to stone chipping because the areas where I used it weren't really exposed. The small area I used it on didn't require a full can, either.
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blackrams
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DEC 08, 12:15 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:
Anybody use this stuff ?
How much coverage out of a can for a good finish, and how resistant is it to stone chipping ect ? |
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Hmm 
I really can't speak to your questions but, I can tell you what not to do.
My son decided to let one of his friends use my two post lift to lift his car so he could pull the wheels off and plastic coat them.
(I was at work at the time.)
They pulled the wheels off and then sprayed them on my concrete drive in front of the shop with nothing underneath to catch any over spray.
Needless to say, I was not a happy camper when I got home and saw the end results. No, I didn't see the finish wheels, that kid was long gone.
What I can say is, even after making my son scrape and sweep those spots, some of the plastic dip was still in the crevices and imperfections of the concrete. They were still there after 2 years and the buyer of that home asked me what those were on the concrete. Told him aliens had landed there.
Rams
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 08, 12:45 PM
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I'm not dumb enough to use it on wheels !!!!! 
Think more along the lines of "Emmo Monster' crashes into "Cushman Model 53"
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blackrams
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DEC 08, 08:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:
I'm not dumb enough to use it on wheels !!!!!
Think more along the lines of "Emmo Monster' crashes into "Cushman Model 53"
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What the plastic coat was used on has no relevance to what I was talking about. Just be sure you have a background or drop cloth that can catch the overspray.
Rams
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 08, 10:10 PM
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Got that covered.......Kim's couch blankie should work just fine.
(True storey, 1st winter here I needed to spray some printed parts and with no basement had to improvise. A few buck-store drop sheets, tarps, and some duct-tape later the bathroom was a spray booth inside the tub. )
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Shonyman32
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DEC 09, 09:55 PM
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Look up some tutorials on how to spray it. Start light then go heavier if I remember. If you do it properly itll peal right off. Used to make a friends black car looks like a cop car on the weekends for fun.
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 09, 10:20 PM
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It's not so much for looks. My bike has a few cracks in the plastic I am fixing, as well as a few places where the factory wrap has come off. I do a fair bit of dirt/gravel road riding so rather than re-wrap the parts after fixing figured I'd do the whole thing in something that wont chip and flake off as fast as the factory stuff did.
My other option is do them in spray-on bedliner, but I'd rather have Olive Drab. Looks good with a brown leather solo seat and saddle bags.[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 12-09-2021).]
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