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05-29-2016, 11:09 PM

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Is it done yet?

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05-29-2016, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Pink

no ****... btw plastidip is removable too. and if you spray in the right conditions(not 90% humidity and in direct sun) you wont get striping. I use to do bodywork/paint for a living.

I'm well aware that plastidip is removable. General consensus is that if you're going to do a hood, roof, or entire car with the stuff, get a sprayer. Besides, figure roughly 6-7 dip cans at $6 a can to get the **** thick enough, and you're mighty close to the cost of the sticker (which I've seen cheaper on Amazon/Fleabay for $10-20 cheaper.)

If this were me personally, I'd either just get the vinyl, or rattle can it hammered gloss black.

Whatever route OP decides to take, it'll look good!

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05-30-2016, 11:59 AM

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Going to do mine like the first pic. Only my jeep is black so I'm gonna use a matte or satin black. Also want to do the header panel and from the hood it will continue onto the cowl. Then the center part I'm going to do orange, also onto the cowl in the center. Maybe you could do like the first pic only instead of black use a satin or matte red. Or maybe a different color other than black.

I'm gonna stick with the black and red. Not sure about matte black since nothing else really is matte. I love matte colors tho.

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05-30-2016, 12:03 PM

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http://www.alphavinyl.com/shop/jeep/...blackout-hood/

That looks handy. I might be bad at sticking the vinyl on. Like I'd probably put it on crooked or it would have a bubble or two. :/

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05-30-2016, 12:48 PM

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Use satin black. No reflection off the hood.

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05-30-2016, 02:03 PM

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and a couple cans of paint is still a **** ton cheaper than that.

I've already bought two spray cans cause I need to do some touch ups

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05-30-2016, 02:07 PM

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Yep.

The vinyl also requires no masking, no sanding, and limited prep. It's also removable.

If you decide to use rattle can flat black/plasti dip on the hood, it WILL tiger stripe. With matte paint, large flat panels more or less require a gun.

None of the paint can paint I've done has tiger striped. And I did it in winter when it was probably mid 50's with the sun shining. The only thing it's really done was chipping. But that's probably because of doing it in winter

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