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Couple of lessons actually... I decided to venture off my normal path and try two things. One, I never liked the "brushed aluminum looking" grill/handles/grill/beauty bar on my car and decided to try plasti-dip. I liked it for a while, but a busy schedule kept me from cleaning my car often so the stuck bugs eventually ate through the plasti-dip coating. That is despite the 4-5 good coats I put on as instructed by their videos. I decided to peel it off recently, mistake #1. It would not come off like I was told it would. It took a lot of finesse, time, scrubbing, and eventually a chemical.
Now, in the process I decided to get some turtle wax sticker and label remover and get the stickers off the back of my window. The sticker remover made the job easy, and I decided I would try it on the stubborn bits of plasti-dip. What do you know, it works, kind of. Turns it into a gooey mess, but was easier than fingernailing the whole car for hours. HOWEVER, i did not read the bottle closely and it oversprayed on my textured plastic mirror, and ruined it. After more research it would appear it bleached, permanently I might add, the textured black plastic surface. To add insult to injury, I got an up close look at one of my doors, and it may have ruined the paint on my door. Mind you, repaired and repainted a couple years ago after some guy bashed it in with his explorer. And the chosen body shop did a terrible job in every way possible, including painting it it would now seem. It looks like orange peel but nothing my machine or any product in my arsenal could eliminate.
To sum it up, plasti-dip is harder to get off than it seems, and ALWAYS READ THE LABEL ON THE BOTTLE. I could have avoided the label and sticker remover incident if I had just read dang "caution do not get on trim or black plastic" label...
Now, in the process I decided to get some turtle wax sticker and label remover and get the stickers off the back of my window. The sticker remover made the job easy, and I decided I would try it on the stubborn bits of plasti-dip. What do you know, it works, kind of. Turns it into a gooey mess, but was easier than fingernailing the whole car for hours. HOWEVER, i did not read the bottle closely and it oversprayed on my textured plastic mirror, and ruined it. After more research it would appear it bleached, permanently I might add, the textured black plastic surface. To add insult to injury, I got an up close look at one of my doors, and it may have ruined the paint on my door. Mind you, repaired and repainted a couple years ago after some guy bashed it in with his explorer. And the chosen body shop did a terrible job in every way possible, including painting it it would now seem. It looks like orange peel but nothing my machine or any product in my arsenal could eliminate.
To sum it up, plasti-dip is harder to get off than it seems, and ALWAYS READ THE LABEL ON THE BOTTLE. I could have avoided the label and sticker remover incident if I had just read dang "caution do not get on trim or black plastic" label...
