nice weather day in nyc for a wash and some shadowline
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I waited but I've seen videos of people putting coats on back to back and removing the tape while its still wet and the paint still dried the same way if I redo this I might seriously consider doing it that way cuz if you don't mask the inside part of the windows perfect as you pull away the tape some of the paint might come off the trim. I really don't know if there is a right or wrong way.
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Looks great! I've never worked with that stuff tho... I wrapped mine, and the hardest part for me was cutting it perfectly along the edges. I had to go back and re-do a couple of trim pieces.
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First thing I've used it on but I think for good results, do it inside a area where there is no dust. I started to do it with the garage open and it got dust all over when wind had a gust. So I had to remove all of it and start from scratch. I applied a first thin coat with it very clean, I kept added coats every 20 minutes. They have about 5-6 coats on them. Turned out with no imperfections surprisingly.
From watching the videos from dipmycar, he recommends moving the masking right after you spray, otherwise it will bond to the tape and it will rip when you pull it.
From watching the videos from dipmycar, he recommends moving the masking right after you spray, otherwise it will bond to the tape and it will rip when you pull it.
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First thing I've used it on but I think for good results, do it inside a area where there is no dust. I started to do it with the garage open and it got dust all over when wind had a gust. So I had to remove all of it and start from scratch. I applied a first thin coat with it very clean, I kept added coats every 20 minutes. They have about 5-6 coats on them. Turned out with no imperfections surprisingly.
From watching the videos from dipmycar, he recommends moving the masking right after you spray, otherwise it will bond to the tape and it will rip when you pull it.
From watching the videos from dipmycar, he recommends moving the masking right after you spray, otherwise it will bond to the tape and it will rip when you pull it.
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so did you remove the tape directly after you applied the last coat? i did my trim same exact way you did your mirrors but i didn't remove my tape for about 20 minutes after i did my last coat of course by that time the spray already bonded to everything which made clean up kinda difficult.