Anyone use liquid Plasti-Dip (not spray)?

Post by **matthew1** » 10 Mar 2016, 20:28

I'm making hanging lights from Ikea cords, cheap Chinese lightbulb socket doublers, and of course lightbulbs. If you're having trouble imagining these, just think a bunch of bulbs sticking out of a bunch of plastic stuff, hanging from the ceiling over a coffee table or dinner table.

I want to put a thick coat of plastic around the plastic parts, but spray Plasti-Dip I bought and tried over days is nowhere near thick enough. It wont even hide the threads. I've put ten coats on, and it's not close to thick enough. It's not what I thought it would be.

I've read the liquid Plasti-Dip is 2-3x thicker when dry, but even then I'm nowhere near where I want to be... which is perhaps a half-inch thick coat.

Question: is there a way to do this at home with one of these products? Multiple dips/coats? Let the Plasti-Dip liquid get thicker by exposing it to air for a day?

Ok, this isn't exactly for an automotive application, but Pasti-Dip is widely used in the car world, so I'm not really cheating by asking this here instead of Non-Car Talk.

PS78 · Post by **PS78** » 18 Mar 2016, 20:36

Hi. I'm pretty sure the liquid could build up to maybe a 12 mil thickness. From what you were saying I guess you're aiming for a flat finish on your lighting fixture?

Post by **matthew1** » 18 Mar 2016, 20:55

Flat, glossy, heck I'd take "popcorn ceiling" texture, just as long as it's thick. But flat is what this stuff does, so flat it is.

PS78 · Post by **PS78** » 19 Mar 2016, 13:25

You could wrap it with tape to hide the ridges in the fixtures or try 3M patch plus. You can paint that in half an hour and would definitely cover those ridges but would be a lot more work than the plastic dip. Good luck with your project, hope it comes out good dude.

Post by **matthew1** » 19 Mar 2016, 14:16

Thanks for the tips, PS.

callahanoffroad · Post by **callahanoffroad** » 17 Mar 2018, 15:12

Sounds like you want liquid rubber. Or what stuff that is on TV that can seal your boat that you sawed in half... What's it called? I can't remember. But that stuff is thick. Flexseal. That's it.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 12 Apr 2018, 07:18

Liquid Plasti-Dip is pretty thick. I've only used it to dip the handles of some old pliers, and it never completely cured. Then again, it was a humid, rainy day when I dipped them and the drying process didn't go as planned... they may have swung around and hit things.
It's not the easiest to apply either, it's pretty thick in liquid form. If you go with a thin enough coat though, you should be alright. It will be thicker than the spray, but it won't be overly thick if you apply it evenly.
My cousin actually used it to coat his peeling roof trim strips on his S70.