DIY - Plasti DIP Your Emblem and Front Grille

 This is a basic DIY on Plasti Dip Emblem and Grille on any vehicle with out removing the emblems , This one I did on my 1993 Corolla . I purchased this can from Home Depot .

Make sure before you mask off your area that you clean the area with Windex or alcohol to remove any dirt , grease or wetness . If you want to mask off more of the area you can but this comes off easily if over spray exceeded the area of masking .

What I did was gave it four coats of plasti dip , Every 30 minutes . You can add more if you want or wait 1 hour if you want before respraying . Make sure it's not humid outside or raining where moisture can be present . At first when you spray it you will think it looks funny or odd or doesn't look even , Do not be alarmed that's the way it will look until it completely dries . You will see improvement when you respray after 30 minutes .

 After you sprayed your coats then you wait about 1 hour or more depending on how much time you can work on this make sure that there is no contact between the emblem and plasti dip and with a tooth pick pull up on a corner and peel away . If you see it lifting up on the emblem keep a sharp razor to cut slightly not damaging your paint but usually the emblem is away from the vehicle leaving you a gap . But the more you over spray the more build up but when it dries it will shrink or should have shrunk by then .

Now where the center garnish or the front grille in my case I wanted the chrome to show on the grille with a sharp razor blade you trace the area you want to remove . Same as the garnish . Do not remove the tape around the garnish until you have cut out the letters cause  you will pull it off if you lift up cause there is no gap separating the plasti dip . As you are lifting gently push down on the area you want kept black especially if you slightly lifted off the are you want to keep the plasti dip on .

Once you are completed then with a moist wash cloth do not wet completely just a tiny bit wet and rub out any unwanted over spray you wish to remove . Do not go over what you painted cause it still needs around 4 hours to cure plus once it gets into the sun it will cure again so wait about a day to be sure if not then do as you wish . Your results will look like this . In the future you wish to remove it you can remove it with a power washer or peeling . They say this last about a year of  environment conditions . May last longer .

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