Plasti-Dip Mod for Scratching of paint on lower doorsills

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A) Okay here is my mod to help our lower door sills. As you can see I have been using clear packaging tape as a temporary solution which has worked quite well actually. It's been protecting my lower door sill since I became aware of the damage down there. So it slowed it down a bit.
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B) Another angle of my tape protection, not pretty but it got the job done and I never looked down and noticed it really.
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C) This is a close up of the tape which shows all the abrasions and nicks to the tape. Blurry I know, but you get the idea. That could have been my paint! :cry:
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D) Here I am peeling the clear tape.
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E) More tape peeling. As you can see it's like brand new under there except for the original damage before it was covered.
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F) Last part of the tape. You can see the pits and little damage from earlier. Sucks that the Rogue was not designed better to prevent this.
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G) Here we go folks!
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H) I placed the painters tape at the indentation line as a guide. It looked like a good place to start.
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I) Cover the Rogue.
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J) The first coat! :)
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K) The great thing about this stuff is that you don't have to spray it perfect, it will even out all by itself!
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L) Now a quick 2nd coat and third coat 5 min later!
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M) So it's a little over 15 minutes and it's time to start removing the painter's tape.
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N) The reason I am doing this all in just over 15 minutes is because I don't want the Plasti-dip to come off with the tape.
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O) As you can tell by the time-stamp, all this fun in just over 15 min. while the temperature outside was around 78 degrees.
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P) Close-up. Sorry it's blurry but it looks awesome up close! :)
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Q) Still drying but still looking good folks.
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R) Looks nice almost OEM quality in my opinion.
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S) Another close-up. Looks good here too.
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T) I kept my doors open for 1 hour and a half! Pretty warm outside so I was comfortable with that time.
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U) Another view, remember it's still drying folks.
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V) While waiting to dry, let's make sure all the grit and grime is removed from the rubber molding so not to mar up the un-cured Plasti-dip.
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W) The final product! I already open and closed the door a few times and it's holding well so far! Time will only tell in the long run! Good luck if you wanna try it! :dblthumb: :thewave: :monkey:
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That looks awesome :mike

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That sure looks good. I like these simple mods which help keeping you cars value u for the long run. I'll try this on mine this weekend.

Q: Is it definite that Pasti-Dip does not effect the paint?

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ThandaPani wrote:
Q: Is it definite that Pasti-Dip does not effect the paint?
It will not damage paint. It has been used on roofs, wheels, headlamps, metal and plastic chrome, bare metals, etc. You can even cover your hand in it if you wanted....don't know why you would, except its kind of fun to peel it off lol. :lolling:

Here is an example of somebody removing Plasti-dip from their vehicle.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0f4iATyodQ[/youtube]

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The color looks a little damp. Is there any way to shine it up a bit?

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You can always try clear.
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casperfun that does look amazing, thanks a lot for the innovative idea and for all the detailed photos of the process, much appreciated!

I'm curious how it will hold up over time, but like you said it's a quick job, no more work and probably even easier than the clear tape, which I'm currently using BTW.

Just for the record, could you let us know again where ths product is available, or perhaps I just missed it in an earlier post? Good lookin project either way!

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You can get the Black Plasti-dip at Home Depot for under $6 plus tax which is where I purchased mine. Other places like Lowes should have them too. These are your best bets. Mostly for the Black Plasti-dip spray version.

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I got it from Home Depot. But I am still looking for the clear one.

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Result: disaster!

I kept the painters tape on the car for about 20 minutes between each coat (on the can it says wait for four hours between the coats). I applied four coats and when I remove the painters tape the edges of the Plasti-dip came with the tape!

I don't understand how Casper did three coats in 15 minutes!

Until my second attempt, good old electric tape will hopefully protect my sill. The car designers at Nissan must be stupid. I spent $37.000 to purchase that car and try to mask the car with newspapers, spray paint the car to "protect" it from being scratch because some idiots decided to change the location of the weather stripping (a detail solved 50 years ago).

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Qashqai - Use a hair dryer on medium heat to speed up the paint drying process. Keep the the heat flow moving constantly and don't focus in one location for too long a period.

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Qashqai wrote:Result: disaster!

I kept the painters tape on the car for about 20 minutes between each coat (on the can it says wait for four hours between the coats). I applied four coats and when I remove the painters tape the edges of the Plasti-dip came with the tape!

I don't understand how Casper did three coats in 15 minutes!
Sounds like you were way too careful which I understand. I too know about the directions on the Plasti-dip can and I usually follow them precisely. Trust me I am anal with directions and want things done right too. But in this case ignore the can.

But what I learned from the Plasti-Dip mods and reading a ton of stuff about this subject online, I learned from other peoples mistake and many of them online said that it was best not to leave on the tape too long or Plasti dip will stick onto the tape. They wrote about their so-called disasters too. Well I did wait about 10-15 minutes between coats for my badges.

With that in mind, I just painted each coat and waited 5 min between coats. In your mindset, you're probably thinking that your rushing this Paint Job but in reality it's the perfect for this project. I am not a paint person so to me the paint looks dry to me and sometimes I get impatient and want the thing done. So I really hit the sweet spot for taking the tape off because it really looked good when I peeled it off. Pleasantly surprised actually! :chuckle:

Hence, the outcome was perfect for me at least. So far it has held up really well, and you can see these miniscule indentations where it is protecting at a microscopic level. But of course the rubber is acting as a protective barrier and nothing is going through! :dblthumb:

Remember at 20 minutes between 4 coats (that is over 1 hour and 20 minutes)! Way too long and I am not surprised the Plasti dip stuck to the tape. = DISASTER

Do 3 coats with the last coat the heaviest. Moreover, no more than 5 minutes between coats. The key is to peel the tape off after completing this paint job which should only be 15 minutes at the most! If you do, the look will be PERFECTION!

Do 1 door sill at a time. Which means peeling the tape after 15 min for the first door, then start all over for the next. etc. So all 4 doors should take an hour. Each door will come out perfect that way. :bigthumb:

I still have to do the other 3 doors. :yesnod

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Imma do the Hood if thats a good idea.
Maybe try to do a carbon fiber look
do you think this would work
spray 1 coat on clear
spray 2 coat with black
spray 3 coat with black with some type of screen.

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TaiLuu wrote:Imma do the Hood if thats a good idea.
Maybe try to do a carbon fiber look
do you think this would work
spray 1 coat on clear
spray 2 coat with black
spray 3 coat with black with some type of screen.

Don't know about your particular technique but I heard it's best just to use the Plasti-Dip alone for best adhesion. It's been done so why not. Plus, if you don't like it you can peel it off real easy.
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One question does the clear plastic dip give it like a glossy look or its just transparent?

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TaiLuu wrote:One question does the clear plastic dip give it like a glossy look or its just transparent?

Plasti Dip will give a flat black finish. So if your looking to something similiar to those Matte black custom vinyl vehicle look, than this is a cheap option.

Not really the carbon fiber look. :cool:

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Plasti Dip will give a flat black finish. So if your looking to something similiar to those Matte black custom vinyl vehicle look, than this is a cheap option.

Not really the carbon fiber look. :cool:[/quote]

If I can't get a carbon fiber look then I'm thinking of putting
2 coats of black then 3rd coat of clear in clear gives a glossy look.
To give me the cheap ricer look lol

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Thank you! I put the earlier recommended film on yesterday and It was not all that easy. I don,t have a garage to do it in. I lost control of the film. It did not turn out as good as I wished. It will do for now, but thought about taking it for a professional job. The film is a great option, however, I am all thumbs.

As I was playing it over in my mind lat night I wondered if it was possible to spray something on. And I read this post. This I can handle and get better results.

I also was looking at the roll of black plastic body molding that sticks on with 3M tape. It says it is 1 inch wide and 1/4inch thick. Does anyone think that added thickness would cause problem with the door closing or eventual stress to the door hinges etc?

~~~~~Casperfun, how is it holding up? This looks to be a great solution.

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Adding, so it's clear, that the door molding put in the place of the scratching on the door sill. Could that work for that protection needed?

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egor's mom wrote: I also was looking at the roll of black plastic body molding that sticks on with 3M tape. It says it is 1 inch wide and 1/4inch thick. Does anyone think that added thickness would cause problem with the door closing or eventual stress to the door hinges etc?

~~~~~Casperfun, how is it holding up? This looks to be a great solution.
First and foremost, I would not recommend the Plasti-Dip solution. As they say, it's easy to come off when you like, well it's easy to scrape off down there on the door sills too. It will eventually come off slowly in a minimal way where you eventually see the paint job.

If you really want a spray-on solution, I would recommend the Flex Seal™ Liquid Rubber Sealant Coating in Aerosol Cans for leaking pipes. That probably be a better solution. Maybe sound proof spray. Perhaps, fellow forum members could chime in who have experience with these products.

As for my final solution, I did do a D-I-Y with 3M protective foam on my sills. You can check it out here.

lower-door-sills-diy-fix-idea-t547245.html

Unlike those 3M stick-on side moldings you mentioned earlier, these of course conforms to the doors with it being foam and all. As for my final review on using this as a solution.

It has been bullet-proof for me. No problems whatsoever. Any tiny pebbles, sand, or grit is caught by this foam tape as I can see the indentations which are left behind. 100% works until the tape falls off and remember we talking 3M so it will be a very long time.

Think of it as 3M tape with steroids. Heck, regular old packaging tape really worked very well as seen earlier.! :yesnod

Good Luck whatever you try. :dblthumb:

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Thanks I will check that out. The film I put in actually turned out better than I thought it would. But I might check into doing something in the spring. Shame Nissan never owned up and did a similar fix for it and allowed us to have it professionally done by them. I'm just so grateful for finding from here. My drivers side is really scratched up. Not thru to the metal that I can see, but it would only have been a matter of time. Again thanks.


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