Plasti-dip for the win

[Northshoreislife]

A little project this Monday evening....plasti-dip for the back logo.

I have a Nightfall Wolf Gray SXP and while I don't mind the new logo style, it drives me crazy to have the silver logo when everything else is black. So, I fixed it!

 

[arattle]

Looks much better....front is much trickier to tape off/black out, at least for me. But I don't mind the front as much, the back font mismatch still looks wrong to me.

 

[Guinner16]

A little project this Monday evening....plasti-dip for the back logo.

I have a Nightfall Wolf Gray SXP and while I don't mind the new logo style, it drives me crazy to have the silver logo when everything else is black. So, I fixed it!

How did the edges turn out?

 

[Northshoreislife]

How did the edges turn out?

They are nice and crisp! We did 3 heavy coats, letting each dry completely between. Peeled off with zero issue! I will take a close up of the edges and post tomorrow when it it light out again.

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[Guinner16]

They are nice and crisp! We did 3 heavy coats, letting each dry completely between. Peeled off with zero issue! I will take a close up of the edges and post tomorrow when it it light out again.

Sounds good. If you get the time post a step by step of your method. Also let us know which brand plastidip you used.

 

[Northshoreislife]

Sounds good. If you get the time post a step by step of your method. Also let us know which brand plastidip you used.

Ran out and snapped a couple photos in the garage to show the edges.
Step by step...it was ridiculously easy and although I was nervous to spray my new car with a spray paint can, it worked just like it was supposed to! These instructions are probably too detailed, it really was simple.

1. Clean logo
2. Tape a rectangle around the logo...give yourself a few inches on each side to allow for the Plasti-Dip to have an "edge" to peel from.
3. Cover area around logo (outside rectangle) with newspaper/plastic/kids old drawings/whatever you can find. You can see how big of an area I covered and it was enough to account for over spray.
4. Start spraying! Spray the sides and face. You won't have to spray much on the face, as it gets hit when you do the sides.
-We didn't do a thin coat, we were generous with the spray. But not so thick that it ran down and dripped.
-We didn't continuously hold the spray button....you kind of swing back and forth, pushing the button as you are over the area and release when you get past it. This is just how we spray paint in general to keep it from pooling in one area. Not sure if you really need to do this for plasti-dip, we just did and it turned out nice and even.
5. Let each coat dry completely before applying next coat. Repeat for 3 or 4 coats. We did 3, knowing they were not thin coats.
6. Once final coat is completely dry, not tacky, peel the paper/tape up. The plasti-dip will start peeling up with your tape and will break away when it hits the logo. Peel slow around the logo to make sure the break away happens. I had some toothpicks on hand in case I would need to separate, but I didn't need them at all.

 

[Guinner16]

Ran out and snapped a couple photos in the garage to show the edges.
Step by step...it was ridiculously easy and although I was nervous to spray my new car with a spray paint can, it worked just like it was supposed to! These instructions are probably too detailed, it really was simple.

1. Clean logo
2. Tape a rectangle around the logo...give yourself a few inches on each side to allow for the Plasti-Dip to have an "edge" to peel from.
3. Cover area around logo (outside rectangle) with newspaper/plastic/kids old drawings/whatever you can find. You can see how big of an area I covered and it was enough to account for over spray.
4. Start spraying! Spray the sides and face. You won't have to spray much on the face, as it gets hit when you do the sides.
-We didn't do a thin coat, we were generous with the spray. But not so thick that it ran down and dripped.
-We didn't continuously hold the spray button....you kind of swing back and forth, pushing the button as you are over the area and release when you get past it. This is just how we spray paint in general to keep it from pooling in one area. Not sure if you really need to do this for plasti-dip, we just did and it turned out nice and even.
5. Let each coat dry completely before applying next coat. Repeat for 3 or 4 coats. We did 3, knowing they were not thin coats.
6. Once final coat is completely dry, not tacky, peel the paper/tape up. The plasti-dip will start peeling up with your tape and will break away when it hits the logo. Peel slow around the logo to make sure the break away happens. I had some toothpicks on hand in case I would need to separate, but I didn't need them at all.

Thanks for the info. I am going to give this a try. I had my emblems wrapped. The front emblem turned out perfect but the back isn’t clean on the edge of the emblem.

 

[Oddiew]

Awesome info, thx

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[caredug]

Thanks for the pictures! This is one of the first things I plan on doing when my new one comes in. I don't understand why it's not already black for the NF packages, but easy enough to fix on my own I guess!

 

[MG535]

Cover area around logo (outside rectangle)

So the rectangle includes some sheet metal around the logo? And the dip that gets sprayed on the sheet metal is peeled off by hand at the end?

Any tools needed for that aside from a toothpick?

 

[sprengBoard]

@Northshoreislife that looks killer!

 

[dgyale]

So the rectangle includes some sheet metal around the logo? And the dip that gets sprayed on the sheet metal is peeled off by hand at the end?

Any tools needed for that aside from a toothpick?

it's just the car paint, no extra metal. You spray right onto the car and the dip peels right off of the car paint around the logo.

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[Northshoreislife]

Agr

Thanks for the pictures! This is one of the first things I plan on doing when my new one comes in. I don't understand why it's not already black for the NF packages, but easy enough to fix on my own I guess!

Agree! I think Kia just really wanted their new logo to "pop"....which it definitely does but not necessarily in a good way. Thankfully this is a super easy fix that doesn't take much skill, so those of us who don't really know what we're doing can DIY our way into fixing it.

 

[SC300ES]

you should also coat it with their Metallizer or the Glossifier.

 

[Northshoreislife]

So the rectangle includes some sheet metal around the logo? And the dip that gets sprayed on the sheet metal is peeled off by hand at the end?

Any tools needed for that aside from a toothpick?

Right - it feels weird to spray over the paint of the car, but as soon as you pull the first piece of tape when taking it off, it automatically pulls off from the car. Once you get to the logo, the different level, creates a "break" for the plasti-dip and it automatically breaks away, leaving the material ON the emblem, but off you car. Weird stuff, but it works awesome.
No other tooks aside from the toothpick.

 

[Northshoreislife]

G

you should also coat it with their Metallizer or the Glossifier.

Good to know, I haven't done that and it definitely is more matte looking than the "Telluride" lettering.

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[Guinner16]

you should also coat it with their Metallizer or the Glossifier.

I just looked at hyper dip aerosol, which comes in a piano gloss black. It’s more expensive but would eliminate a clear coat. It is also sprayed on differently in lighter coats, and more total coats. I may go this route.

 

[rockadile]

My plan was to use the smoke PlastiDip and the Glossifier to try and get it closer to the rear lettering as they look more tinted in the pictures than black. I don't have the Telluride yet so I am waiting for it to arrive before I finalize my plan of attack...but these badges are gonna get something done to them.

 

[arattle]

Front and rear letters are a shiny black on 22 NFE. I'm thinking of glossyfying the Kia logos, unless the aft one gets removed altogether...