Honestly, Plasti-Dip goes on like a wet sneeze.

As you say, the more coats the better, the more even it gets.
The final result has been quite satisfactory for me on my wheels and grill.
I've never used Glossifyer though.

 

Looks pretty good. Temperature and wind conditions make a difference. Ideally, windless and above 65 degrees. I'd encourage anyone to use the can adapter thing I posted. It makes the sweeping motion much more easily achieved.

Glossifier is a finish. It isn't a necessary top coat. Keep it just as you have it if you are happy with the the finish. No need I can think of for additional coats.

Yep. Building up 5-7 coats is key. Also, not overdoing the first two makes a difference. I did not have much clumping at all. Tried to slowly build up from light, quick, sweeping sprays. Never focused for more than a second or two in any one area and continued to sweep.


The can tool adapter REALLY is the key for me.

 

What color did you use for those wheels? They look great!

 

So, I had a nail in a tire today. Machine peeled dip around the circumference while they fixed it. Otherwise, all other dip held up nicely.

I razored well below the peel line and removed the peeled dip. Cleaned the wheel, taped it off, bagged the brakes, and resprayed matte black base then copper metalizer over top. Good as... well, bronze.

 

You have a black coupe, right?

Can you post some pictures of the entire car? I'm getting bored with satin black rims. I want to venture out to another color

 

@timc00k Yep. Black vert. I'll post a few pictures. No professional shots yet. Car's a few weeks from completion.

 

You can really see the light play in those shots. Without direct light the bronze appear black. In cool light or florescent light they appear more gold. In low, natural light, more copper. But, they look great all the time.

I was reassured recently when asked what wheel color I was running by a brand new m4 owner at a gas station. He said, "wow, that's exactly the color I want to put on this. But, I don't know where to order it." He honestly didn't believe me when I told him it was dip.

 

Here are some shots showing the wheels from this afternoon...

 

Very nice. How many coats of metalizer did you put?

 

6 coats of matte black base and 3 coats of copper metalizer.

Next dip will be a white base with copper metalizer. Going to go for copper. Probably 4-5 months from now.

 

Alright. Total change in the works. Toy mod day brought on Anthracite Grey for the evo. Too good not to do on the G.

So, bronze deleting everything and going Anthracite.

 

I know this message is older than dirt, but did you have any issues with the dip tearing when securing the lug nuts? I took my tires off and just dipped my rims and had at least one lug nut on every tire tear the dip. Is there a way around this?

 

Yes it happened to me all the time now the first time it happened was when I brought the car to the garage lol

 

I suspect you'd have better luck using two-piece lug nuts with a floating base.

 

I did some additional digging. One guy suggests putting a little wd40 on each lug nut prior to tightening. Another suggested putting quarters in the slots prior to dipping.