Im going to plasto-dip the rims tomorrow. What armor all is used to shine them?

 

Does armor all keep it shiny or does it wear off like the stuff you put on your tires to shine them up?

 

It wont shine up like you think. The armor all will make the plasti dip look bad if not done right and the armor all will come off pretty quickly.

 

my assumption is it will wear off in a matter of days imo. Armor all is a good product it just never lasts very long. I guess you become addicted too the results. also imo.

 

in other words its just gonna look like a flat black color all the time right? and u could try "Back to Black" its a cleaner for old fender flares or anything that is black to bring back the color, but not sure if it would work

 

hmm well i wasnt really looking for a flat black look.. anyone have pics of a black truck with flat black flower pedals?

 

The flat black looks great IMHO. I dont like shiny ****.... I have pictures of my truck with the flat black 06-09 rims.

 

The plastidip you guys are using....Is it the UV stuff or regular stuff?
If it's not the UV stuff then it will degrade and dry out over time when in the sun. Rubbers and plastics have polymers in them and need "DOP" to keep their properties lubricated. UV rays bring the DOP to the surface and dries out quickly. (DOP is a shorter name for the tehnical name that I cannot remember nor spell. Something like Bis-(2Ethyl..xxxxxxiotylidiol...lol)
You need a UV stabilizer to counteract this.

You could use Armorall to shine them up, but I would think the plasti-dip would show grease smears, collect dust/dirt and just be an eye soar. Sure it may look alright within the first 10 min, but it WILL attract dust/dirt even with the newer anti-static formulas Armorall has come out with.
I have detailed thousands of cars as I used to own a detail shop. I would steam the engines and then douse with armorall and wipe clean. It looks awesome to just be driven to the auction house, but for daily driven vehicles I try to tell people to stay away from that stuff for anything but on tires because of how much dust it will collect. let's face it, it's a petroleum based product and has an oily residue. It's gonna collect dust.

I personally cant stand when I see at shows an engine doused with Armorall...Makes me sick. Looks like a mess especially when it's not wiped dry. I steam my engines and let them air dry and they stay super clean all the time...okay..rant over bout engines and shiny stuff..haha

I know Armorall has their newest UV protectant (within the past 10years) but that doesn't stop Armorall from allowing the DOP in polymers to be drawn to the surface, then, once the armorall washes away or gets dried up, those DOP's get dried up too from the UV rays. So, it's a combination of Armorall and the lack of consistently applying the stuff that causes dash cracks, tire dry rot and other problems.

If anyone uses Armorall for anything, you must reapply it ALL THE TIME and that's what I hate about the stuff. If not, you will incurr damage to your applied parts over time.

THIS stuff here is s'poda be the best thing out. I have not used it though, but the shop down the road from me used it all the time and swore by it. My local supplier couldnt get the stuff so I opted not to use it, plus I did auction house carsd mostly and far less customer rides so i didn't care to spend the extra money.

 

I don't like shiny either, but what if you tried putting a few coats of clear on there? Seems like it would work to me, just a suggestion.

 

no thread jack intended. But while on the subject i just picked up a pair of chrome atv rims that have a few rust spots i hear u can peal this stuff off so will it be a good idea to use this plasti dip on the rims if there gonna spend quite a bit of time in the mud?