Plasti Dip Blue

This was the first time I used Performix 11604-6 Blue Plasti Dip, 14.5 fl oz. I found it very easy to use & a lot less messy than I thought it would be.I decided to cleanup & Plasti Dip some of the tools my father had given me years ago. I used a Dremel, sandpaper, degreaser & alcohol to clean & prep the tools. I was not trying to get the tools to look new & shiny, just really clean so the coating would adhere correctly to the tools. I made sure there was no dirt, rust, grease or oil to interfere w/the product.Things to remember are to make sure the Plasti Dip is well mixed. The product separates & settles to the bottom when it sits. If it’s not mixed well, your coating will be thin, lumpy or uneven. While mixing, be careful as not to stir too vigorously as you may cause the formation of bubbles & these may transfer to whatever your applying the coating to. Also, if you plunge the object to be coated to quickly into the Plasti Dip, you may cause bubbles to form as well. Be sure to slowly (approximately at rate of 1 inch per 5 seconds) dip the object in & remove at same rate. This also allows the excess to slowly run off as you’re removing it from the Plasti Dip. This helps w/minimizing waste & making a mess. As per the instructions, at 70F (21C), allow 30 minutes between coats (I found 2 coats was enough for me) & 4 hours to dry before handling. The coating is a vibrant blue, but it is flat blue. If you desire a glossy color, Performix does sell a spray gloss coating especially formulated for this.I cannot attest to the durability of Plasti Dip yet, but it looks good, feels good in hand & appears to have adhered very well to the tools I dipped. I’ve only used about 35% of the can so far & will be coating some other tools soon. I may try brushing the product on to see how that goes. To keep the unused product from drying out, I placed the plastic cap on the can, then turned the product around the lip/rim of the can under the top, so it filled in the gap & hopefully this will seal it air tight.Thank you for taking the time to read my review, I hope you found it helpful.

worked great on my clamps

The stuff is pretty good but don't expect professional feeling handles like you would buy on tools that already have this coating, this stuff is kind of gritty and it almost has half rubber half Play-Doh type consistency when it's fully dried oh, it does the job pretty good if you just looking to cover up an old handle. I used it on the steel handle for a brass hammer they had lost all it's binding over the years, the handle I had was too long to use the container so I ended up just kind of pouring it over it and it came out a little uneven on some parts, but that was my fault this stuff is made to be dipped in all the way in and slowly pulled out with a couple of coats. So if you have a longer handle get two cans and put it in a long narrow container that whatever you're dipping will be able to dip in vertically.

This image is what it looks like 3 years after I applied the blue Plasti Dip to my laptop computer.My laptop base is a strange shape - it's a wedge shape. So if you place it on a flat table, it's slanted. Anytime I left my mouse on the laptop, it slid toward me. If I didn't catch the mouse, it'd keep sliding and hit the floor. I put pads under the shorter end of the laptop to keep it level, but it still had a really smooth surface and any nudge would send the mouse sliding off and hitting the ground. I kept a mouse pad on the area where there were no keys but it wasn't a good solution either because the mouse pad would slide off, too..Finally, I decided that I was going to put some type of sticky surface, or something with a bit of friction on my laptop to keep the mouse in place, and also use it as a mouse pad.I used painter's tape to cover the parts of my laptop where I wasn't going to add Plasti Dip and then I painted the Plasti Dip onto the bottom portion of the laptop and let it dry.It has worked very well. It's been 3 years now and the Plasti Dip is still on there and still rubbery enough to keep the mouse in place and be used as a mousepad.The left side must be over the hottest part of the computer, because the Plasti Dip has discolored a bit and turned a yellowish green. The right side has some marks from the mouse. But it still works really well and is adhering to the laptop case.

great product

You'll need to dip item multiple times. Expensive.

Great product. We used this to coat the handles on an antique pair of pliers. Excellent quality; they turned out even and nice.

I have a set of older pliers that needed new covers. Some were missing, some were damaged, and some were just slipping off making holding the tools harder when trying to apply torque. Since I was not in any hurry - I dipped all three - three times - over a period of several days and found that this stuff works great! When you dip the tools as defined, they are almost drip free and surprisingly tough! I let them hang from a wire to fully dry between each of the coats. I have some screwdrivers that I am going to try next.Only one CON that I can think of - the container limits you on how big/deep you can dip each part - so as the can empties - it gets harder to do. So, you may have to use a disposable paint brush to coat some parts properly - and I have not tried that yet, so I don't know how feasible/reasonable that will be.