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Originally Posted by synolimit
If you lay it thick and wet at the end and its warm out it will be pretty smooth. Normally it has a slight textured finish like 2000 grit sand paper. I've heard if you spray napthlene after you're done if it has texture it will melt the surface and be smooth as glass. Some people even take a rubber glove and rub the whole wheel to smooth it out. Its not paint though so I'll give you that. But it's very strong, resilient, doesn't chip and a good protector.
No see that's where you're doing it wrong. You want them thick! You want to lay them heavy which will give a smooth finish. Laying light will have texture. If you spray the wheel flat side down you can spray a lot and be ok. More liquidy the smoother the finish. Just be carefull of running.
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Got the final 2 coats of the front wheels and let them dry for 5 hours, the rears had be finished the day before. They were done off the car and yesterday afternoon when I put the wheels on, being very careful, just about every lug nut hole the Plastidip got damaged. Probably just hadn't had time to really cure. Since these are my race wheels after today's race I'll remove the wheels and touch up the areas that are damaged. The the wheels will have 3 weeks to cure before my next event.
Hopefully they will do better then.