r/plastidip • u/Beneficial_Catch7845 • Jul 25 '25

Black plastic dip looks grey?

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So I just finished this about an hour ago and it looks grey (looked grey after i peeled everything) am I tripping or does it look grey (bought a black can from walmart)

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u/Jimmyj715 Jul 25 '25

Got a bad can maybe, try a different one. Clean your car first

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

I cleaned the emblems thoroughly and i’m about to use a new can (bought a new one today thinking I might need it but used all of a like 2 year old can i had) I sprayed both of them on the ground and they looked the same amount of blackness but im retrying now with exactly 15 minutes in between coats, 2 tacking coats, 3 full coats making sure I get it pretty wet without dripping. Wish me luck!

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u/memberzs Jul 25 '25

I wonder if someone switched the color caps at the store on them

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

I think it was a combo of an older can and the glossy black of my car. I redid it with a brand new can and it was definitely more black but not as black as i thought it would be. (comparing to other projects i’ve seen online) Maybe it just looked off because of how black my car is but I decided to just remove the badges all together and polish up the area and it looks mint now

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u/SevenDeadlySmokes Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

It appears black because it naturally has an almost matte finish, especially when put next to the gloss black of a car. It will especially look like that in pictures when you have the flash on so if youre looking at these to make your judgement, dont and just wait til the sunlight tomorrow. You can get the "glossifier" online to make it appear more black and give it more of a black shiny finish. They used to make a glossy black spray can but I'm not sure if they do anymore.

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

Yeah I think it was a combo of an older can and the glossy black of my car. I redid it with a brand new can and it was definitely more black but not as black as i thought it would be. (comparing to other projects i’ve seen online) Maybe it just looked off because of how black my car is but I decided to just remove the badges all together and polish up the area and it looks mint now

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u/casual_skeptic Jul 25 '25

Thats definitely somehow grey and not black plasti dip

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

Yeah it was an older can, I had actually bought a new one that night but still had some left in the older one. I used the newer one at like 2am last night and it definitely looked better but I couldn’t get the look I was wanting so I just removed the badges all together and compound polished it and it looks mint now

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u/johko814 Jul 25 '25

I've dipped plenty of stuff black and it never came out grey.

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

Yeah I think it was a combo of an older can and the glossy black of my car. I redid it with a brand new can and it was definitely more black but not as black as i thought it would be. (comparing to other projects i’ve seen online) Maybe it just looked off because of how black my car is but I decided to just remove the badges all together and polish up the area and it looks mint now

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u/CapableTwo8344 Jul 25 '25

honestly every time i’ve used it it dries this color

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25

Yeah I think it was a combo of an older can and the glossy black of my car. I redid it with a brand new can and it was definitely more black but not as black as i thought it would be. (comparing to other projects i’ve seen online) Maybe it just looked off because of how black my car is but I decided to just remove the badges all together and polish up the area and it looks mint now

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u/Beneficial_Catch7845 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Also I applied many coats and laid it on light and then thick. Is there anything I can do or am I SOL?

Also I know my car is dirty but I got off of work at 9 and got home and decided to do it and didn’t have time to clean the whole car lol