Thread: Plasti-Dip brush

I watch a lot of Youtube and have seen videos of guys painting cars now with this stuff. So it gave me the idea of making a brush and spraying it with Plasti-Dip. My thought was that it would have a real nice grip to it, because it was originally formulated to dip tool handles in, to give a nice rubbery grip. So I turned a handle out of some maple I had and gave it a go.

I wanted to use the spray, because I've used the actual Dip type in the past and remember it forming a nipple like drip on the base of tool handles, and I didn't want that. Only problem with the spray is, it takes around 8 coats to come close to one dip thickness. I decided to go with 10 coats which took all week to achieve.

In the end, I learned a few things. The spray tip clogs very fast with this product, which ended up screwing with the spray pattern out of the nozzle. Mostly due to me misshaping it trying to unclog it. Next time after each spray session I'll remove the nozzle cap and leave it in paint thinner.

It doesn't spray anything like paint or polyurethane, it's much thicker. After the first 2 initial coats, I needed to concentrate on actually spraying thicker coats than I'm use to doing. This stuff drys very quickly, and spraying thick coats is doable.

In the end, I'm happy with the results but believe I could do a better job the next time around......
I do love the color and love the high grip this handle has. Now only time will tell how durable this coating will be.

Thanks for stopping by Gents.


I can't seem to get the "in process" pics off my phone and to my laptop. I'll post them latter.