How to get smooth PlastiDip finish on your cosplay - Quick Tip Clip | Cosplay Apprentice 

I literally worked for a cosplay company from Midwest USA, and I fought with my co-workers over this. We kept our cans near the door, all year round, didn't warm them before use, and other than me, they were proponents of the "small coats". They had a bit more luck with it than others, but I never liked how their stuff turned out: not smooth enough for me. But they also had a huge 40K history, where having those details really just adds to the grittiness of the characters/costume/theme.

This guy knows what he is talking about. I’ve been doing some research on improving plasti dip. I’m a painter and it’s unique in the way it acts and cures. But listening to his advise and things like warming the can up are things that told me this guy is someone who I can trust for advise.

I use alternating colors of plastidip to see coating. Black foam... White dip.. Next gray... End in black. If painting lighter colors you want a light background so switch to grey black white. I also find the blaze color on sale a lot! Bright pink makes reds n oranges pop! Great video!!!

So we are attempting our first armor piece for our niece (very simple design) with 5mm EVA foam as the base with trim and decorative scales using 2mm EVA to emulate Hiccup and Astrids dragonrider armor from How to Train Your Dragon. We were using the white plastidip When we used Plastidip the surface ended up very bubbly and pock-marked. We had sprayed in our garage (with proper ventilation) to avoid the outdoor moisture and humidity as I've had issues with this on plastic miniatures and acrylic primer, however, the surface quality still ended up being very poor. We had also heat-sealed the foam with a heat gun a few days prior to applying the plastidip. In addition, we have some layers of the 2mm trim foam glued along the edges of the armor plate scales peeled back and many of the scales glued on the armor surface peeled up along the scale edges. We are assuming that as the plastidip dried, it contracted and the "shrinking" cause the foam underneath to warp and peel up. We did try to use a heat gun to reshape some of the scales and trim and then re-glued these, but the plastidip did actually start bubbing and did not look very good at all. In the mean time since we don't have time to rebuild the armor before the holidays we are trying to fix the pockmarked surface by using a thinned gesso to try and even the surface so it doesn't look as bad. We're not quite sure what we are doing wrong, do you have idea what might have caused this and how we can avoid it in the future?

can i use other variants of plastidip like the gunmetal gray for primering my eva foam?

Thanks for all of the tutorials! I am in the painting stage of a project, and the plastidip dried really differently on different surfaces--very matt on the eva foam, thicker, glossier on the foam clay and quick seal. So seams and foam clay features really stand out under plastidip coat. Will this even out when I pain, or do I need to add some more coats of plastidip?

A great resource that I always revisit. I love how our definition of “warm” weather is relative. It’s 50 degrees today where I am in So FLA and I was wondering if it would be too cold to spray 🤣

My biggest challenge is finding a way to use spray paints and Plastidip inside. Because the weather is too cold/windy most of the year and I have no access to a garage or shop area to do this stuff in. Ugh!

Hey I've been watching a few of your videos and am working on my first project a foam helmet (Mandalorian 500K challenge) and found this video really helpful I'd love to see you apply the product in this video, would you recommend Plastidip for a helmet or something more sturdy (sealer like Mod Podge, etc. )

Been there! Can you do a mini tutorial on using Foam Mo? How to use it for sealing seams, how to sculpt with it, attach it another surface after it's cured, sealing and painting.

Been there!

RU-vid recommended this video. I was about to ruin the armor that I just made. @CosplayApprentice Thank you so much!

Yep been there lol!

My greatest challenge is sealing with something like plastidip, always.

Hi quick question, I’m trying to make an f1 car wing from Eva foam- so smooth as possible is the aim- I’m planning on heat gun > primer filler > plasti dip > then paint coats > then a clear coat to finish. Should I add some fine sanding in there somewhere and if so - which stage?

Great tutorial, as always. How long after applying your coats do you have to wait to paint?

I have a question, how does it cure, cuz today is 56 degrees today, and i'm working on my armor and plastidip said over 70 degrees Fahrenheit, so how much degrees will it be when i heat it up?

Is plastidip-coated foam able to be spray painted over with normal spray paints like rust-oleum, or is there some surface treatment or special type of paint needed first?

Been there xD

Been there

How do I get it smooth after it pits. Sanding and respraying hasn't worked.

so i have a problem, the plastidip caused the caulking to bubble and now i have to sand it all off what can i do to stop this?

The biggest challenge using Plasti-Dip for me is getting it

Would leaving a can in a summer heat garage do? 😅

Been there.... is it salvagable?

Been there 😭

Totally been there :'c

You speak really well, and you do a lot of speaking. But after explaining the plasticoat twice, it became tedious.

Been there