What's better plastikote or plasidip

[lr02lee]

As the title says what's better for spraying the chrome grill surround

Sorry pressed send before finishing.
Was also thinking of redoing my alloys as when I bought the car they was sprayed with normal rattle can paint.
I don't want to be repainting the grill every month because of stone chips.
So people what's best or what have you used.
Thanks

[darich]

Matt tape.
Don't use standard insulation tape though. You can get proper quality matt black tape for a few quid. I asked the same question and was told that one tin will do one coat and that I'd need at least 2 coats. That plastidip is something like £14 a tin so budget on, potentially, almost £60 for a permanent change.
Tape on the other hand, doesn't require masking although it's still tricky. If you don't like it, you simply peel the tape off.
Takes much less time too.
Expect to pay £15 plus postage for 30m roll
BMW E36 E46 E38 E39 E60 M3 M5 DE CHROME TAPE AUDI 80 A2 A3 A4 1 3 5 6 7 8 SERIES | eBay

30m of tape is enough to do the whole car twice with some left over.
Get a very sharp blade too.

[lr02lee]

How does it form round the bends of the grill. Did you cut the tape and reapply or does it stretch round.

[darich]

It can bend but you need heat to soften the tape. Warm day or a hairdryer. I tried to get mine in one big strip with the join in the middle at the bottom but it was dam near impossible. I eventually did it in 4 sections. top, bottom, left and right. I know you get a join and it wouldn't be to everyone's taste since it's not perfect but without looking for the joints they're not visible.
The tape will probably stretch a little bit when applying then shrink back. Again, not to everyone's taste, but an overlap eliminates and gap opening up.

But even if it looks bad, it's only £15 and easy to remove. If the plastidip looks poor, it's a new grill.

The tape stretches easily around bends on the window trim but I've got a joint at the bottom of the rear triangular windows.

[thomas_lad]

If the plastidip looks poor, it's a new grill.

Plastidip is a spray that sets as a vinyl layer, if it looks poor you can just peel it off and start again.

plastidip is great stuff i used it on my chrome window surrounds and wing mirror covers! if your not happy, allow it to dry and peel it off!