Plastic Dip

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flor1

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Just ordered my first Izula trying to figure out what i want to do with the handle anyone here looked into using plastic dip like what you get on a pair of pliers. Seems like a good idea and pretty dependable.
 
I done a couple of Becker Necker handles with the plastic dip and it worked great until I got some gas on them one day and the stuff became a big, red, gooey mess. One good thing about it, you can clean it off and redo it if you like.
 
I have a can of that stuff in my basement I've put it on some tools.I like para-cord better for Izula.I think plastic dip would be more trouble than it's worth.
just my 2cents.
 
my experience with tool dip is that it stays pretty soft and isn't all that durable - ymmv might be different, though so it might be worth a try, especially if you do a cord wrap first with something other than 550 cord.
 
I think itd be great!

Big problem with paracord for me is when it gets wet or nasty it takes a good time to dry and I like to pocket carry so its annoying putting it wet handled back in my pocket...
 
I think it would look pretty cool, I just got done rebuilding a stock for my .22 and was thinking about using some of this stuff to texture my grip, has anyone ever tried to use this on anything other then tool or knife handles?
 
Like others have said, it doesn't really hold up that well, at least the brand that I used didn't (I think it was called Plasti-Dip or something like that).

What I would really like to know is what coating they used on the old Benchmade Tether neck knives. It has a very grippy, almost foamy texture and mine has held up very well.
 
That plasti dip is weak.I was looking around and I found some of that spray or roll on heavy duty truck bed liner kinda like the rhino liner you see some trucks have.That stuff is real heavy duty and doesnt like to come off it may work as a knife handle dip.I think you can even add stuff to it as you mix it to make it more grippy if you want.Just an idea.I think I remember a friend at a shop I used to work with did this on some tools he had because he had so much left over after doing like every inch of his truck in that spray on liner.
 
line-x is good stuff - they heat it up to 165 before spraying to cut the cure time down to about 45 minutes.
rhino takes 2 days to cure at ambient temps and never gets as hard.
 
I plasti-dipped the handle on an old United waki-machete years ago, and it was a mess. The stuff never cured properly, and was just a gooey, sticky disaster. I ended up scraping it off and re-wrapping with para-cord. YMMV. If you could get results similar to the handles on your average pair of pliers in the hardware store, it would be great. But I think there's a good reason you don't see pictures of plasti-dipped handled knives very often (ever). If it worked, everybody would be doing it.
 
1066vik said:
line-x is good stuff - they heat it up to 165 before spraying to cut the cure time down to about 45 minutes.
rhino takes 2 days to cure at ambient temps and never gets as hard.
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Can line-x be done at home?I went to the site but didnt see if you had to have it done by a pro or what.They blew up a bunch of stuff it looks like to show how tough it really is.I want to line-x the front door to my house lol.
 
It's a good idea bu I would rather wrap it with some paracord. Or you can have a bladesmith install some G-10 or micarta scales on it.
 
So what did you end up doing? Plasti-dip or something else? Just curious to see if you indeed did the plasti-dip and how it turned out...
 
I would think over time using the plastic dip as a handle would cause chaffing or blister....
another thing is it would become slippery ,even if you add grit to it like sand then it cause bleeding blisters and little cuts...
try it ,take a picture then remove it or para-cord wrap over it.
 
I just finished plasti-dipping my nice new Becker Necker... (4-5 coats, allowed to dry overnight afterwards), very very nice... so far. Time will tell how it holds up... but bright yellow dip on a black knife looks pretty sharp, at least. :)
 
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