Did you know you can use Plasti Dip to make the soles of crochet slippers non-slip? Plasti Dip has always been a popular purchase for crafters, but for crocheters, in particular, it has solved a problem which has plagued the production of homemade slippers for a while. There are actually a couple of choices of...
Using Plasti Dip to create contemporary jewellery
We recently spotted Annie McNeely’s contemporary jewellery on Instagram so we get in touch to find out more about her designs and what inspired her to try some dipping! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do? I did a BA in silversmithing in jewellery at Sheffield Hallam uni in...
Beautiful watertight marquees with Plasti Seam
Plasti Dip products are used in a huge range of different applications, sometimes solving problems that most people would never know need solving to begin with! One of our regular customers The Romantic Tent Company uses a Plasti Dip product called Plasti Seam to seal the tiny holes in the tent canvas that are created...
A temporary colour change for sound equipment
What do you do if you have taken on a large project which requires all your expensive black sound equipment to be white? This was exactly the dilemma that faced THE Technology a large lighting and audio visual company based in the Middle East who provide rigs for live events and TV shows. They were...
How to reproof your ground sheet with Plasti Dip
We were recently contacted by Ian Outram a customer who wished to find a solution to an old problem, how to reproof ground sheets for tents. Ian explains “Groundsheets need their Hydrostatic Head waterproofness restoring. Reproofing for flysheets only restores the DWR water repellencey, and is no good for restoring the HH of a groundsheet.”...
A League Of Their Own stars race a Plasti Dipped Thundercat
Over the summer the stars of Sky TV’s League Of Their Own visited the Isle Of Wight to film a piece for the show on Thundercat racing. The sport originated in the 1980s in South Africa and involves teams of two competing on 4m inflatable catamarans coupled with a 50hp motor. It requires high levels...
Creating a foam helmet with Plasti Dip
A fantastic replica helmet made from foam and coated in Plasti Dip recently caught our eye on Instagram, so we got in touch with its creator Denny to find out more… What inspired you to create a Viking helmet? My daughter would moan at me if I didn’t say it’s a Roman Helmet (although it...
Using HCF to coat a Skin On Frame (SOF) Kayak
We often get enquiries from people who are looking for a product to help them with a very specific requirement and we are always happy to chat through exactly what you need on the phone. One such enquiry recently came from Nigel Spanswick. Nigel had recently built a rather beautiful kayak using what is known...
A Plasti Dipped tv stand
One of our customers Martyn Webb recently decided to update a TV stand for his children’s playroom. Martyn has used Plasti Dip in a few applications before including a striking makeover of a fireplace and he (rather bravely!) decided to let his kids choose the colours for this particular project. Materials for this project… x2...
Luxury Metallic Plasti Dip lamp makeover
The new luxury metallic range has recently arrived at Plasti Dip UK HQ and we were keen to give it a try out, not as you may think on a car, but on a lamp base! Yup, metallics are very “on trend” in the world of interiors at the moment so we wanted to see...