plasti dip spray or the dip kind?

[xj11john]

hi all, I have the dreaded cracked carb boots, what i was wondering was has anyone tried the dip kind of the plasti dip for the boots or just the spray kind?
anyone with good results or should I just use the spray that some have used.

the boots are not cracked all the way through, but I want to try to stop the cracking before that happens.

[motoman]

dip or spray

Use the spray, couple lite coats will work wonders for looks. Haven't needed todo mine as they still R like new being indoors most of time. Used the spray on one of diaphram boots for very small pinhole. Spray left it shiny as before.

[Rasputin]

Dip kind

I have never used the spray on kind so I have nothing to compare too. I used the dip method when I did mine 10 or so years ago. It worked great. I just taped off the openings and run a wire thru the mount holes. When dry, I simply shaved the excess off with a razor knife. The tape kept everything form going where it should not have. It came out very smooth and quite thick. The added thickness was a minor annoyance so far as the hose clamps were concerned. They were a bit harder to get on, but worked good. I finally changed em out last year but they were still not cracking. I was just re-doing so many other things I thought what the heck.

[prometheus578]

"New boots and panties" (yes, I have that album)

I took some black RTV sealant and smeared a nice even coat over my boots. Filled in the cracks nicely.

[CatatonicBug]

I took some black RTV sealant and smeared a nice even coat over my boots. Filled in the cracks nicely.

Like XS Chapstick!

[renegade_xs11g]

I used the spray, the only can I could find in this whole town, we have about 10 different auto parts stores, Wal-mart, 2 Meijers, and several hardware stores.....

1 can, BRIGHT YELLOW.........

Some of the folks here may 'member the post, "Oh, Man is this
Ugly" or somethiong like that, the pic has long since been deleted,

But, black rust-o-leum hides the yellow well!

[oseaghdha]

I saw the spray at Ace is the Place.
Did not try it yet.

Yes, it's screaming yellow.

[kjohnson]

I took some black RTV sealant and smeared a nice even coat over my boots. Filled in the cracks nicely.

I too have done this fix. It works quite well and looks fairly good. Mine would look better if I had the ultra black instead of the greyish black stuff.

[xj11john]

Thanks for the replies, After inspecting the boots they were pretty far gone and did have crakes all the way through on the last removal so I just ordered them on partsnmore website for $90 + $5 shipping, oh well at least I wont have to worry about them for some time now.

[xj11john]

on second inspection after I removed the RTV I had used on them, there is no crack that goes all the way through, so I did coat them with spray Plasti-dip, and they look pretty good so I will take pics and sell them, once I get pics I'll post them.