Best "rubber dip" for tool handles

I've got a lot of tools where the rubber coating from the handles is long gone. What's the best product out there to recoat with? Give me the good and the bad, so I know what products to NOT use as well.

Thanks!

 

Good question. I'm wonderin'also.
I heard of recoatin' the 60's style factory spark plug wire holders with that stuff too.
I'll check in the McMaster Carr book on monday. They have good quality stuff. Smokey

 

If you check out eastwood's website, you can find that stuff there. It works good. You buy it in a can, dip your item into the liquid, and bam, its done!

 

I used the stuff from Eastwood to recoat the spark plug wire holders on my car and it worked pretty well. Once the seal on the can is broken, though, it dries up pretty fast even if you put the cap back on tight.

 

What about the bedliner stuff you can buy at the autoparts stores? I would imagine that would work pretty well.

 

I've used Performix Plasti Dip without a problem. Easy to use - clean the part, dip, let dry - even I could do it.

Similar to the stuff from Eastwood - got mine from the Home Depot.

If you cover the top of the can tightly with aluminum foil before replacing the plastic cap, it can last quite a while.

I just used mine again for the first time in almost 6 years.

your experience may vary...

dv

 

i used the plastidip stuff from HD but when i cleaned a pair of pliers with wd40, it ate up the plasic coating, got all slimey and sticky, i had to remove it.

 

I've used the plasti-dip stuff from Home Depot as well, so far so good. I've not cleaned anything with WD40 lately. Hell, I've not cleaned anything lately!
If you use it for small parts, you'll have a little titty on the bottom where it drip dries, like a stalactite. That might not look good on plug wire holders.

 

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Trim with an exacto knife or a razor blade...........done.

Frank

 

I used plasti-dip on some spark plug wire holders I made. It didn't hold up that well. If I did it again, I would dip them in some unthinned catalyzed paint.

Dave