Is cured plasti-dip reef safe?

leveldrummer · 03/06/2014, 10:37 AM

Plasti-dip is a rubber coating that you dip tools into and let it dry, Ive been dipping magnets into it the last couple days building up a nice thick coat so I can use it to build a DIY frag rack, after letting it cure for 2 days, it still have a very strong paint like smell to it. Im curious if anyone else has used this in a reef tank without issue, or if anyone can check what it actually is and recomment proper curing or whether or not this is even safe to attempt.

Mhay · 03/06/2014, 10:55 AM

Hmmm.. hard to say. I personally wouldn't want to be the guinea pig.
I used plasti-dip on my car and loved it. I know with more layers the longer it takes to fully 100% cure...like a week or so.

clay12340 · 03/06/2014, 11:08 AM

You might be able to google up and MSDS on it too see what is actually in it.

03/06/2014, 10:37 AM	#1
leveldrummer Reefer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,831	Is cured plasti-dip reef safe? Plasti-dip is a rubber coating that you dip tools into and let it dry, Ive been dipping magnets into it the last couple days building up a nice thick coat so I can use it to build a DIY frag rack, after letting it cure for 2 days, it still have a very strong paint like smell to it. Im curious if anyone else has used this in a reef tank without issue, or if anyone can check what it actually is and recomment proper curing or whether or not this is even safe to attempt.

03/06/2014, 10:55 AM	#2
Mhay Crazy Cat Lady Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 468	Hmmm.. hard to say. I personally wouldn't want to be the guinea pig. I used plasti-dip on my car and loved it. I know with more layers the longer it takes to fully 100% cure...like a week or so. __________________ Maggie Current Tank Info: Coralife Biocube 29

03/06/2014, 11:08 AM	#3
clay12340 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Bloomington, Indiana Posts: 312	You might be able to google up and MSDS on it too see what is actually in it.