Painting Bumpers
06-20-2010, 02:02 AM
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Painting Bumpers What would be the best type of paint for repainting the bumpers on our cars? Undertaking a project of repainting the front bumper of my car. (GF backed into it) I have painted Rods and old school muscle cars before just never had the chance to paint on newer vehicles.
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nothing really diferent about painting plastic, its preped the same way as sheet metal
unless i its a unprimed raw plastic, like the imports have then there is a proces beore paint
flex agent isnt even need as it evaporates in 6 months, clear coat is flexable, i havent used flex agent in yrs, so if you fixed the bumnper just keep in mind to inish the repair off in 240 to minimize swelling o the plastic
so some techs like to use a flexable primer, some like to use regular primer, i personally use both, ppg flexable primer is a great product, but it goes on horrible, ppgs ncp 271 can be applied over anything
for plastic all ya need is to apply a adheshion promoter before the primer, and your all good
hops that helps
unless i its a unprimed raw plastic, like the imports have then there is a proces beore paint
flex agent isnt even need as it evaporates in 6 months, clear coat is flexable, i havent used flex agent in yrs, so if you fixed the bumnper just keep in mind to inish the repair off in 240 to minimize swelling o the plastic
so some techs like to use a flexable primer, some like to use regular primer, i personally use both, ppg flexable primer is a great product, but it goes on horrible, ppgs ncp 271 can be applied over anything
for plastic all ya need is to apply a adheshion promoter before the primer, and your all good
hops that helps
