anyone repaint a bumper on their own? any suggestions?
03-18-2013, 05:28 PM
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anyone repaint a bumper on their own? any suggestions? my front bumper looks like hell and the quotes from body shops around here are high, so I figured I could try it myself since Iv painted a few things before. My buddy's dad has a paint booth and a sprayer that I can use to spray it down. What grit sand paper should I use to start with? Can I use a spray can to prime it before I hit it with the gun?
Any suggestions will help since Iv never done plastic body panels before.
Any suggestions will help since Iv never done plastic body panels before.
03-18-2013, 06:24 PM
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if your gonna prime it just sand it with 320, and prime it. then sand again with 400 to 600. if you hit raw plastic put some adhesion promoter down first. stay away from the spray can unless you wanna do it all over again.
03-19-2013, 10:37 PM
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If you have any spider web cracking in the paint your going to want to go down pretty deep with a fairly heavy grit; if you don't go down far enough in those spots it will end up cracking in the future even if it looks fine after painted it.
03-20-2013, 10:39 AM
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I really need to learn how to repaint myself, save a whole lot of money. I'm scheduled for a bumper repaint on monday and not at all excited about the fees. Good luck, OP.
03-20-2013, 08:23 PM
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You are going to have to remove all the clearcoat, probably easiest to take it to bare plastic and start from scratch. Use 220-320 grit to strip the bumper. This is a tedious and labor intensive job, which is why it will cost a lot at bodyshops. Once you get it all to bare plastic you'll need to sand it smooth with 400 grit or so. Wet sanding helps get rid of the fuzzy wuzzies caused by dry sanding the plastic. Use an adhesion promoter and then a sandable hi-build primer. Sand that with 320 working your way up to finer grits depending on what paint is being used.
-Another thought would be to strip the bumper to plastic, Wet sand with 400 grit and then take it to a body shop for priming and painting. This way you get a professional job and save money on labor. I work at a body shop so I know how shitty it is to have to strip a bumper!
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03-28-2013, 10:33 AM
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The good thing is, even if you f up and get terrible orange peel or whatever, you can bury it in clear and sand it down to perfection.
I'll have to check, but the last few months of CarCraft (i think that's the one) has had a few different articles on DIY painting with lots of good pointers. They are probably online. Not the most in depth but it gives you a good idea on the steps to take.
I'll have to check, but the last few months of CarCraft (i think that's the one) has had a few different articles on DIY painting with lots of good pointers. They are probably online. Not the most in depth but it gives you a good idea on the steps to take.
03-29-2013, 10:32 AM
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As an automotive painter for about 17 years I must say this is the first forum I have come across with ACCURATE paint advice. Kudos to you all! Good advice.
03-29-2013, 01:23 PM
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I've been asking this question for several years, without any success, but I'll try again...Is there any reliable way to strip a urethane bumper, such as those found on the F-bods, WITHOUT all the tedium of hand sanding? Has anyone had success with plastic media and/or soda blasting? My Camaro's bumpers are pretty well spider webbed and/or stress cracked, and I want to refinish them, but I simply do not have the patience to hand sand them to bare plastic (which is what's needed, to the job RIGHT).
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I've been asking this question for several years, without any success, but I'll try again...Is there any reliable way to strip a urethane bumper, such as those found on the F-bods, WITHOUT all the tedium of hand sanding? Has anyone had success with plastic media and/or soda blasting? My Camaro's bumpers are pretty well spider webbed and/or stress cracked, and I want to refinish them, but I simply do not have the patience to hand sand them to bare plastic (which is what's needed, to the job RIGHT).
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I've been asking this question for several years, without any success, but I'll try again...Is there any reliable way to strip a urethane bumper, such as those found on the F-bods, WITHOUT all the tedium of hand sanding? Has anyone had success with plastic media and/or soda blasting? My Camaro's bumpers are pretty well spider webbed and/or stress cracked, and I want to refinish them, but I simply do not have the patience to hand sand them to bare plastic (which is what's needed, to the job RIGHT).
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