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Pianoman
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spraying a bumper
« on: Jul 9th, 2012, 4:24pm » |
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I need to spray and fit a front and rear bumper, both are different colours then the current damaged bumpers (tourmallard). Can anyone offer any advice on preparing them for painting and if I need any sort of undercoat etc.
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Tony
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PJDavis
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #1 on: Jul 9th, 2012, 5:35pm » |
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One bit of advice is to get someone to help you hold the bumpers in place when re-fitting, they split very easily.
As for painting, I've painted two bumpers, my advise is to flatten the paint on the whole of the bumper with 600-800 grit Wet & Dry. Make sure the bumper is completely flattened and dull. Then in many passes and in thin coats carefully spray on the new paint, but if it goes on too thick it will split and crack more easily in the future. Wet-On-Wet is best, so the previous coat should be dry to touch, but still curing.
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Pianoman
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #3 on: Jul 10th, 2012, 3:32pm » |
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Thanks guys, anbody know how many cans I would need to spray 2 bumpers?
Tony
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #4 on: Jul 10th, 2012, 7:33pm » |
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on Jul 10th, 2012, 3:32pm, Pianoman wrote:Thanks guys, anbody know how many cans I would need to spray 2 bumpers?
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I used Hycote brand paint on a Scorpio rear bumper - check for it on ebay, lot cheaper than Halfords - I used about 4 cans of colour and 2 of clear lacquer, cost about £15 for the lot . For keying the surface of the old paint I used a Scotchbrite pad.
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Pianoman
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #5 on: Jul 11th, 2012, 8:30pm » |
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Thanks Mike
My next question was going to be "has anyone used the hycote brand as its quite cheap on ebay"
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Tony
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #6 on: Jul 15th, 2012, 1:23pm » |
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Hycote is excellent, gives good coverage and not prone to running or sagging, used loads during the Puma build on various brackets, inside the car etc etc
Try and do it in a heated shed / garage, hotter the better, and shake the cans as if they were a gorilla on yer muvva 
HTH
Dave
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Mike H
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #7 on: Jul 15th, 2012, 2:48pm » |
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Seem to be various sorts, engine, enamel, acrylic, wrinkle(?)
EDIT: 'plastic' ?
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Scorpio_Mike
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #8 on: Jul 15th, 2012, 4:46pm » |
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on Jul 15th, 2012, 2:48pm, Mike H wrote:
Seem to be various sorts, engine, enamel, acrylic, wrinkle(?)
EDIT: 'plastic' ?
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Acrylic is the one you need
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Mike H
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Re: spraying a bumper
« Reply #9 on: Jul 16th, 2012, 2:40pm » |
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For this job I would agree. 
Just commenting on the bewildering options. Not complaining mind you!
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