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YOUR RESEARCHIt's not that hard to paint bumperettes
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It's great that your inexpensive project turned out to be successful!
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I tried sanding off, but it can gum with the heat so eventually, I used a 3m stripper which is called "safest stripper" and does not harm the plastic.
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I bought a spare used set on ebay for the experiment and got them super cheap.
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When using aerosol, I generally spray a tack coat, then full wet because the paint does not build like a catalyzed, I also wet sand with 1500 between coats because the environment is not controlled.
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You can use SEM flexible paint but I found it tends to blush.
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When using aerosol, I generally spray a tack coat, then full wet because the paint does not build like a catalyzed, I also wet sand with 1500 between coats because the environment is not controlled.
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I am sure you can. You can also buy them from bumperplugs.com (I am a customer) and they do great work.
This was an experiment as much as anything and my total cash outlay was about $10.
Get rid of the soft touch paint. It becomes like a vinyl and can react with the solvent in the paint.
I tried sanding off, but it can gum with the heat so eventually, I used a 3m stripper which is called "safest stripper" and does not harm the plastic. After 20 minutes, the soft touch peels off in sheets.
220 then 400 machine sand.
Sand 220 then paint.
When using aerosol, I generally spray a tack coat, then full wet because the paint does not build like a catalyzed, I also wet sand with 1500 between coats because the environment is not controlled.
Thanks! I think this is one of the best DIY's I've read so far.
Now I want to paint my entire interior trim. Front & rear center console, dash strips, door trim, etc.
Do you by any chance know if there's a way to get a plastic spray paint like that custom matched to factory colors? I need cobalt blue metallic. I'm guessing not, but either way, for that price, I'll settle & paint it with the closest kind of blue I can find.
I have seen a few places that offer custom spray paints. Try a web search for auto touch up.
Start with the ashtray. It's not that expensive if you discover you can't do it.
Strip with the 3m safest stripper for 30 minutes, scrape with a 1" chisel to remove the paint. For a small part, try hand sanding 220 followed by 400.
Spray 2 color coats sanding between with 1500. Then two clear coats. You can use SEM flexible paint but I found it tends to blush. My best results are with clear coat from Pep Boys.
Sand with 1500, then 2000 then rubbing compound by hand, polish, wax and done.
Ya, actually I had already looked that up before 'cause I have a small scratch I want to touch up on my exterior. I had already found this site:
http://www.automotivetouchup.com/cho...odel=911+Turbo
They match factory colors for any car. But what I wonder is if any of their paints will work on plastic. Would you by any chance know? Sorry for my ignorant newbie questions, but I've never done this kind of stuff 'cause I never cared about my previous cars, since well, they weren't Porsches, lol.
Most touch ups would work on plastic with primer as far as I know. They wouldn't have the elasticity of plastic paint but that's only an issue if the parts flex, i.e. a bumper that rubs or gets an impact.
Try
www.semproducts.com
. They seem to have a good system and lots of people use it, I just had trouble on top of Krylon but their color coat should be different.
I spray painted my bumperettes this spring as well. I bought a spare used set on ebay for the experiment and got them super cheap. As for obtaining the correct paint someone here on RL gave me the URL for
http://www.towerpaint.com
, just supply them with your paint code and tell them you want it to spray a bumper/plastic and they send it your way.
knock on wood they are holding up excellent. I topped off the color with a few coats of automotive clearcoat for bumpers.
