Spray painting question.
Dave
using cans or is it a job best left to the professionals?
If it is possible is there a special sort of primer I need to use with it
being plastic and flexible?
Thanks.
Guy King
in <3d4a8795$0$69612$1b0f...@mercury.nildram.co.uk>said....
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> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to spray paint a entire front bumper
> using cans or is it a job best left to the professionals?
Well....it's "possible", but you'd have to be fairly uncritical to be
happy with the results.
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Kris Shaw
said to us:
>"Dave" <da...@goodchild.f9.co.uk> sniffed the heady air of the shed and
>in <3d4a8795$0$69612$1b0f...@mercury.nildram.co.uk>said....
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>> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to spray paint a entire front bumper
>> using cans or is it a job best left to the professionals?
>
>Well....it's "possible", but you'd have to be fairly uncritical to be
>happy with the results.
Having 'had-a-go' with DIY spray painting I can say 'don't bother' !
(1) I'm sure that there are many people who can get a perfect finish
using spray cans, but I'm not one of them! I'm guessing that if this
your first time.
You may also find that the can comes out a different shade to the rest
of your a car, wheras a good bodyshop will mix paint to match the
colour.
(1) First car, red Austin Metro - sprayed the lower front sill (?
below the bumber red) Couldn't afford to get it done properly, not
that is was worth doing properly either!
Dave Plowman
Dave <da...@goodchild.f9.co.uk> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if it's possible to spray paint a entire front bumper
> using cans or is it a job best left to the professionals?
You can get one off aerosols filled with the correct paint from a motor
factor that does paint, and these are rather better value than shop bought
cans - although still an expensive way to use paint. If you start with a
good surface, and put on plenty of coats so there is a reasonable
thickness, it can be polished up afterwards to a very good finish. But
whether it's worth it would depend on the price of getting it done
professionally.
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Dan Buchan
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:40:02 +0100, Guy King <guy....@zetnet.co.uk>
> said to us:
>> "Dave" <da...@goodchild.f9.co.uk> sniffed the heady air of the shed and
>>> using cans or is it a job best left to the professionals?
>> Well....it's "possible", but you'd have to be fairly uncritical to be
>> happy with the results.
> Having 'had-a-go' with DIY spray painting I can say 'don't bother' !
> (1) I'm sure that there are many people who can get a perfect finish
> using spray cans, but I'm not one of them! I'm guessing that if this
> your first time.
To get an instant good finish you need to time application of the coats
exactly right - the previous coat must be dry enough that new paint
application doesn't run and wet enough that it coalesces. Not easy on a
large area. Failing that, you can always polish to a shine with patience
(or a power polisher).
I did the bottom half of a bumper once, on an Uno. It's not something I
would do again but it worked fine, and lasted except for one tiny spot that
fell off because it obviously hadn't been prepared properly. I used an
aerosol of plastic primer from a motor accessory shop, of which I still
have half left (but I bet it doesn't work any more!); cleaned and sanded
the bumper, applied that then put the paint on.
> (1) First car, red Austin Metro - sprayed the lower front sill (?
> below the bumber red) Couldn't afford to get it done properly, not
> that is was worth doing properly either!
You could have just done it with stone-chip and sprayed that.