Hi all I am going to attempt to repair the big deep scratch on my rear bumper which has been there since I bought it but have been putting it off as I have never done body/paint repair. What would be the best way to do it. I am thinking sand down scratch and surround down to metal. Primer then when dry paint. Then when all dry t-cut surrounding older paint to blend in. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
The blue will be hard to match as it tends to fade with time from the original. Either sand the rust then treat the rust using something like Kurust and fill with thin layers of knifing putty (fine filler) to match level of paint then paint or do as you suggest sanding down and painting up. I would still treat the rust as the metal will be pitted.
Get someone to sand blast it all and prime it for you for £20 - £30 them fill the pitted bits and paint yourself.
I'm with lowlight and zed. Remove, and paint both white. Would actually probably be easier then trying to colour match and blend the blue on that gouge
Hi all I haven't started what colour should a bumper be argument have I . The paintwork on the bumper looks good to me, what can you see? If matching colour is going to be a problem, what am I going to do about when I get round to sorting the blebs on the bodywork. Surely people don't respray the whole vehicle for small blebs?
Well yes they do. If you have small bits on every panel (look hard, you probably have) it's easier and a better result. 2-pac solid colour doesn't blow in like celly so the whole panel gets lacquered on top of the blown over bit. Say you have rust around a seam, no matter how small, both panels would need lacquering so might as well paint whole in one hit rather than all that blowing in and lacquering. Looking at one in the workshop right now like this, it looks immaculate up to 3 feet away, but almost every panel has a problem of one sort or another.
The thickness of the top coat and the way its chipped of in chunks suggests poor prep which has resulted in poor adhesion If you were going to change to white you could have them media blasted and powder coated rather than painted Id imagine it would work out cheaper than painting
No it's not Ken on here paid £10 to have the bumper stripped to metal, dipped it i think, then £20 for powder coat. £30 all in for a bumper that looked brand new and he didn't sit there all day messing it up with sand paper, filler and Halfords paint that would have cost him £25 anyway Edit: see same time as he said it ^^^^
Yes if its a ral or bs colour If you want to do it yourself at home then id strip it all back and paint it with rollers and rustoleum combi colour paint Its a coach enamel and is very tough so perfect for bumpers Avenue paints in slough will colour match the rustoleum to any colour code and they will also send the paint out
