Painting Bumpers

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I was told to scuff the surface a bit with something that looks like a 
Brillo pad. They can be bought for $1.50 from the autopart store.
Also get a can of plastic adhesive paint. Spray this first on a scuffed and 
cleaned bumper. It causes the paint to hold better.



Julie Macfarlane
Menlo Park Research & Development
Internet Application Developer
www.menloparkrandd.com
www.montgomeryweb.org
Amsterdam NY





>From: Jonathan Shisler <jshislervw@yahoo.com>
>To: "W. Hawker" <willhawk@shaw.ca>, Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: Painting Bumpers
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 07:17:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
>hope i can help, if you want to bring the original black back to a nice 
>black luster try this stuff called 'forever black' good stuff. you can find 
>it on the internet at various places just do a search. it is black dye in a 
>bottle just for doing this.
>
>about the paint. i recently had mine painted and i started sanding the 
>texture off and the guy i have paint told me he was glad i didnt sand 
>everything off b/c it will be easier for the paint to stick to. dont worry 
>about the sanding. have the painter put to heavy coats of primer on and 
>sand them smooth. they will look beautiful. about the guoges in them i 
>think you have the right idea. my bumpers were far from perfect and still 
>they looek perfect to me now
>
>"W. Hawker" <willhawk@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Finally getting close to the completion of my 82 Rocco. I read a thread a
>while back on painting euro bumpers. How about the stock bumpers with the
>"pebble" finish. I am getting a number of different opinions if the bumpers
>can actually be successfully painted.
>Will it be necessary to sand the plastic bumper cover to a smooth finish?
>(looks kike a lot of work). What about filling and fixing minor gouges in
>the plastic? I assume an application of plastic prep and flexible primer is
>required prior to painting. In addition a black 16V body kit will be added
>and I assume the prep technique would be the same. The finished color will
>be metallic dark green. Anyone with with advise on painting the bumpers,
>would be helpful. If not what can be done to restore the original black
>color of the plastic. They are quite bleached from the sun.
>
>Willhawk
>Winnipeg
>82 Scirocco
>83 Rabbit GTi
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