Euro bumpers, smooth or textured?

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

There is a plastic binder. Scub the bumper with a green scrubby pad, then apply the binder in 2 coats. Allow to dry for 24 hours.
Apply the paint to the bumper and the binder causes a better adhesion to the base plastic

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net]
>Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 04:47 PM
>To: ''chris gonzalez'', ''Greg Pallett'', ''John C. Worden''
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: RE: Euro bumpers, smooth or textured?
>
>> Textured bumpers are hard to get clean enough for the paint 
>> to stick due to decades of road grime, oil, waxing, armor all 
>> (ack). It will likely start peeling chipping off within a 
>> year or two. I had mine smoothed and painted about 5 years 
>> ago. Not even a chip of the front bumper to this day. It's my daily.
>
>I seem to remember there being some specific primer to use for the type of plastic used in these bumpers... Anyone remember any
>specifics on this?
>
>Al
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Scirocco-l mailing list
>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l
>