First time painting bumper scraped

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:16 am
Hello ,
This is a scraped bumper thet i need to paint .

So i sand it :
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After thet , I sprayed 3 coats of primer :
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I am going tomorow sant it and spraying lightly coats of paint car and lacquer .

what you think ?
any advice ?

THANKS .
Sry for my bad english .

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:51 am
Looks like you have it covered, but after you sand down those hard tape lines in the primer you may need to apply more primer and feather it out over a slightly wider area. No harm in moving your masking tape further away and lifting the edge of the tape (so you don't have a hard tape line).



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 12:17 pm
Hi ,
After i sand it , How many coats of primer i need to apply ?
You can please explain me , What i need to do next ?

Thanks you

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:11 pm
You only need primer to the extent that it will cover the repair area. I was simply pointing out that you need to sand down those hard paint lines at the edge of your primer, from the masking tape -- and you may need to hit it with another coat of primer after that, for good coverage.

If you had sanded down to raw plastic, you really should have also used adhesion promoter but often on a small spot like that you'll be ok.

Here's a more detailed thread on a very similar repair, which might help you as well:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=17258



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:14 am
today i paint and lacquer .

after respray :
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after couple hours :
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this is not a Perfect repair .

how i can improve this ?



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PostPosted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 7:46 am
Finally i did small repair ( Lightly wet sand and spray paint and clear coat ) :

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How i can bring the shine to the repair area ?

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I am assuming you are using aerosol "spray can" products? It is hard to get a good match especially on a silver car, with that. Looks like you got a pretty good result if this is the case.

If you have a good coat of clear on it, let it dry out in the sun for a couple of days then you can use automotive buffing compound to bring the shine out some more -- but be careful because these aerosol products are usually pretty thin and weak, and you can buff through them if you are not careful.



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 5:16 am
Hello ,
Today i wetsand and polish the repair area .
I wet sand with 2000 grit + Polish meguiras - Ultiamte Compound .

This is the final result :

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What you think ?

The new clear coat is shine , but the clear coat of rest the car is little dull .
Any way to improve this ? Or maybe it's a problem with how I have painted ?

Thank you very much for your help :worthy:

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 6:47 am
Looks good - but I can't tell from the photo if the difference is just in the gloss level of the repair compared to the areas around it, or if the paint metallics or color are slightly different. You could try buffing out the rest of the bumper to see if it evens out for you.



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:42 pm
I give it a couple months and then your going to have problems

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