Re: '83 Paint Update

[Ilias Glavinas <eg1@ee.wustl.edu>]

On Sat, 21 Jun 1997, ChuckKuecker wrote:

> A while back, somebody was talking about a product to restore black plastic
> and rubber - our spoiler and bumper covers could use some attention. Anybody
> know whereof I an speaking? Thanks!

Well, I will tell you what I have done: about thirteen months ago I took 
off my front bumper, washed it with Comet, and painted the cover. I used 
DupliColor black primer (3-4 layers) and followed with DupliColor 
BumperBlack (again, 2-3 layers). It looked very nice, but I was wondering 
if it would last.

About a month ago I took off my rear bumper and did the same job. Then I 
compared the newly painted bumper with the other one and they looked 
identical. Moral of the story: with about $30 worth of spray materials 
you can paint your front and rear bumper and have them look nice for at 
least 1-2 years. Mine is still not faded at all. Kind of surprised me. 

By the way, on the instruction of BumperBlack, it says to use ClearPrimer 
as the undercoat. Since I had used black primer for my front bumper and 
it worked well, I decided to do it to my rear bumper as well. I guess it 
is possible to get better results by using ClearPrimer, since the 
manufacturer recommends it. BumperBlack is flexible, by the way.


Ilias
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