Painting bumpers

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

I have gone through many, many cans of that stuff.  Permatex Color Guard,
Plasti-Dip, it's all more or less the same.  I used it as part of the
process for an item I used to manufacture.  It's really just like
rubber...hardens, but remains elastic.  It certainly won't crack if you
apply it to your bumpers.

What is will do is peel.  It will not bond to your bumpers, just envelop
them like a latex glove.  If you put a thin enough coating (1 to 2 "dips"),
I could imagine one little tear starting to blow up like a baloon at highway
speed.

You'll have to brush it on something that big and it will be really hard to
achieve a uniform thickness.

Krylon Fusion....from Auto Zone or possibly Home Cheapo.
Scrub the bejesus out of the bumpers with a scrub brush (plastic) and simple
green or spray nine (both powerful), then Scrub a whole lot more with 3M
General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner (#08984), which will remove all wax, oil,
soap, etc.


Jim

>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:02 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Painting bumpers
>
>
>Has anyone ever tried a product called Plasti Dip by Performix?  I
>resently read an article about painting your bumpers with Krylon
>Fusion.  Well, while at a local Lowes I came across this Plasti
>Dip in a spray can.
>
>Since I had a daily driver 1982 Scirocco and a project 1982
>Scirocco, I decided to sacrifice a part of the top rear bumper
>skirt.  I sprayed to coats and it looks pretty darn nice?  The can
>says it's Flexible, Durable and comes in a variety of colors.
>I'll check it tomorrow and see if it will flake off.
>
>Karl
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