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Hi all just wondered now that ive got my badly hand painted bumper paint off, just wondered has anyone tried bumper & vinyl spray? thought i might have a go at mine, for the sake of £4.00 tin thought why not as the bumper itself has not cracks etc.

Many thanks all and look forward to meeting those who are going to the NEC next Sunday.

Steve

I've used rattle-can bumper paint on my Spitfire's bumpers and although it looks good initially it doesn't adhere very well and I end up doing it again in a years time. And yes, I have prepared the surface before painting it. The next time I paint it I'm thinking of buying paint from say BASF or the like that has the flex additives in it; hoping that it will last longer.

The bumper on the TR7 is made from a softer material so maybe it will adhere better.

Mark

1973 MGBGT, 1976 TR7, 1980 Spitfire 1500

For the paint to work/adhere properly, all bumper dressings need to be removed in order to do a good job. Ive seen this done in order to apply paint. It takes a loooong time to get every bit of dressing out of the rubber. (i.e; armor-all, mothers, new-vinal etc.) If you dont, the paint will eventually peel/flake off easily.

Dont get me wrong, painted bumpers on a wedge look cool with some colors. Its just time consuming.

Johnny

Thanks guys i have taken all the hand painted paint off, i used a very fine steel wool, and thought when the better weather comes again say next spring id take it off the car and spray it then,if i find in time it dont work then i shall just buy a rear bumper cover, they arecheap enough to pick up.



Steve

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For the paint to work/adhere properly, all bumper dressings need to be removed in order to do a good job. Ive seen this done in order to apply paint. It takes a loooong time to get every bit of dressing out of the rubber. (i.e; armor-all, mothers, new-vinal etc.) If you dont, the paint will eventually peel/flake off easily.
Johnny
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Johnny is right. Getting the silicon-based products out of the platic is a B...., I mean very difficult to do. I have one spot, and only one spot, on my Spitfire's bumper that peels quickly and I've tried so hard to get it clean.[:(!]

Mark

1973 MGBGT, 1976 TR7, 1980 Spitfire 1500

Hi Mark, yeh i know someone who has a MG Midget and they had similar problems, i have all the old paint off and even now it looks lots better, but when i clean the car over the winter months i will keep clean the rear bumper, with even more particular attention, hey if it dont work after all that cleaning between now and springtime when i want to do spray it, i'll give up and just get another cover for it.


Steve

They look good when done like this.... http://www.mgexperience.net/article/rb-repair.html

Excellent Rblack, they certainly make the bumpers look just as they should look



Steve

I have read to use acetone to get the silicones out of the bumper that the bumper restorer products put in. I have sanded the rubber bumper strip on my Integra and painted with Honda Bumper Paint I got from industrial paint shop (not from Honda though they may carry iy). This was a couple of years ago and it's holding up fine.

TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

Yes - I would go the acetone, or maybe cellulose paint thinner route to strip off all the old finish. What happens if you use paint stripper - ie Methylene Chloride? Try it on a bit that doesn't matter -in case it dissolves the bumper!

Must be national bumper week. I'm about to do mine too.

A cleaning alcohol is the best thing to remove any silicone products. We call it Prepsol here but if you ask any panelbeater or car groomer they will have an equivalent product they can tell you about. It doesn't easily penetrate the paint so car groomers use it to remove tar seal splashes from the sills.

I have my tube of plastic bumper fill, 1 can of plastic adhesion promoter & 2 cans of black trim coating ready. The sun is out, I've voted & the wife has done a batch of muffins so there couldn't be a more perfect time to start.

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Peter, sounds like heaven let us know how you get on, ive seen them use alcohol cleaning solution on the tele, so i think i might now ive got all the paint off mine to try and get hold of some of that, it cant hurt to try and besides its always a good thing to have as a prep for painting.


Steve

Just curious, is Prep sol expensive? i dont think ive ever sen any on my travels on the shelf sort of speak, i imagine it is something you obtain from a bodyshop, i'll keep lookin!!



Steve

We use panel wipe before painting, its probably the same thing. Any car paint shop will sell it.

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