Post by 95mushroom on Apr 16, 2006 23:14:54 GMT -6
Well, over this Holiday weekend, I got the spur idea for whatever reason to fix the bumpers on my car.
This was before,
Well, luckily we were blessed with 3 of the nicest days possible here in South Florida, 85 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, with just the slightest sea breeze rolling in.
Painting took all 3 days, Friday, Sat. and Sunday. The back needed the most work, obviously, but, the front turned out to be just as time consuming. This was what I would consider a "rush job," but it isn't too bad. We sprayed in the driveway, much to the dismay of the neighbor's but whatever, we probably moving within the year as my Dad's work is moving. Anyway, we got the paint first thing Friday, all PPG products, PPG DPX801- Plastic Adhesion Promoter, PPG K36- Primer Surfacer, Evercoat Rage Gold Filler, PPG DBC- Base Coat, PPG DBU2042- Clear, PPG DT885 Reducer, total was $388 for the paint stuff, color was only $98, we were thinking around $150, so that was nice surprise. Also, about 3 rolls of tape and 6 or 7 packets of sandpaper of various grades (150-1500). Burned backs and tired arms would come with the many, many hours of sanding ahead.
First step of the process was sanding and cleaning the existing surface, then laying some adhesion promoter and the first of coat of the surface primer, heavy primer that can be sanded smooth.
*Note: My brother in Kentucky has the good camera. These photos are from some Creative camera we tossed in some closet years ago. I plan on getting better photos in about 2 weeks.
Alright, there was one surprise, the fact that I'm painting the lower gray parts of the bumper, body color, and now this,
That's right, the rocker panels are being painted as well. What's not pictured real well, is the part where the gray lower on the rear bumper meets the color, is that we filled the area in to elimated that body line. The end result is pretty good, I like the way it flows smooth now. We thought about doing the front, but that area is in a large curve and would be too thick to do with filler. We compromised and just did the back.
The next step after 3 coats of the primer, a day and a half of block sanding and some cleaning, was the first color coat.
Then after 4 coats of color, and a light color sand, a clear base coat (NOT A CLEAR COAT) that is used to prevent the metallics in the color from shifting, and it can be mixed with the color for a very transparent mixture to lay even metallic.
I'd post some pics of the clear coat step, but it's just a slightly shinier version.
The end results:
Here's the smoothed rear bumper, I really like. We might tackle the front during the summer.
Painted rockers
All in all, it much better then before, because of the outdoor painting, there's some contamination, but not terrible. There's also some areas where we should have smoothed better. The gray parts and the rockers turned out the best, IMO. I really like it. I have to thank/credit this to my other brother. Other then just some grunt work I did, it was almost entirely him.
There's some more mods I plan on doing as well in 2-3 weeks. Stay tuned.
This was before,
Well, luckily we were blessed with 3 of the nicest days possible here in South Florida, 85 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, with just the slightest sea breeze rolling in.
Painting took all 3 days, Friday, Sat. and Sunday. The back needed the most work, obviously, but, the front turned out to be just as time consuming. This was what I would consider a "rush job," but it isn't too bad. We sprayed in the driveway, much to the dismay of the neighbor's but whatever, we probably moving within the year as my Dad's work is moving. Anyway, we got the paint first thing Friday, all PPG products, PPG DPX801- Plastic Adhesion Promoter, PPG K36- Primer Surfacer, Evercoat Rage Gold Filler, PPG DBC- Base Coat, PPG DBU2042- Clear, PPG DT885 Reducer, total was $388 for the paint stuff, color was only $98, we were thinking around $150, so that was nice surprise. Also, about 3 rolls of tape and 6 or 7 packets of sandpaper of various grades (150-1500). Burned backs and tired arms would come with the many, many hours of sanding ahead.
First step of the process was sanding and cleaning the existing surface, then laying some adhesion promoter and the first of coat of the surface primer, heavy primer that can be sanded smooth.
*Note: My brother in Kentucky has the good camera. These photos are from some Creative camera we tossed in some closet years ago. I plan on getting better photos in about 2 weeks.
Alright, there was one surprise, the fact that I'm painting the lower gray parts of the bumper, body color, and now this,
That's right, the rocker panels are being painted as well. What's not pictured real well, is the part where the gray lower on the rear bumper meets the color, is that we filled the area in to elimated that body line. The end result is pretty good, I like the way it flows smooth now. We thought about doing the front, but that area is in a large curve and would be too thick to do with filler. We compromised and just did the back.
The next step after 3 coats of the primer, a day and a half of block sanding and some cleaning, was the first color coat.
Then after 4 coats of color, and a light color sand, a clear base coat (NOT A CLEAR COAT) that is used to prevent the metallics in the color from shifting, and it can be mixed with the color for a very transparent mixture to lay even metallic.
I'd post some pics of the clear coat step, but it's just a slightly shinier version.
The end results:
Here's the smoothed rear bumper, I really like. We might tackle the front during the summer.
Painted rockers
All in all, it much better then before, because of the outdoor painting, there's some contamination, but not terrible. There's also some areas where we should have smoothed better. The gray parts and the rockers turned out the best, IMO. I really like it. I have to thank/credit this to my other brother. Other then just some grunt work I did, it was almost entirely him.
There's some more mods I plan on doing as well in 2-3 weeks. Stay tuned.