How to respray bumpers

toastedpickles · 13-05-2013 11:45pm #1

Hi there

Basically I have a metallic black 2001 Opel Astra, the front bumper was ripped off before I bought it, the guy replaced it with a standard bumper which was red, and painted it gloss black, the red is showing through, also I have a button for front fogs so I have my eye on a bumper with them, only it's blue, I've no experience in spray painting parts so I was wondering could I get a few step by steps on how to go about respraying it

Any help is greatly appreciated

Alanstrainor · 13-05-2013 11:48pm

To do it right it's a rather involved process i would imagine. Sand it back, prime, colour, gloss. Without the appropriate tools there's a good chance any DIY will look a bit shite I would have thought.

toastedpickles · 13-05-2013 11:49pm

That's what I was thinking, but I can't really afford to send it off at the minute

Wibbs · 14-05-2013 9:03am

If you take your time, do some research, get the right tools(and you don't need many really), maybe practice your spraying technique on something you're not worried about ruining, it's easy enough IMH. Will it be the same as a pro job? Not quite, but not far off.

IK09 · 14-05-2013 10:23am

Hi low,
**warning i am not a professional**
Its certainly an experience doing your own spraying. You will need some equipment before you start. This is just off the top of my head. You will need these and more

A Compressor
A spray gun
Overalls
Latex Gloves
Eye protection (that is comfortable, ski goggles are great)
Good quality breathing protection
A warm dust free area
rubbing alochol
Fine grit sandpaper everything from 1000 up
An orbital Sander (preferably with dust extractor)

The likelihood of you doing a good job is slim, i made a thread called full body respray where i resprayed a full car, it turned out ok. It would have turned out alot better if i was spraying just a bumper or two. Make sure you take the bumper off the car before you spray it. The paint gets everywhere and you will defo ruin your car by spraying the bumper while its attached. Read the old thread, i got alot of advice off guys here when i did it, there might be something useful on it.

Wibbs · 14-05-2013 11:34am

For something like a bumper, if you take your time and get some practice at scrap you can even get a pretty good finish from (good quality)rattle cans. I did my own bumper that way a couple of years back and it still looks pretty good. That said I took it off the car, really took my time in preparation(the biggest thing IMHO, a good base makes for a good final finish) and have a big shed so could do it indoors. I'd be well wary of trying it outdoors in our climate. I'll probably attack my spoiler the same way this summer, if we get one...

How to respray bumpers

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