Painting Chrome Rear Bumper

[1978Blazerk5]

Well mine is all beat up plus its off the truck now. So tell me what ya guys think i am gonna rough the whole thing up with a 80grit flap wheel and paint it with hammertite Paint. My grandpa and my dad think i am better off putting it on the truck and masking the truck off the paint the bumper. what ya guys think of that idea.



Thanks

 

[dbabicky]

Paint it off the truck. Alot less hassle, just let it dry completly before installing it. I've done that to a crhome bumper before myself, I just sand blasted it and primed and painted. It held up well for years.

 

[wannabehero]

i actually just did my front and rear bumpers. i sanded them down with 60 grit untill the chrome was either gone or wasnt shiny. then i did 2 coats of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer. Then 2 Coats of Rustoleum gloss Black. came out awesome. took it wheelin the next weekend and was tappin trees and when i got home not a single chip.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i actually just did my front and rear bumpers. i sanded them down with 60 grit untill the chrome was either gone or wasnt shiny. then i did 2 coats of Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer. Then 2 Coats of Rustoleum gloss Black. came out awesome. took it wheelin the next weekend and was tappin trees and when i got home not a single chip.

could you post up some pictures.


By the way what ever i do is a temporary thing till i get the money to build a custom one.

 

[blazin' j]

heres mine i did yesterday...i didnt do much sanding seeins how ive got a blazen front bumper comin next week(hopefully) n ill b orderin a rear bumper n about a month...i put bout 3 coats of primer, 2 coats of flat black camo, and the cheapo bedliner spray...works for me...

 

[1978Blazerk5]

any recomendations on primer? I always buy the wrong stuff and the paint looks like sh*t

 

[wannabehero]

e swear by the Rustoleum Rusty Metal primer. its a kind of reddish color. i use it on any metal regardless.

ill post up some pictures either tonight or tomo depending when i get the chance. im only home for a couple minutes right now.

 

[smalltowncowboy]

any recomendations on primer? I always buy the wrong stuff and the paint looks like sh*t

self etching primer is what i always use. you can pick it up at any auto paint store.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

e swear by the Rustoleum Rusty Metal primer. its a kind of reddish color. i use it on any metal regardless.

ive never used that stuff but i used some other type of rustolem primer and i couldnt get the paint to stick, maybey i used to much primer?

 

[wannabehero]

i usually do two coats of the primer. then at least two coats of whatever color.

im uploading the pictures as i type. ill get them up asap

 

[wannabehero]

last one is from today after i put my new shocks on. took it wheelin last weekend and bounced off a tree to the left of the passenger side clevis hanger. didnt even chip the paint

 

[1978Blazerk5]

dumb question.

Will "Anti-Rust" Paint work with Self etching Primer?


Thanks

 

[1978Blazerk5]

one more question

i roughed up the chrome should i spray it with brake clean?

 

[wannabehero]

the stuff i used was just rustoleum gloss black. all rustoleum rattle cans are anti rust i think and i just used some Ace Hardware Generic spray bomb gray with the same primer i mentioned earlier and it came out fine

also
i roughed mine up with 60 grit then wiped the whole thing down with acetone. sprayed the primer then the paint. came out amazing

anything else man?

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i roughed mine up with 60 grit then wiped the whole thing down with acetone. sprayed the primer then the paint. came out amazing

anything else man?

Exactly What i did.



Nope i got everything i need to know i will post up some pics hopefully tommarow before i install it, and after as well.

 

[wannabehero]

alright man sounds good. good luck

 

[1978Blazerk5]

alright man sounds good. good luck

thanks i got it all primed tommarow i will put the accualy color, and we will see.

 

[1978Blazerk5]

problem I used 2 coats of Self Etching Primer, and 3 coats of Velspar Aluminium "Anti Rust". and the paint is dry, but if you touch it your hands turn Silver. Its a Oil based enamal. There is no sighns that you touched the paint but your hands are silver. I was told when it gets drier out the problem will go away, cause its been like 86-94% humidity latley. not good painting weather. All i know about this is I am getting really pissed off at it. Any advise would be apressiated.

 

[wannabehero]

did you use all one brand of paint or a couple different ones? thats might be your problem.

it has never really happened to me so i cant help ya out on that one. i know theres a couple guys real good with paint and body work on here like ryoken so maybe they"ll pop in

 

[1978Blazerk5]

i used only two different brands, but i talk to the guy down at the paint suplly place and he said it would be fine.