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Mar 19th, 2024, 19:53 | #1 | |||
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Sanding and painting/re-texturing black bumpers?
Has anyone sanded the bumpers of a 200/700/900? Will it smooth out the texture and lose the characteristic look?
My bumpers have clearly been painted in the past with bumper paint, and so I can't just apply any kind of restorer. I have to remove the paint that is flaking and repaint. A while back I found a stripper that is good for plastic, but it has been discontinued. So the only option is sanding. I know the paint itself has texture, but I'm affraid of smoothing the bumpers way too much. Although I do need a bit of bondo on one corner, so that one bit would lose all texture anyway. Does anyone have experience with this type of paint? Here's a video of a guy using it. Detail of texture at 5:11. Do you think it would look good on a 940?
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Mar 19th, 2024, 21:12 | #2 |
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If you’re thinking of using a chemical stripper then it would be a good idea to confirm what plastic the bumper is made of (probably ABS) and check on a table such as this whether your chosen chemical is likely to damage the material.
https://www.curbellplastics.com/wp-c...ance-Chart.pdf You will note if you look at that table that ABS is *not* resistant to most effective chemical paint removers. The safest ones to try first would be caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) or brake fluid (glycol). |
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I don't know what plastic it is. How does one check this? Anyway, I'm honestly more inclined to just sand it. Any opinion on whether or not sanding it is a good idea?
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Mar 20th, 2024, 08:42 | #4 |
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From a video I watched yesterday, Pro XL plasticolor is highly rated, for once you've removed the paint. It acts like more of a dye than paint.
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Because the bumper has already been painted in the past with a similar paint. It would be hard to remove all paint without sanding and if I do sand, I will lose thye texture, so I have to re-texturize with a proper paint. I'll try to do it next month. I'll post pics of the result when I do it.
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