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I will take you through all the steps to repair a scuffed or damaged bumper on your car for less than $100. Everything from sanding and repairing the bumper to priming, painting, clear coating and polishing it. I even go through how to remove orange peel which frequently occurs. Check out below for all the individual products I used in this repair.
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Check out my 2 1/2 year update to see how the repair has stood up: https://youtu.be/Z9lny1uA_To
Or if you just need to repair a small bumper dent, check out this video: https://youtu.be/1Y9kshx3sRY
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First off, always use a block when sanding otherwise the sandpaper will cut more material under your fingertips.
Prep sol is essential before painting. It promotes adhesion by removing oil and grease.
When you use tack rags, work in one direction. If you work back and forth like he did, the captured dirt will be left behind on the panel.
Rotate the tack cloth so the inner surfaces are used too.
When you squeeze the trigger on the paint can, don’t start painting in the middle of the panel. Always start off the edge and finish off the other edge.
Mask those areas you don’t wish to paint. If you use newspaper, be wary of the small holes found in newspaper. I use butcher block brown paper.
If you paint the first coat in a horizontal direction, paint the next coat using vertical strokes.
On a metallic job, the final coat is known as a fog coat and is not directional.
Wear a painter’s mask. Cancer is not fun.
Don’t paint outside.
Orange peel is caused by too much material applied too quickly.
The first coat of rubbing compound is coarse. You can also use 1500 grit wet sand.The second and third application of rubbing compound uses a less abrasive compound.
Came out really good!! Just wondering why you did such a large area and did not confine it more to the damaged area.
Came out great
God dayyyum !!!
what kind of polishing pad did you use? Also could you provide another link for the orbital sander the one in description isn't working
You need to practice saying the word adhesion
This looks incredible! Looking forward to trying this, thank you!!!
Years later, how did this repair last for you? Any maintenance tips or observations of how the repair aged with the rest of the paint job (as someone eagerly awaiting their automotivetouchup cans)?
Did you get any halo? Mu bumper shows the outlines of the sanding likevyours has but mine was perfect Smooth. Must be the silver paint
Mine came out bumpy idk how to explain… did I have to sand more perhaps??
Thank you so much for sharing 15:18 your experience. It looks great! It is also great to have a perfect matching color!
There you go, you underestimated yourself…Was that a sales ploy? It almost worked on me, ha ha
I am a auto body repair man ,you did a good job sir,I know you did not use a sanding block but it looks good.
Thank you for sharing such a great job I just did same thin with my wife van and she is not happy but seeing your video now I'm feel confident to do it my self
You did a great job
If you were going to repaint the entire bumper, how many cans of base coat do you think you would need?
I'm about to do the same thing for the 1st time in my life and you have given me the confidence to do it however all the videos I have seen say to use 2K clear coat for a better gloss
Rather late in the day now but I repaired and repainted my front bumper which had scratches from parking nerfs when in supermarket car parks and it looks acceptable but I winged it. Now it's the rear bumper which has very deep scratches from where I reversed the car into a stone wall. Ok the sun was in my eyes but no excuse. I have made an 18 point list of everything you have done which includes all the various purchases and I shall follow it to the letter. Having sanded to damaged area now, all I found was that 180 grit didn't do the job and I had to go up to 120 and then finish with 180. But it's a Subaru and the bumper seems to be made of cast iron rather than plastic. That's as far as I've got until the stuff I ordered arrives, but I am now super confident thanks to you of getting an almost perfect finish as you have – unlike with my front bumper repair!
brilliant video – i really enjoyed this and thanks for the upload.
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for a 20 year old car, this video helps me as I am not looking for a professional DIY job, just a proficient one to mstch the rest of the car..thx
Fantastic result and video. Love how honest and open you are. Good to learn something useful from such a decent bloke. Many thanks!