Re: Chrome Bumper Painting

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Sounds like the right idea to me doc. If the chrome is stuck down good just roughing it up will be fine. Just feather in with a grinder if it's loose in places. Shaving the bolts since you're painting the bumpers will be a nice touch also. 

On January 30, 2006 Mr. AMC wrote:

> I was thinking about painting the bumpers on my orange Hornet body
> color. I can't find a local chrome plating shop and don't trust sending
> a bumper half way across the country to an unknown shop never mind the
> shipping costs. I figured I might as well shave the bumper bolts too and
> remove those horrible looking  big rubber bumper guards. There is a
> cemetery monument place right up the street from where I live that does
> sand blasting and I figure if I get them blasted clean and prime them
> with a self etching primer and the paint will stick alright. I will
> however add some Morton's Impact 200 to the orange paint.This is used
> when you paint urethane parts and lets the paint remain flexible and not
> crack. I should also make the paint more chip resistant on the bumpers.
> "Doc"


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