Re: Chrome Bumper Painting

[Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx>]

You may want to check with your paint supplier on recommended prep. You'll 
probably need to sand the blaster area since sand blasting leaves a pretty 
rough surface.

Matt

At 07:20 AM 1/30/2006 -0500, you 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"

mhaas@xxxxxxx
Cincinnati, OH
http://www.mattsoldcars.com
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