Chrome Bumper Painting

[Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Doc,

I am not sure where you live but if not finding a
place nearby to re-chrome your bumpers is the only
reason you are painting them, then Bumper Boyz
routinely do AMC bumpers.  They typically attend most
major car meets around the country.  If you call them
ahead of time, they will bring a re-chromed bumper
with them to your local meet and you can pick it up
and drop off your core there.  Most of the time they
will bring more than one so you can pick the one you
want.  Here is their contact information:

BUMPER Boyz: automotive chrome plating. 2435 E 54th
St, Los Angeles, CA 90058, 800-995-1703; 

Otherwise, the process listed below for painted a
previously chrome bumper will work fine.  The main
thing, like with painting any surface is to make sure
once it is completely sandblasted to remove all of the
chrome material is to make sure everything is
thoroughly cleaned before you spray it with primer.

Nick Alfano
Alfano Performance


From: AMC74Hornet@xxxxxxxxx (Mr. AMC)
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:20:29 -0500
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx, BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Chrome Bumper Painting
Message-ID:
<15966-43DE048D-878@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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"