How should i go about preping the plastic bumper covers for paint? Should i sand them, use stripper or what?

 

sand em. striper will destroy the urathane, use high grit papers like 220 320 no 80 grits it will also ruin the bumper cover.

jeff

 

Stripper is OK for urethane, as a matter of fact, they even make "urethane safe" stippers. But a heads up, it WILL appear distorted which is probably what Jeff was refering to. But once you clean it off and let it fully dry, the cover will go back to shape in about 24-36 hrs.

 

Also don't forget that if you take it down to bare plastic, there is an additional step before the primer.

 

adhesion promoter and flex additive if off the car.

 

Jeff, any problems with flex additive? Older versions had a tendancy to fade faster. I haven't used any as a result. I have found that most modern paints are very flexible out of the can.

 

Same here. My friend has had great results for over 2 years now, and my cars been find for 6 months.

 

well thanks guys. it is off the car the cover is brand new. and the back one still has the stock paint on it but its still on the car. what are the main things i should worry about besides sanding and painting?

 

Just thought I'd ask how it went. My nose needs to be repainted now, because between a parking mishap and the crappy single layer of paint with no flex agent that the last owner used, the stuff comes off on your fingernail...

 

Ditto.. my car's going in to see Earl Scheib in a little while, and I want to do all of the prep work correctly. What/where do I get a flex agent? Should all of the polyurethane be sanded down? What needs to be done to get the paint job to last for a while and still look good?