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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 06:43 AM
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Painting a bumper?

There is cracked paint in my front bumper and I want to get this fixed. I am pretty good at fixing things myself and I was wondering if it is a good idea to do the whole process of painting the bumper myself? Is it worth it to take it to a body shop or is this a relatevely easy process? My father who is in the silk screen business and knows a little about painting would help me.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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Old Oct 21, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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It depends on the color, how big the scratch is. Most metalic colors are harder to work with, My car is desert silver which is a hard color like silver to work with. I recently had a nice size stracth on my bumber that took the base color off..down to the primer, I used a spray can and other products from www.paintscratch.com

With great results, but you must follow instructions to the letter! or this sight is what member below used.

also take a look at one of the members at benzworld's website with instructions and what he used at www.automotivetouchup.com

members website and instructions
http://www.buellwinkle.com/gallery/MB_paint/index.html

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