Bumper Repair - It Worked!
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Sometimes there's good advice on PH. Rare as hell though :-)
On the left we have a faded, grey bumper moulding. On the right, the same part after 60 seconds with a hot air gun set to medium (approx 350 degrees C with 250 litres per min airflow). I've forgotten who i picked this up from but it was as easy as they said.
Required zero skill - i just avoided pointing it at the paint. It takes maybe 5 seconds to begin turning from grey to a wet black and you just casually move along until the whole part has been done.
As it cools down it settles back from a wet look to a more natural black bumper plastic look. Canny believe it's that simple. I've been driving around with these annoying me for a year or so.
On the left we have a faded, grey bumper moulding. On the right, the same part after 60 seconds with a hot air gun set to medium (approx 350 degrees C with 250 litres per min airflow). I've forgotten who i picked this up from but it was as easy as they said.
Required zero skill - i just avoided pointing it at the paint. It takes maybe 5 seconds to begin turning from grey to a wet black and you just casually move along until the whole part has been done.
As it cools down it settles back from a wet look to a more natural black bumper plastic look. Canny believe it's that simple. I've been driving around with these annoying me for a year or so.
ShaunTheSheep said:
Sometimes there's good advice on PH. Rare as hell though :-)
On the left we have a faded, grey bumper moulding. On the right, the same part after 60 seconds with a hot air gun set to medium (approx 350 degrees C with 250 litres per min airflow). I've forgotten who i picked this up from but it was as easy as they said.
Required zero skill - i just avoided pointing it at the paint. It takes maybe 5 seconds to begin turning from grey to a wet black and you just casually move along until the whole part has been done.
As it cools down it settles back from a wet look to a more natural black bumper plastic look. Canny believe it's that simple. I've been driving around with these annoying me for a year or so.
Thats one way of doing it. For any jobs like that I swear by meguiar's trim restorer,it really works well on any type of black faded bumper,and brings them up looking like new. The other day I used it on a friends little peugeot,covered all the black plastic bumpers,they looked like new,took me about 8 mins,and made the car look heaps better,when he came back he couldnt believe how id done it,tried to pay me 20 quid,which I laughed at his sillyness.
Its £10.00 from halfords,and you could probably do at least 10-15 cars on 1 bottle. Easy business plan for someone!
On the left we have a faded, grey bumper moulding. On the right, the same part after 60 seconds with a hot air gun set to medium (approx 350 degrees C with 250 litres per min airflow). I've forgotten who i picked this up from but it was as easy as they said.
Required zero skill - i just avoided pointing it at the paint. It takes maybe 5 seconds to begin turning from grey to a wet black and you just casually move along until the whole part has been done.
As it cools down it settles back from a wet look to a more natural black bumper plastic look. Canny believe it's that simple. I've been driving around with these annoying me for a year or so.
Thats one way of doing it. For any jobs like that I swear by meguiar's trim restorer,it really works well on any type of black faded bumper,and brings them up looking like new. The other day I used it on a friends little peugeot,covered all the black plastic bumpers,they looked like new,took me about 8 mins,and made the car look heaps better,when he came back he couldnt believe how id done it,tried to pay me 20 quid,which I laughed at his sillyness.
Its £10.00 from halfords,and you could probably do at least 10-15 cars on 1 bottle. Easy business plan for someone!
Edited by roadend1981 on Monday 30th June 19:19
Thats one way of doing it. For any jobs like that I swear by meguiar's trim restorer,it really works well on any type of black faded bumper,and brings them up looking like new. The other day I used it on a friends little peugeot,covered all the black plastic bumpers,they looked like new,took me about 8 mins,and made the car look heaps better,when he came back he couldnt believe how id done it,tried to pay me 20 quid,which I laughed at his sillyness.
Its £10.00 from halfords,and you could probably do at least 10-15 cars on 1 bottle. Easy business plan for someone!
ging84 said:
is a hair dryer hot enough to do it on a hot day?
No, you need to melt the top layer of plasticging84 said:
is there anything you can do to protect the paint work? spray it with water or something as you go maybe?
No, the paint will bubble without warning... best thing is to use something to block the hot air like a piece of plastic or metal.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff