Painting a blue bonnet/bumper silver .

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  • October 28, 2012 at 11:46 pm #38823

    Got a vw polo here thats been hit lightly in the front, new bonnet and bumper needed.
    The car is LA7W VW Reflex silver and the replacement parts are a metallic blue.
    Ive thoroughly cleaned and scotchbrited the replacement panels to key them up and also sorted a couple of stonechips on bonnet.

    What would you guys advise, will I be able to get away with spraying the basecoat over the blue as the existing paint is really sound, or would I be better off priming the whole panel before painting.
    Here is the blue I need to cover :

    [IMG]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/ajpepe72/IMG_20121028_123352.jpg[/IMG]

    [IMG]http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h152/ajpepe72/IMG_20121028_123430.jpg[/IMG]

    October 29, 2012 at 12:31 am #38824

    i would at least seal it

    October 29, 2012 at 2:30 am #38826

    X2….. #5 sealer.

    October 30, 2012 at 1:14 am #38833

    Yes you would probably get away with it, but.. LA7W reflex silver is a weak covering colour in my experience, I think it has alot of clear tinters in it.

    Therefore you would really be applying to much base for coverage. Which could lead to sinkage/dieback of your clear amongst other things.

    I would either seal it as suggested above, light grey or white or 2k prime it light grey or white first.

    October 30, 2012 at 2:43 am #38834

    Will go with the above advise, cheers all.
    Never used a sealer before apart from barcoat, Is it a U.S thing or will my paint factor know what I need ?

    October 30, 2012 at 5:11 pm #38836

    [quote=”ajpepe72″ post=27944]Will go with the above advise, cheers all.
    Never used a sealer before apart from barcoat, Is it a U.S thing or will my paint factor know what I need ?[/quote]

    Sealer is used everywhere…I think over there, some of you guys call it wet on wet primer or something to that effect.

    If your supplier doesn’t know what sealer is, find a new supplier 😛

    October 31, 2012 at 4:53 am #38840

    I have always found Reflex silver to cover very good.

    Sealer or wet on wet primer (whatever you’ll call it) would be a nice option since it appears you scuffed it with a red pad. I would stay away from white sealer that way if you don’t get it completely covered it won’t lighten your flip too much. Just a nice medium gray will work fine.

    Just my .02 cents, which may not even be worth that nowadays! 😛

    November 1, 2012 at 9:36 pm #38844

    The red pad was only used to get some really grimy stuff off the very bottom lip of the bumper, the main part of it and bonnet were done with a grey ultra fine pad.
    Paint shop didnt have a clue what sealer was, and they are a pretty big firm supplying lots of bodyshops here.
    I didnt mention wet on wet primer, I do have some normal grey 2K primer so would I do just as well to give it a light coat of that ?

    November 1, 2012 at 11:52 pm #38846

    I would give it a buzz over with 320 on the outside and the large areas of the bumper, then a red scotchbrite on the back of the bonnet and edges/corners of the bumper.

    Prime it, let it sit overnight if your not baking.

    Sand them to either 800 wet or 600 dry, quick rub with a grey pad again and your good to go.

    November 2, 2012 at 3:56 am #38853

    [quote=”JackMarshall” post=27956]I would give it a buzz over with 320 on the outside and the large areas of the bumper, then a red scotchbrite on the back of the bonnet and edges/corners of the bumper.

    Prime it, let it sit overnight if your not baking.

    Sand them to either 800 wet or 600 dry, quick rub with a grey pad again and your good to go.[/quote]

    Seems like an awful lot of work…

    November 2, 2012 at 6:10 am #38856

    What paint system are you using? There will definately be some sort of sealer avaliable

    November 2, 2012 at 10:03 am #38857

    The paint shop I use supply Octoral paint .
    I have found this product http://www.octoral.com/en/products/primersPF131.html in their range, would this be the equivalent uk product ?

    November 2, 2012 at 5:08 pm #38858

    Sounds like that PF131- non-sanding would be the right product for you.

    November 3, 2012 at 12:19 am #38859

    That PF 131 is probably the same as the DeBeer 8-145 primer that I used to use. They have the same parent company and many Octoral and DeBeer products are exactly the same, just in a different tin! A friend of mine bought some PF131 recently and it looks / smells / applies identical.

    It will do the job just fine for you, but bear in mind that whilst it’s called “grey”, it’s actually a very light grey, more of an off white really. I used to darken it a little for silvers but I guess it would be ok just as it is.

    November 4, 2012 at 12:57 pm #38895

    Nice one, cheers lads, will give it a go .

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