rubber bumper

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Offline mopar jack

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rubber bumper
« on: March 17, 2015 - 05:07:00 PM »
Got a new bumper from Gene Gregory and it needs a lot work before top coat. Any ideas on a bracket or jig to hold it  off the car while I work on it. Thanks.




Offline FY1Cuda

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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2015 - 08:59:37 PM »
A couple of saw horses probably will do it.  I know they take a lot of prep work.  I had trouble with the primer not flexing especially at the ends of the bumpers.  Make sure you have a very flexible primer. A professional recommended Sherwin-Williams P30. 

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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2015 - 11:41:39 PM »
Thanks. So far PPG flexible primer seems to work ok. Just need a way to support the bumper and be able to paint it from all angles.

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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2015 - 07:38:29 AM »
What if you bolted the bumper brackets to it and then bolted them to a saw horse or 2?
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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015 - 01:11:57 PM »
This is how I am hanging mine.  Mine needed a lot of work too.  But ready for paint now!


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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015 - 04:03:13 PM »
Got it painted but I have had a lot of trouble with adhesion. Now I have a few bubbles on the top side, of course that's the side you can see. Talked to Gene Gregory and he suggest to start over and D.A. the whole bumper with #80 grit paper. Well that's about $400 in material wasted, the flexiblizer for the top coat is $73 a pint!

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Re: rubber bumper
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2015 - 11:18:53 PM »
I didn't have much luck finding anything that worked. Paint still cracked slightly during assembly.


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