Bumper repair suggestions/help

**imported_marmstrong** · 06-18-2008,ï¿½02:07 PM

Well, my girlfriend drives a 1999 Honda Accord. She backed into a brick wall and really scratched up her paint. The scratches went down to the black plastic. She asked if i wanted to try to fix it for her. Otherwise they are just going to leave it. I know that it is going to take a lot of time and patience to get it right. Also, i am not expecting to make it perfect, just better. Here is what i was planning to do.

Fill the deep scratches with a filler. Then sand down the paint and a bit of the surrounding area so that i can help blend it in when i repaint it. After sanding it smooth, put on several layers of primer with sanding included. Follow this up with several layers of basecoat and then the 2-3 coats of clearcoat over top. I will be wetsanding inbetween the coats if there are any runs or its unsmooth.

If anyone has any suggestions or help, i would greatly appreciate it. I think this could be a great learning opportunity for me.

Pics of the bumper.

**imported_taki0187** · 06-18-2008,ï¿½06:31 PM

Try paintscratch.com and make sure you get the paint with flex agent, I used them for my Grand Caravan bumper came out very nice. good luck

**braindead** · 06-19-2008,ï¿½11:36 PM

you may want to use an airbrush to lay down the paint and blend it in better than a brush or pen as silver is a hard color to match.

also for your last coat of paint you can mix a blend of 50/50 silver and clear paint to get some gloss.

wish you well.

**nick the swede** · 06-20-2008,ï¿½07:31 AM

When I fixed my bumper on my Volvo C70 I had factory touch up paint. It was the little stick that had a brush and all. I masked off each scratch to make sure I didnt get any paint on non scratched areas. I then just started laying on paint and would let it dry. then after the correct amount of layers had been done I threw some clear on there.

You might want to try some filler or sometype as those scratches look very deep

**imported_marmstrong** · 06-24-2008,ï¿½09:42 AM

thanks for the advice.

**VroomVroom** · 06-24-2008,ï¿½11:32 AM

Just my take....leave it. Unless you really want the challenge, and are prepared for a lot of work with negligiable results. When she`s ready to sell the car - or otherwise invest a coupla` hundred dollars - work with one of the mobile paint pros out there who can prep, fill, and paint in a few hours.