You put what DuPont refers as "flex-additive" into the paint. Any paint
jobber will carry it. I'm sure it is available for all modern paint systems.
Now that almost every new car on the road has painted bumpers,
painting the bumpers on an old Midget is gravy. I am sure 25 years
ago had BL considered painting the bumpers this would not have been the
case.
Shawn
Phil Vanner wrote:
> I have seen one of these - I liked the look; a lot like the modern
> color-keyed bumpers. The guy that did it, (Dave Wintz of New Life to
> Classics in Mankato, MN ) said he had to add something (yeah ain't I
> helpful) to the paint so that it would tolerate the flexing of the rubber
> and not crack. Similar to the additives used for Fiberglass, I imagine.
>
> Phil Vanner
> '61 Midget
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick/Carolyn [SMTP:walters@mail.softcom.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:32 PM
> To: J. Adrian Barnes
> Cc: spridgets
> Subject: Re: Paintin' the RBs
>
> Hi Adrian,
>
> I think the thought of a RB Midget with a painted bumper is cool. The
> RV8, Modern Brit v8 MGB has a painted rubber bumper. My firebird of
> days gone by had one too. It lasted a long time. Somehow they painted
> a base coat and had laguer over the base, so it matched the car color.
>
> Would like to see one.
>
> Rick
>
> J. Adrian Barnes wrote:
> >
> > If you are offended by the sight or thought of rubber bumpers, read no
> > more! heh heh
> >
> > I painted my front bumper yesterday with the Plastikote 3-step process
> > (adhesion promoter, primer, and top coat). I experimented and did it
> > with semi-gloss instead of flat because I thought it might look good.
> > Anybody ever applied this paint to their bumpers? Just wondering how
> > long it lasts (is it a good fix for awhile?) I have been contemplating
> > getting my bumpers painted body-color, but I dunno...this may work just
> > as well and won't risk looking bad at a high cost.
> >
> > adrian
> >
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> >
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