How to - Spray paint a plastic bumper at home with spray cans - pro results! 

Professional commercial painter here , don’t walk with the paint , go an armspan and come back then move onto the other section , comes out slicker

You can use cheap white primer before applying the relatively expensive base coat over a dark primer to cut down the the required coats needed to cover over grey primer.

That's an amazing job. Can you please share the details like how many cans of primer, base coat and clear coat were used and also how many ml.

Make sure to shake the hell out of the 2k gloss can and the clear coat coming out the can will be amazing

Looks great for an outdoors painting. Great work! Going to give this a try with melbourne red on an F30 MTech bumper. 🤞

great job,now it gives me an idea how to paint my bumper.

It's somewhat recommended to paint indoors, only to mitigate dirt and debris from blowing and falling onto the paint. For other comments, from experience, base coats usually stop being tacky after 20-30 minutes, and clear coats usually harden after 45 minutes to an our unless with a breeze or wind, which will probably bring it down to 30 minutes.. I think a rule of 3s is good to start with. 3 coats of paint, 3 coats of clear coat. You need to wait for your paint to dry before sanding as it may still be mushy, and any grit will imbed easier into soft paint. I think having your piece elevated to around chest-height, or having the top of it at just under your chin makes it easier to paint, find a way to hang the piece with metal coat hangers from spots that won't be seen.

Thanks man. You made that easy to learn and do. Great work!

I am gonna paint a front lip and side skirts for my rsx, this helped a lot thanks man!

This was handy painting my grille on my 99 Burban. Thanks for the video.

Fantastic job, what a difference once all completed, has helped me with my own spray painting on my rear bumper and boot lid, from Edward Scott in Queensland, Australia.

This was absolutely awesome, just wish you told how long you waited after every coating, and what was the watering step you were doing such as if it were to clean it

You made this look so easy

I will definitely go this route. Good video bro.

All clear finishes will have some type of orange peel. I can see it on his finish. But i believe you're supposed to install the bumper and wait a week or so. Then you can wet sand with 2000 or 3000 grit and then buff it with buffing compound.

Nice, good job, I will be doing mine indoors tho with spray guns not cans. But I will be using cans for the adhesion promoter ;) thanks, good job!

How long should you wait before wet sanding?

Does this last like if it were originally painted like car wash and winter like that?

How many cans of base?

Good job. Cheaper then a shop same results.

BUT, why you did not apply the Primer after the adhesive promotor??????????

I just got a bumper not to long ago im planing on painting it myself, this video really motivates me to do it myself instead of paying $600-$1000k... Id like to see an update on that bumper if possible bro

How many cans of each product did you need? Thanks

Shouldnt you scuff the bumper down first thing. And then wipe it down with a tack cloth and acetone? The mold process has a release agent. Really bad for paint jobs. Then definitely a primer. Will help the paint adhere better and lay your coats out much better. Hope helps

How many layers of the adhesion promoter did you do? And how long should you wait after that before the color coat?

Recommend to sand down first then apply plastic adhesive then primer then sand down lightly then add the main color then clear coat

Bomb results 👍

Very informative thanks, how many cans of primer, paint and gloss needed for a full plastic bumper

What if the part I got doesn’t have primer? Should I sand it and then prime it or just go for the primer?

Would this work if I’m using red paint ?

how many cans did you use?

You should start off the bumper and finish past the bumper and hold your can more level

This is a good video. How many cans of paint did you need? How many cans of clearcoat? Seems like only 1 coat of adhesion promoter?

Nice video I tried this today but with diamond graphite

So you dont have to sanddown the old paint?

Thanks for the video! I'm going to plastic weld a hole in my bumper and respray and hope it turns out like this haha

Looks great! You didn't mention any safety gear. $20 for respirator (Highly Recommended to wear one) Goggles and Tyvek Suit $20 for both (For a small job like this these are optional, but it is better to be safe!) Also no mention about a wax and grease remover (Prep Solvent) wipe down before anything. If you're not using a sealer then forget about using it because some have very long flash times. I've made some videos to clarify these subjects.

Just curious. Why not a primer after the adhesion coat and how many cans of color did this take? Awesome vid. Thanks!

When I spray paint outside the wind seems to blow the paint away even when it isn't that windy, so I try to paint in my garage.

Thanks for video 🙏🏻I need do my car too so for after market plastic bumper cover before apply primer ,dont u need sand it ? Just curious because I need help

how much paint did you need to do this? was one can of each enough?

Nice job. So u bypassed scuffing and sanding because it came pre primed? I’m painting a bumper that’s pre primed. So would just cleaning it , then laying adhesion promoter, base and clear be correct?

Did this, but failed. Forgot to dand and used a cheap clear coat then 2k. Wish I saw it earlier, like the simple steps you made for it.

Good all around vid....helped a lot thanks!

I always paint in flip flops myself

I have a prime bumper that I need to paint jet black, but they say sand it with 800grit or higher to get it prep, so isn't it prep already to add on the adhersion promoter, thank you sir???

you are asking for (health) trouble using 2k clear with no respiratory gear however, its a drawback of the benefits of a 2k clear coat

How many cans of paint does it take to repaint a bumper? Will a 12oz can of paint be enough?

Could that primer be used with different types of spray paints

Looks good.

Nice results 👌

3 coats of that clear in a can is the equitant to 1 coat of clear coat out of a gallon I would have at least put 2 full cans of clear on that bumper. protect from rock chips a lot more

But, you have painted the grilles ! You should have masked them... But, overall, good job.

What were the prices of all the cans ?

I am about to do the same thing on my bumper, has it held up well ?????

Do I use the adhesion promoter before I prime my bumber or do I prime first and then use the adhesion promoter

How many cans of paint and clear coat did it take?

How long do we need to wait before applying the clear coat? And is washing it with water necessary?

Great job

Thank you 😊😃😀😃😃😀 I hope my is the same. First time trying it. 🤣😂😂😂😂😂

Hi bro you dont need use primer before paint ?

did you have orange peel???

How many cans of paint did you go through?

Does the paint come off easily on Plastic compared to ABS??

Good job bro I love it you use very short way please where I may get the exactly sprey ?

How many cans of paint did you use ?

How many spray can did you use for 1 bumper?

What if you get dirt in the clearcoat? How do I sand n buff plastic?

How cans of the base and clear di u use?

How do you know if your bumper is already primerd? I just ordered a brand new factory bumper for my e46 so I want to be safe before I proceed!

Was that one can of paint for the colour?

Vinyl wrap or spray ?

What’s the process if going red to black?

In your other video on painting a g35 bumper. If my bumper has already got color on it can I color over it or do I need to sand the color ?

Used all three cans of each?

How many cans of color and clear coat?

Nice job!

How many cans of white did you use

great job

hey tony G 2jz below, or get a piece of 220 grit move to a 442 then a 680 to a 681 then for kicks use a 772 and a 801 then just run the puppy walking to a 999 then a 5000K finish grit sand paper, professiuonal talker here I know what to do................................ The trick is to get used sand for the sanding cloth then the shit is cheaper. sometimes I make ky own sand. Start with Silica and go from there............ / / /

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What's the name of the music? Thanks!

any updates on how it's holding up? any flakes or cracks? also, how many cans of each did you end up using?

Do I have to use adhesion promotor on the primed plastic if it's already factory primed

Nice video so if I have a primed bumper do I still gotta use primer spray on a plastic bumper before I spray paint it black then clear coat it?

Nice paint job. How many cans of white and clear coat you use to finish the job?

Is that an infiniti bumper?

Hi how many cans of base color did you use? And what size in oz can?

plastic primer??

What Nissan color is that? Need that

Whats the second step? Is that the sort of gloss to make it shine?

How do u reduce, eliminate the orange peel look

Hey bro can you link me or let me know what paint and clear you used?

Hey I'm planning on doing this same color and everything how many spray cans did you use and 2k clear?

Why does every other tutorial video on RU-vid have this ridiculously loud music like it's some kind of 360 no scope montage from CoD. Yet another informative video I have to mute

How many cans

Do you know from where we can buy these paintings stuff?

Hey what if you getting the little bubbles what then? Thanks

did not even sand it before paint. I know some people say that the factory primer is ok to paint over it but i been doing this for over 17 years this paint will peel off with in 1 year. I know its been 5 years since video is uploaded let me know how it came out. 😑 sanding the primer will get you a so much smoother finish also

I saw your comment that it takes 2-3 cans depending on the color. Really for clarity, does that mean 2-3 cans for the base paint? How many cans do you need of clear coat? Etc Thank you