painting the rubber piece between the bumper and car

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  1. david targhetta

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    I have a 77 ford maverick with the big bumpers. I am prepping the car to be painted and I got to the rubber pieces between the bumper and the actual car. How do I prep them? The paint is cracking on it. I tried removing the paint with a special stripper, but even when I did that and sprayed it with primer, the primer cracked when i moved the piece. I guess the peice is not going to be moved around much once painted and put on the car but I am not too sure what to do.
     
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    Dave; you can buy a special primer, flexible primer, in spray cans that works very well. You can also buy flexible bumper paint for just such things. AutoZone has them. They are made by PlastiCoat. Good luck.

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    Flex additive must be mixed with the paint for parts like this ...
     
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    I went over mine with some fine sandpaper then some gloss black and they came out alright, here is a pic,I plan on selling it on ebay soon
     

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    they do look nice. Have you moved them yet? Just out of curiousity because I moved mine and little cracks came about but when i put it back in the original shape they closed up so they might not be problem
     
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    The cracks will return once moisture enters them and then the paint will flake off. Spend an hour of time and sand the existing paint off and prime with a flexible bumper primer as mentioned in other posts. Also if you are doing the spray bomb route, the plastic coat final coat (the color paint) should work good for you. Remember to use light coats and dont put on more than 3 coats. Let it cure for 48 hours at room temp before touching and all should be good.
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    ps light coats of paint is a subjective term. If you are seeing a color change when painting but not a total coverage on the panel, then that is considered a light coat. After 3 coats you should have full coverage of color and desired shine.
     
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    Do I need to wet sand it or how do I do that? Also I took mine down to where it was black (the original material i assume) and I still noticed small cracks.
     
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    Then I would sand off all paint. You could chemically strip the paint but sometimes on flexible parts it makes them turnout wavy. So I would sand off all paint and start from scratch.
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