Painting My C5 Corvette's Front Bumper With ONLY SPRAY PAINT CANS!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- The finale video to me repairing and restoring the damaged from bumper to my C5 Corvette, PAINT! Over the past few months I've been repairing various parts of the bumper that sustained damage during the accident the car was in. This was one of the most damaged body panels on the car. I first began by repairing various cracks, gouges, holes, etc. in the bumper with a special 3M body repair epoxy. Now it's time to paint!! I am challenging myself to only paint this with rattle cans! I wanted to see what kind of paint job I could get without investing in all of the compressor and sprayer equipment!
Hint Hint: I am super happy with the results of this paint job given my prior experience (practically none) and the equipment/setup I was using!
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Looks great, man!! Now I need to watch much more before painting a whole car. No idea if I will go rattle can or not. Steel car not fiberglass and it will be my first restoration.
Surprised how well the paint turned out. Looking forward to seeing it on the car 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Yea I was pleasantly surprised as well given it was all rattle cans. The 2K clear coat makes a big difference. Video of the reassembly of the car is coming soon.
Looks good. Looking forward to seeing it all put back together.
Thanks! That video is coming soon! Got it back on the road for 4th of July!
How many cans of base and clear coat to paint that bumper?
Thanks
So I had some issues with the base coat cans that caused paint to leak from under the nozzles, which I talked about in the video, so that caused more paint to be needed than probably what was required. Remembering back, I used about 6 cans of base and 3 cans of clear.
If I didn’t have the issue with the cans I bet I could’ve gotten away with 4-5 cans of base and 3 cans of clear.
@@Addimotive 8 oz per can ?
@@mannixho 12 Oz per can
how does it match with the rest of the car? and how many cans did you need? i've been procrastinating painting my new bumper cover that happens to be torch red as well... but i think im ready now
For a 22 year old car and color matched paint based only on the OEM paint code, it's pretty dang close. It's not a perfect match, the spray paint is a slight bit darker (maybe because the car's paint has faded a little over the years), but it's only really obvious in direct sunlight. The only place it's more obvious is where the front bumper meets with the passenger side front fender that's the original paint. In the coming videos you'll see more when I get the bumper installed again.
I used 2-3 cans of primer, 5 cans of base coat, and 2 cans of clear coat for the bumper, but part of that was due to the fact that the base coat cans kept leaking from under the nozzle, so I wasn't getting the full spray volume out of those cans.
Give it a shot! Honestly the prep was the hardest part, and make sure to use a 2K clear coat, that's what gives you the deep glossiness and durability.