paintings / coatings??

[hammer1]

Since I will soon be the proud owner of an Iron Pig rear bumper, i have a question:
Im buying one with the provision to add their swing away tire carrier at a later date ( budget concerns) since they build it special with the provision, i will get it
unpainted, and then the swing away unpainted as well. ( hello Holiday bonus)
any suggestions for coatings? duraliner? powder-coat??
rattle-can re-applied everyso often?
Hammer

 

[hammer1]

bump!

 

[FJ60_cruiser]

HOpe to see the pics of that bumper soon!!! congrats!!!

 

[sisukid1975]

Powder coating is great, tough, looks good (give that factory like look) and should not set you back too much.

Professionally done..... $150 I'd guess.

YOu can powder coat at home. Get a gun and some powder and you can either spring for an oven (would be expensive to get one big enough for a bumper) or I've heard you can use high-intensity liquid crystal heat lamps to cure it.

Eastwood sells the heatlamp system.

I've never seen it done so I can't vouch for the results.


Fred

 

[wink84fj60]

por 15

hammer,
u might want to check with por 15(since u r rite there). they have a product called hardnose paint. never used it but they other stuff i have had good luck with.

happy tks giving
chris

 

[hammer1]

thanks for the input, i willl keep you guys posted!

 

[Heartworm]

Por-15

I re-painted my home-made steel bumpers with POR-15. Having gone through the hassle and the cost (about $110 for prep chemicles, POR-15, POR-15 top coat) I would encourage you to bit the bullet and get it powder coated. If I could do it over again, that is what I would do. My paint job looks OK but you can tell it was a amateur job. And, I already have some dings.

 

[sl33py]

what about line-x'ing it? i know it fades a bit over time, but wouldn't that be a good protective layer?

 

[beaufort-fj60]

did you get the bumper yet. take some of pics of bumper before you instal, please

thanks