Car Bumper Respray

Recently i got given a car bumper that was the wrong colour and simply needs a rub down, filler ina  few places and respraying the new colour. Im dead impressed however because i actually got this job because the gentleman saw my blog and we had a chat down in my local club. Awesome! So at the minute its sat in my shed quite comfortably pushing my BSA tanks to the back :P at the minute there on hold as i dont have much room to do these at the minute as the photo shows :)

As you can see ive already spent a few hours 'knocking back' the paintwork and correcting it ina  few places. The only concern i have with this is how to paint it and store it so none of the paintwork is actually taking the weight of the bumper and thus will just ruin the coats each time i apply them, however i have sorted a solution but it is weather dependant and at the minute the weather isnt looking too good which isnt making me happy really, however any sunshine, this will be taking priority! So today I woke up, quite excited to be spending a full day outside on the project, so got it all setup and just started flattening it all down.

Not looking too bad :) Now came the time to apply some filler into a few areas that were either scratched or had had filler in peviously but was chipping away in chunks and thus a few coats of primer would not be able to hide. There are a few minor scratches and stone chips, however a lot of them will be filled in with the primer and when flattened again will not be able to seen. 

I waited for the filler to dry and rubbed it down until it flowed with the rest of the shapes and contours around it, however a few areas were proving tricky to get flat so at the minute the bumper is sat in my shed with a few spots of filler waiting to be flattened down. Hopefully, he says lol, maybe another day on this of flattening etc it should be ready for a coat of primer, but like i said, its all weather dependant, this is when i wish i didnt get rid of my last shed which was 2ft wider and wasnt chamfered in one corner, so i could spray the bumper with ease, however ill have to make do. So hopefully my next post you will see a few pictures of the bumper painted white and perfectly smooth, ready for its new topcoat, however that could be a week or so away yet as like i said before its just forecast to rain! damn the lake district. 

F&S