Date:         Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:02:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Yoel and Tina Crane <yoelandtina@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Yoel and Tina Crane <yoelandtina@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Painting Vanagon Fiberglass bumpers
Comments: To: John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <d81c421904092105574296bfc6@mail.gmail.com>
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Well, we've got a victim fiberglass bumper piece from the Vanagon
we're using for parts.  Got a Bondo kit and will be filling in the
holes on this piece before we do some light sanding to get it all
straight.  Then we'll use a coat of black sandable primer (sand again
if needed) and then a coat of black bumper paint.  I assume its bumper
paint because its got some flex to it (and it says its good for
rubber/plastic bumpers.)

Will let you know how it turns out - holler if you see something that
we're clearly doing wrong above!

Thanks,

Tina and Yoel


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:57:03 -0400, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:32:07 -0700, Yoel and Tina Crane
> <yoelandtina@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any folks here had success in painting a fiberglass bumper from the
> > late model Vanagons?  We're thinking about using bumper paint from
> > Kragen.
> >
> > What about painting the bumper all black?  Anyone have one of those -
> > just wondering how it looks :-)
>
> Tina and Yoel,
>
> Plasticote bumper spray. Comes in metallic grey and black. I painted
> my rear fiberglass bumper black (looks good on my white '91) over a
> year ago and it still looks fresh after one winter and two summers of
> northern Michigan driving. Works fine on faded grilles too!
>
> John Meeks
> Vanagon Rescue Squad
> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Vanagon_Rescue_Squad74.htm
> '91 Multivan ~ white lightnin' ~
> KC8ZFN
>