painted bumpers

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imported_Tony

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I have a 1994 Lincoln continental silver in color. Last July I washed with dawn, clayed with mothers, polished with #9, AIO and over the last few months I have sg 5x and S100 yesterday. The painted bumpers do not look as good as the rest of the car. Any suggestions?
 
When you say they don't look as good, what do you mean? The more detailed description, the better...



Less smooth? Not as much shine? Different shade of silver? :up
 
Thanks for your reply Honeygold:



The bumpers do not shine as much and do not have as much depth. The D*** things just do not shine enough.
 
I used to own a 1988 Honda Prelude SI in a brilliant red. It was absolutely stunning when polished.... except for the plastic bumpers. It was also clearcoated. They were always a slightly different shade of red and they too never shined up as well as the body of the car. It really bothered me until it was caught unprotected in a hail storm and incredibly dented. After that... I kept it clean but soon sold it and bought my Ranger.



Anyway.... This is just my opinion, and I may be wrong, but I think it may be the fact that it's the age of the car. Paint just doesn't age on plastic the same way it does on metal.



Have you had this car since new? If not, I'm willing to bet the previous owner didn't care for it properly and the paint on the bumpers is just faded. If you've had it since new.... what steps have you done in the past to keep it protected?



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Hey... I just realized that with us in this thread, we complete the Obsessive Compulsive disorder... according to our titles! LOL!



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I purchased the 1994 Lincoln in 1998. The bumpers looked close to the metal surfaces after clay, polish, AIO. After I started using SG it appeared the metal painted surfaces gloss improved more than the plastic painted bumpers. The bumpers dont look faded but they do not shine like the metal surface. Very interesting that the plastic would fade before the metal but I believe you are right especially if not care for. I understand that when they paint plastic that they must use flex agents. In other words since the paint process is different then the long term results maybe different.
 
Well, that's all I can think of... maybe someone with more knowledge can shed some more light on the subject....



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Usually the bumper paint is totally different to the car body paint and can be from a different supplier. Some car companies use an outside contractor to paint the plastic components. To get good adhesion of the primer to the plastic the plastic is usually flame treated (ie surface roughness introduced) . All of these things can influence paint appearance.



Steve
 
Steve

Thanks for that information, you should write some articles on painting (basic stuff) so that we can learn more about cleaning cars.



Steven
 
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