And that's how we learn. Experience is the best teacher. Came out good for a beginner. Don't be discouraged from other comments, you did a good job. I can tell that you are happy with it, and that's what really counts!!!!

I really appreciate this video and the helpful comments. I am about to paint my bumper and this video has helped out a lot! I have a respirator, 400 and 800 grit wet or dry sandpaper, plastic sheeting to keep my garage from getting covered in paint, adhesion promoter and sandable Rustoleum filler/primer and Duplicolor spray paint and Rustoleum acrylic lacquer. Thanks again!

I'd argue that the best automotive clearcoats in a can are the 2K versions. Either Spraymax or Eastwood. Also worth mentioning is that the 2K products are legit toxic, so use a respirator unlike what you see in the video.

I think you did a wonderful job. It’s looking great! I would only add an exhaust fan to this video and two 1K lights. The lights let you see what you’re doing better and they make the paint stick to the bumper better. And they dry it better. The exhaust fan is for the over spray and your health. Turn the fan at the right speed so it doesn’t pull too fast or too slow. The fan will be messed up with paint rather than your lungs. You did a fantastic job and you worked extremely hard. The outcome was fabulous!

Hey man I watch this video like 20 times while painting my front bumper didn’t come out as good as your but definitely not bad for my 1st time thank you 🙏

Sick video bro. I'm looking at doing the same to my front bumper soon. This helped. Thanks!

I love the hood!!! Swell job Youngin, I used to work in a body shop and that’s some really cool rattle can work. 👍🏾

Wow, thanks mate. I'm do repairs for my family and I'm doing my first respray on my father-in-law's bumper this video helped me out big time

a lot of pros here.i think it came out really good.

Before primer I would just sand it with 600 max, then lay down the primer and sand the primer with 800 max. The higher you go on the grit the less adhesion there will be, especially if you use a cheap primer where the chemical adhesion is probably not as good as with an expensive one.

Wow, not only were you able to match the bumper color with the rest of your car, but also the inside of your lungs too. That's impressive.

I'd wait at least 3 or 4 days before wet sanding clear coat... You need to let the paint harden really for a good while.. clear can still be soft for weeks after it doesn't fully harden as quick as you think

Love your video very professional you make it look super easy

This vid really helped me out! Your video gave me almost all the info I need. The only thing I wish you would have done is given more info up front on how many cans you need on average for bumpers and showed how you are sanding the bumper. Can I use a belt sander or is this by hand? If belt sander, what is recommend to keep it from tearing up the plastic? Also an example of "wet sanding" woulda been legit. Thanks for the post and the brand recommendation. You seem to know your shit. Keep posting! You just got a new subsciber

Just a tip if your painting something a bright color use a darker color primer. It will pop a lot more

1500 grit is too fine for sealing the primer - use 1000 grit (or 1200 at the ABSOLUTE finest) or the base colour may flake/peel off!! Some people won’t go any finer than 800 for wet sanding primer 😅 If OP is reading this, did you have any problems with flake/peeling months later? Cheers 🍻

Thanks streetwise garage for the video I'm going to be repainting my bumperit's a gray plastic that I got and your video is perfect this is my very first time ever doing something like this I do all my other mechanic work myself but as far as painting this is my first time doing it and I think I can do it thanks to your video and you did a great job it came out nice

did you sand every layer of paint? thanks for the tutorial. just got an after market bonnet and i might try and play with it with a rattle can. 👍

This was handy painting my grille on my 99 Burban. Thanks for the video.

Awesome.video. I don't have time to take the bumper to the shop so if rather do it myself. Awesome job man

You can get a small rectangular pop up gazebo or tent with 4 sides and roof on which will stop the overspray problem.

I just finished putting clear coat on the spoiler that I was painting today It's drying now, hope to be satisfied with my work tomorrow 3x primer, 3x color and 3x clear coats 😬

I just uploaded a video about the "essential" prep solvent to use during your prep. I noticed he didn't use one and using it will give you the cleanest surface before spraying.

Thank you, thank you my friend. Really appreciate the content. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great information man, love it.

excellent job mate.its all in the preperation.

You do not need to sand with 1500 after the 400. In all actuality 400 or 600 grit is perfect to paint over as long as it is all flat and any damage prepped good and primed.

Sure glad you repaired the cracks to that bumper that sits 1” off the ground. This must be a weekly thing for you.

Outstanding job, how many coats of clear before I sand the bumper?.

Question bro..is that a spray color you got over the counter at like HD or Lowes? and is that the Z's original grey color? I have an original grey Z and need to try to see how well the color match is..

Thank you gonna try to paint the rocker panels on my R spec. Ordered paint comes w 4 steps. Idk wish me luck 🤞. If it doesn't come out as nice as yours I'll be headed to body shop or maybe I'll have to take it to you lol. Good video. But I wanted to see how you were sand cause I'm a complete novice when it comes to painting cars. Ive only done furniture which I went sand but idk if it's the same process. We'll see

Its always good to put the music credit in your videos.

hoping i can do this process to paint my bumper in my bugeye wrx! thanks so much!

The finished bumper looks great, you'd never guess was do it at home job. About how much was the total cost to paint the bumper and do you notice if it's any less durable than a body shop paint job? I'm wondering about paint chips from rocks etc.

thats really nice, good work

Wow - looks great - thanks for sharing!

okay, if anyone watching this dont use that clear. use a clear with the hardener cap in it. you puncture the hardener on the bottom of the can. this clear that he used is going to chip and crack with the first rock on the highway.

Looks better than I thought it would with it being a rattle can

So you had no issues using dupli- color paint and Rust Oleum clear together as the basecoat /Clearcoat? I thought it was best to use the same brand to avoid compatibility issues?

Did u wet sand for preping or dry sand or does it really matter? What grit did u use to wet sand the primer? Also how has the paint held up?

Bro. Quick question. Did you wet sand between clear coats or did you just spray one later on top of another?

Beautiful job.Congrats.!!

I work in a collision shop and for proper adhesion we sand are panels with 400 grit, jumping from 400 to 1500 is pointless you have to work your way through the grits to actually knock down the scratches

Bro you should have filmed the painting process

STREETWISE garage a really good job well done, your youtube video helped me spray paint my own boot lid and rear bumper, thanks heaps from Edward Scott in Queensland, Australia.

Good video. Gave me some good ideas to paint a bumper.

Just some advice; Instead of painting in just one direction, try a cross hatch pattern so you can remove those lines from the base coat. Side to side, up to down, done. Perfect coats every time

Dammit Bro you did a amazing job very nice 👍👌💯 keep up the great work take care

Very awesome job looks great thank you for this video

Im doing this for my BMW e90 bumper cover. Cleaned, sanded, got the primer down. Waiting for it to dry for the base coat

I think it came out really good. I know there are a number of negative comments how you should have done this or that, but chalk it up to haters. You're not a body and paint shop guy. It only cost you for supplies and time. Yeah, sure you should wear a mask and if you were doing this everyday for a living, it would be relevant. The finished job came out great, will you get chips? Of course, its a front bumper and a spoiler that close to the ground. Wrap clear film on it you'll be fine for a while. Cheers

How many cans did you use of the Duplicote? Anything new you'd do or like I'm thinking that's cost effective and will do? Thanks for sharing too.

On the last step(wet sanding clear coat with 1500) , if you buff it out would it be permanent or just take a couple weeks to fade away ?????

Good video man!

So do you sand again after the last clear coat and the clear coat on more time after?

hey man after you painted it, would you say it’s able to put vinyl wrap on the parts you painted ?

Instead of wet sanding the clear at the end, can you just put rubbing compound and wax it?

That spoiler though🤯

I accidentally painted over some sanding debris left behind would I be able to re sand and start from scratch in that section ?

my last coat of gloss looks very satin/matte is that normal before wet sanding and buffing?

So you forgot a very important item. It is not wise to straight up prime the bumper and paint the bumper by itself. The primer and paint are not flexible by themselves. Especially when temps change and the bumper bends. The paint will crack. It is critical that you use adhesive promoter that will help the paint and primer stick to flexible body parts. It will only be a matter of time when you paint starts to fall off because you did not use this. In addition you should sand the bumper with 320-400 before laying down primer. Primer has very big droplets. And the sand paper you use does not give enough teeth for the primer to grab. When painting the bumper you should use 600-800. That will give the pain enough teeth to grab and still give it a smooth finish. The paper you use does not give the paint enough teeth and will start to flake off.

I love it!!! I'm gonna try it. Cause some truck hit me and another car. My poor z 😖😢💔 thanks for the video!

I watched your last vid and did my rear 350z bumper and that gray is like a darker shade gray but you can't really tell in person!! It turned out very well!

Was it just me or did anyone else wanna see him actually apply the coats off paint to bumper rather than just seeing the finished article 😂

Thank you for the video. I need to paint my mother-in-law's bumper. I am confident now that I will have a semi-professional result.

The dealer that sold me my truck did the bumper like this and it started to flake off at the carwash. When it comes to paint do it right or dont do it at all.

Go to English colors and give them the paint code of you're car. They will put it in a spray bottle for you and also use 2k clear I just did the fender on my pick up looks really good!

Did you use 3 coats of clear? And what grit did you use for wet sand? Did I miss that.

Good work. Taught me something

Great video. What is the product name and manufacturer of your front spoiler?

What would u recommend I do to take holes out of a bumper from terrible license placement

Would you recommend any color by dupli color? Also what would you recommend for a matte finish coat instead of gloss

Did you polish after sanding the clear coat?

You used 1500 grit BEFORE priming??? did you at least read your instructions?? That primer/paint is going to come/chip off easily!! You need to use 320 before primer , block sand, then 400-600 before paint. That 1500 is for the clear coat for polishing (especially Lacquer clear like you used)

Can i use this spray paint method on metal panels like fender,doors etc?

Thank you bro for this video!, made me get the balls to paint my Prius front bumper cover myself and save a lot a money in the procc.ess

So the last step, you did a wet sand with a high grit paper? No Clear coat again?

Great job bro for real wow!

Always use 2k, also let the clear cure for 2 days before wet sanding

On step 3: is it plastic primer or epoxy Surfacer? Thanks

hey man, is the clour for your Z, silverstone metallic? thanks

Wow this came out amazing!! It looks identical to the factory color of the car. One quick question, what color primer would you recommend if I’m going to spray paint a bumper black?

good video. I will have to attempt this. thanks

Hello. i need help...please and thank you. i am working on a 2010 ford escape. the paint is fine, it's just faded and just needs to be re-cleared. i will need to sand the clear and re-clear it. i would like to know what size sand paper to use, i.e. 1500 grit and should it be dry or wet. please help. thank you.

@STREETWISE garage Why sand it down with 400 grit,even though it’s already primed, asking cause ima trying to replace my bumper cracked bumper, with a new primed oem factory bumper

Can I used this same white primer? My car it's a silver metallic color brighter than your Z, I'm looking for a primer to start the process of painting my front bumper but there's a lot of color choices of primers out there and I don't know wich primer color should I buy

6:37 your getting oil from your hands all over the bumper smh 🤦‍♂️. Wear gloves helps for a better paint job

Good job brother very informative.

Excellent video but there is sometimes contrary of info in one sentence. Like four coats and then two coats…. Confusing. Also what do you use to wash bumper before applying first coat of primer ? What’s up with hair dryer ?

Hi, how many of primer cans did it take for you to cover that.

How long after priming should we start wet sanding ?

came out great

Get some tack cloth, always allow 15 minutes for vapor from paint to escape before you put on clear are you will get bubble Between and don't let it dry just to the feel of sticky side of tape between coats,

So, if I want to change the color of the car bumper from Grey to Silver. Do I need to sand the old color off until it's all gone? Any advice will do. Thanks

How does it last against sun, when you leave it outside

Hi , i’m painting my BMW bumper and I primed it and forgot to wet sanded before I added the paint. Can I wet sand it with the paint on there and then paint it again and put the clear on it?

If your bumper has an area with road grime paint chips, would you recommend filling the pits in with something special before painting?

Looks really nice, I need to replace the bumper on my civic so thanks a mile

What did you use to buff it? What machine and pad?

how many cans of dupli-color did you use to paint the bumper?