How to Blend Car Paint on a Bumper

This is a Honda Oddysey bumper that I've blended my base coat across to restore this to a factory look.

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[scooboy]

Hope you have a great holiday man, enjoy all your vids. My wife had the same problem with a brand new Ford, the front bumper had been painted with a different batch of paint at the factory.Colour match was a mile out. Dealer actually ended up getting it refinished before we picked it up.

[mangosmakemesmilee]

Thank you for this example.
Have a bumper with damage dead center very similar to this.

[jetjet]

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[Refinishnetwork]

Ya, it sucks but the summer gives you something to look forward to...and the winter is good for collision business...and pondhockey.

[Refinishnetwork]

Hey thanks for the input! I've heard of the hopper passes so probably gonna do that, maybe I'll make it to Chicago one day. I'll wait until hockeys back so I can watch my leafs loose in another country.lol

[Refinishnetwork]

Hey, its good to be versatile lol. I don't know what the CFM requirements are for that gun as with my setup I don't really need to know. You'd have to have a look on the Iwata website.

[mazinais]

Ha! im going to florida too! ... but only in a few months... until then some nice similar to canada-type winter to enjoy!

[Refinishnetwork]

ya it will even colder by then, not a bad strategy.

[Refinishnetwork]

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

[Refinishnetwork]

absolutely not, I had sanded the entire bumper sorry i didn't mention the prep. The primer area was finished in 600 and the rest was scuffed with a grey nylon pad equivalent to around 800-1000 grit paper.

[bigjallday]

So if I buy a different color bumper from a junk yard then paint it myself, there's a good chance the difference in shades will be noticeable ?

[jeffdeluca]

Hey Jimmo... Enjoyed the tips and techniques! I'm an aspiring DIY-er from roofing to painting to coaching folks in fat-loss! It's looking like blending paint isn't rocket science after all! I'm sure there's a lot to prepare but step by step looks do-able! I have an older Binks 2001... haven't upgraded to HVLP... What kind of cfm does that Iwata require?
PS Definitely Canadian... my son married a gal from Goulais RIver and she is a sweetheart eh!

[Refinishnetwork]

thanks, ya were doing that with another pearl white Honda.

[Refinishnetwork]

Ya, they are sprayed separate from the car..often in separate plants.

[zeronorhero]

My current bumper is lighter than oem as well, over time the paint fades. I just tried to repair a peeling section and the oem paint is much darker, I've found it very difficult to blend it as I don't have an hvlp system. I'm just using a preval can.

[Vaginiti]

Great video, Do you wet sand all your surfaces even the pieces that you are blending or just clean and leave existing clear coat?
thanks!

[JonVarbero]

Nice video. I have a question, is clearing the whole panel a better idea than blending the clear? and why? thank you

[ANDY-wemr]

Jim Iam going to paint a new ford focus mk3 TITANIUM x front bumper it comes primed so will I have to used fade out thinners blend additive to match the car or can I used used 3 Coates of base coat paint and 2 coats of clear

[numbaekmunda]

is it okay for you to applu the base coat over a un sanded part? also same for the clear coat

[chensue]

Hey Jimmo,

How do you fix that color miss match? Do I have to blend into the fenders to match?