Painting Tutorial - How To Paint Bare Metal

In this Video I'll go over and show you how I paint raw metal or bare steel products from JcrOffroad. The Armor and bumpers come unfinished and will need to be painted. Follow along to see how to get the best finish possible.

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[xcit]

Matt love your videos and your channel. Got many cool tips greatly appreciated!!
I must call a foul, on your video here.
Mineral spirits contain oil. Best to use acetone or even brake cleaner.
Rotate that paper towel until there is no more black coming off the steel. Prep is everything for a good bond.
Thanks again BleepinJeep!!!

[sgsellsit]

Acetone not mineral spirits. Mineral spirits contain oils that can be left behind.

[aaronfuksa]

clean, sand, clean, prime. don't smash or smear oils into the sanded surface.

[hondafreak]

Just my 2 cents. You should start painting the edges first. Because all the overspray you create from covering the edges you will cover after you paint the main portion

[phm]

When painting with spraycans a common mistake is that painter keep can too far from targeted surface. Its understandable to do like that as being careful or if using "many thin layers" method. Of course if u keep distance between 15-25cm, its more difficult to avoid runs/runoffs. But that is the distance that you get smoother and better looking surface. If you double that painting distance ( or somewhere 30cm), the paint not going to settle like it meant to do. With too far distance you get "mandarin skin" and other similar issues.

[shark]

You lost me at "have a clean work area."

[jakefromstfarm]

Process is dead on but you're gonna wanna use a tougher 2k epoxy primer especially on something like an offroad bumper where it has to stand up to a lot unless you're the type to just reshoot all the time otherwise great step by step video

[lpwnage]

You can also use those halogen work lights to bake the paint on when you're done.  And old friend of mine had an old electric oven in their shop they would use to bake small parts they painted.

[Fielder]

thanks for the great video mate. What is the advantages of a clear coat afterwards, will it strengthen the paint? 

[segt]

I see that you hung the part by wire which makes it easier. What do you about the areas where the part is touching the wire. When you finish and take the part down you will have tiny areas of unpainted bare metal where the part was resting on the wire. What is the best way to avoid this short of letting your coats dry and repainting the area where the wire was.

[Supanova]

Good video if your doing old school etch but totalty different process today for epoxy coatings on metal.

[kenlane]

I kept waiting for you to grab a real gun and git her done. 2 pack clear is the best way to seal I reckon. Never found anything better. Unless it's a 2 part, it takes forever to dry hard. But, for the casual guy who likes rolling ball bearings in a can, nice vid.

[SPY]

@BleepinJeep
Do you always use etch primer for all bare metal surfaces, even if it's old metal that was sanded down to bare metal?

[qazqaz]

Rattle can paint ? Mineral spirits for cleaning? If you're going to do this at least use the right cleaning chemicals and then appliance epoxy. Regular spray paint is too soft and the finish is mediocre. Appliance epoxy is much tougher and the finish is far better. And to improve your spray can control buy a $2 handle adaptor. An HPLV will make your paint job 100x better ... hard to believe you fab this bumper and spray it with a can... If I bought it I would be bummed when it started rusting in a few months.

[healthyperson]

Was I the only one worried that the sword will hit the freshly painted metal?

[jaybatchelor]

Nice job there mate. Just wondering did you give the primed surface a light sand before laying down your top coat at all. Cheers.

[DragosZK]

Whooo, perfect timing.
Needed to paint my new bumpers for my XJ haha

[joshuapaisley]

Nice tutorial. Mineral spirits contain petroleum distillates which will remain on the surface and prevent good adhesion. You are better off using a wax and grease remover to wipe down before paint. Otherwise, great video!

[alzaabialzaabi]

How long do you think this method will not catch any rust ?

[Onset_Nonsense]

Could i use a wire brush? Or just stick with sandpaper