My bumpers

[twotontoy]

Ever since I saw Ray Woo's powder coated bumpers I wanted to do the same to mine. Unfortunatly I had used some body plastic to cover some of the blems and booger welds that were evident. When they sand blasted, all the bondo went with the paint and rust. Anyway the bondo would have melted in the 400 degree oven, so I couldn't replace it. The coating process would be reduntant if all those flaws were evident afterwords. I came up with the idea of just filling with your basic black silicone, it fills and form's well, stays where you put it and is easily replaceable if necessary. Who'da thunk you could fabricate with silicone? :p

[Mikeyk280]

Neil's starting a fabrication service.... now Fred's becoming a plastic surgeon... Now is that the same silicone in a set of new boobies? This is getting to be a pretty diverse club!

[twotontoy]

Neil's starting a fabrication service.... now Fred's becoming a plastic surgeon... Now is that the same silicone in a set of new boobies? This is getting to be a pretty diverse club!


LMAO Actually it's the form-a-gasket stuff like we use to make a seal between the third member and the axle housing.

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hey, just wondering where you got the sand blasting done. i need to get to the bare metal on my axle and knuckles so i can primer and paint them with my favorite rustolem.

[twotontoy]

hey, just wondering where you got the sand blasting done. i need to get to the bare metal on my axle and knuckles so i can primer and paint them with my favorite rustolem.


The people who did the coating job do their own blasting, if you DIY you don't get a warrantee.
sorry no help.

[bosco]

How about bondo fred? They have some that comes out of a can like easy cheese for small applications. I would think it would hold up a lot better than silicone and still form to whatever you need and it might even withstand sand blasting? :2cents:

Bryan

[twotontoy]

How about bondo fred? They have some that comes out of a can like easy cheese for small applications. I would think it would hold up a lot better than silicone and still form to whatever you need and it might even withstand sand blasting? :2cents:

Bryan

:confused: You have much to learn grasshoppa.

What kind of bondo does NOT come out of a can? :rolleyes: J/K

Bondo is plastic, and you cannot sand blast plastic. :(

Prey tell; what do you know of the process of using bondo for auto repair? I'd be glad to explain it for you my friend. :)

[bosco]

I have some experience with bondo and body work but none with sandblasting. Just thought that it would hold shape alot better than silicone ya know? Most of the bondo experience I have is patching rust holes and minor body damge from rocks and trees. I know all bondo comes out of a can but the stuff I am talking about is applied like easy cheese. You know...bend the nosle and it dispenses. I would gladdly come out and let you teach me the way my master!

[twotontoy]

I have some experience with bondo and body work but none with sandblasting. Just thought that it would hold shape alot better than silicone ya know? Most of the bondo experience I have is patching rust holes and minor body damge from rocks and trees. I know all bondo comes out of a can but the stuff I am talking about is applied like easy cheese. You know...bend the nosle and it dispenses. I would gladdly come out and let you teach me the way my master!

Ok, you got me with the easy cheese bondo, never seen that one.

And since you do have experiance, I'm thinking you might have missed a post or two in this thread. Here's the scoup: I had the bumpers powder coated and when they did the sand blasting it removed all the bondo i applied before I originally painted them. Then they did the powder coating process, so when I got it back it was the finished product, and I had to do something about all those exposed imperfections where the bondo used to be. What you were suggesting is for me to put bondo on top of the new paint (powder coat). Now I know that you know better than that so it was just a missunderstanding.

You no longer grasshoppa, you numba one fella. :D