[DeTomaso] L bumper issue

Scott Mead Photography scott at scottmeadphotography.com
Tue Jun 7 14:13:48 EDT 2016


Aloha Ed,

It sounds like your painter didn't add a plasticizer (which gives the paint
a bit of flexibility when it's cured) to the paint before spraying the
bumper. You'll have to follow the same steps body shops use to prepare new
bumper covers on late model cars. In your case, strip the bumper down, prime
it, then paint it with the plasticized paint.

Ron Haglan in Kihei painted my bumper (along with the rest of the car
10-years ago) and I've never had it bump, crack or wave. As he was Mike
Mayberry's painter back in the '70s, he has a lot or experience painting
Panteras, and  L bumpers. You might consider shipping your bumper to him
(DHX and Aloha Ai r Cargo are really affordable) to have it refinished. If
you want to go that route, I'd be happy to assist in the logistics.

Mahalo,

Scott

> On Jun 6, 2016, at 8:00 PM, edracers--- via DeTomaso 
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>   Aloha
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>   My body guy spray painted the black L model front rubber bumper. Now
>   the paint is bumpy, with cracks, and looks bad.
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>   My thought is to sand off the paint. But I do not know how to get the
>   luster back to the black bumper.
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>   Any suggestions about this problem.
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>   Ed Kemper
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>   Honolulu
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