Bumper paint.

I went over all of the plastic parts with a heat gun and that worked fine for a few years. I've noticed that they are starting to grey again in streaks this time and you can see where and how I've applied the heat gun. I've used various remedies previously that essentially rely on oil Inc peanut butter, olive oil, silicone spray etc but the black doesn't last long so I think I'll try Dave Greengrasse's Cherry Blossom technique.
 
My bumper was a dirty crappy gray that was before covid that I put the polish on photo taken yesterday
 

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Greengrass said:
As I have the bumper off to do the chassis cross member I will give it a coat or two to brighten it up
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Dave, what exactly is the Cherry Blossom you're using? Is it the old little circular tin or some sort of stuff in a bottle with a sponge applicator?
Photo if possible if you could 👍
 
MERL said:
Dave, what exactly is the Cherry Blossom you're using? Is it the old little circular tin or some sort of stuff in a bottle with a sponge applicator?
Photo if possible if you could 👍
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MERL said:
Cheers Dave. Looks like they've changed the bottle but hopefully they haven't changed the product. Just bought some off Amazon.

Cherry Blossom spray 85 ml : Amazon.co.uk: Fashion

Cherry Blossom spray 85 ml : Amazon.co.uk: Fashion
amzn.eu
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Best result have the bumper off good wash, then a light wet and dry open the container pour liquid into a container I use a old Chinese takeaway pot piece of foam dip in pot and give the bumper several coats, If you do it with the bumper on mask up body work well it's a bugger to clean it off, And wear gloves
Good luck
Just found this on you tube

How To Restore Faded Bumpers Quick & Cheap - Cherry Blossom Bumper Restoration​


The Campervan Builder
 
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Finally got round to doing the bumpers.

Tried shoe polish and it didn't work to my liking. Decided against spray painting because of the faff of masking tape etc.

Used Zinsser primer and top coat.
Not looking bad at all methinks.

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The last two pics are the afters!
 

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Fazerloz said:
Time will tell now. ;)
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Indeed it will.

The prep was a wash down, then anti greasing spray, another wash down, sanding, damp rag wipe over, primer, 2x top coats. Time spent = 3 hours-ish.

I used the same method on a white upvc door at our last house, 2x years later it still looked good apart from the odd bit of white showing thru' where a sharpish edge caught the door going in and out.
 
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