How did you paint your custom front bumper?

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My bumper came out nice, we'll see how it hold up to rock chips. Getting the surface rust off the inside of the bumper was a real pain as was getting the primer/paint into all of those nooks & crannies.

Surface rust:




Wire wheels, Dremel & 80 grit on the angle grinder polished it up nice.

 

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2 thin coats of self etching primer:



3 coats of primer, sanding the last coat with 320 grit.



This pic has about 3 thin coats of Black, I ended up doing 6 thin coats.



I sanded the Black with 600 grit before adding the last coat. It's real smooth & looks professionally done.

 

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Did you end up going with the semi-gloss or flat black?