It isn't that bad, just faded against the color of the car. how good is the Duplicolor Spray Paint for the bumpers, followed by Clear Coat?

Daniel

 

problem is there is now no UV protection for that layer of paint (if you removed the clearcoat - which in your directions - you do)
paint is measured in mils or thickness
once you wet sand - even with 2000 - you reduce that thickness
a reduce thickness will no longer provide an UV protection
it will continue to fade
Yes - you can continue to wax it and wax it - but that is a PITA

In my professional opinon - the neon bumpers I have seen (alot) the fronts always fade

One reason is bumper covers are plastic and are not painted at the same time the car is - the car is sprayed differently and is baked at over 400 F
Bumper covers cant handle that heat - you would have a puddle
So from the OE covers are painted like - a body shop would - very similar

This is the main reason bumper covers do not match the rest of the vehicle
Look at any new car - covers dont match and Chryslers & Toyotas are horrible with their color match

Hope this helps

 

It is a laquer - type paint - the colors in the quarts are also a generic color, white, red, black, hugger orange, etc...

with a clear, enough effort, time - you can make any base clear look good

Best product give better results.

 

Duplicolor base-coat isn't too bad for what it is... I don't know about using their clear-coat on bumpers though. Duplicolor clear-coat usually doesn't take to kindly to bending like bumper paints do, and it doesn't take well to the extra wear and tear either... but if you used it and did it right, you could probably get a couple of years out of it before you noticed any problems.

 

Right on the money - only urethanes do real well to flexing and resisting bumps and returning back to their shape

 

Just like cheerleaders!

 

LOL
now that is really flexible....

 

Now I don't mean to argue with you but, my bumper looked to have been rapinted some where in its life. I only removed the darker red layer of paint and the clear that was over it, it has been over 3 months now and the bumper has not changed a bit other than the addition of bug splatter's. Yes i did sand the original clear slightly but not enough to considerably fade the bumper. Yes the neon bumpers do fade alot in that area but due to the owner that did try repainting the bumper it has less sun damage than the rest of the car. I am not planning to use this bumper for too much longer due to spider cracking and the huge crack by the passenger side's headlight, so this wasn't meant as a long term solution.

 

kool
the spider cracking is also indicator of someone painting it and not using a flex additive or not mixing the base/clear correctly.
Hopefully your new one will turn out a whole lot better