making a copper coloured bumper blue

[guitarman]

hi all,

my situation is this. i have an imperial blue mk3 ibiza with no bumper on it, and a copper coloured bumper (i picked it up cheap).

how can i strip the paint off the bumper? (paint stripper will ruin the plastic)
it'll take me forever to sand it down, would a specialist paint/body shop have a way to strip the paint off (but that would cost a lot i assume)

can anyone suggest the best thing to do to get my car looking normal again?

as always, any suggestions welcome.

 

[Brummy]

No need to, sand it to key the surface, prime it, and spray it.
Job jobbed.

 

[guitarman]

my only worry would be that if the bumper gets chipped, bright orange might show through

 

[Brummy]

thats why you primer it .. on my old mk2 the front bumper was originally Ovni and the rear Bengal yellow (car was red) and on my Cupra i have now, the rear bumper was originally red

 

[guitarman]

cool, thanks very much, i'll give it a go

 

[Brummy]

just take your time, and do thin coats, let it dry between coats. then give it a couple of coats of laquer once your happy with it.

 

[Mat]

as brummy said.......

spray over with primer, then colour, then lacquer

 

[cuprachrissy]

u crack me up mat, i reckon your trying to chase m0rk and bill for their number of post counts!

 

[Mat]

I'll never catch them!

 

[cuprachrissy]

all you can do is try!