Which paint would you go with to paint a bumper? I have done my frame with the rust tough, but I’m not sure about a “semi flat” finish?
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
SEM Trim or Rust Tough to paint for a bumper?
- Thread starter Dunkut88TJ
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Did mine in a satin, am happy with it, next time will use semi-gloss. I think a semi-flat would look a bit blah, but its your jeep, make it the way you want.
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That was my thought, it’s ok for the underside, but not upfront. The only reason I even asked was because I have the paint and am being cheap
I did my bumpers with Rustoleum self-etching primer followed by a coat or two of Rustoleum satin-black and all looked and held up great. It's a bumper, nothing special or expensive is needed.
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That’s my plan, I saw where you said this on the “rattle can” thread and smacked myself for posting something so similar!
I have been using the SEM trim paint on stuff on the current TJ I’m working on. I think it’s got a good finish color for lots of items like bumpers/trim/etc. I have done my hard top and front frame cover with it so far. I have currently have color matched flares but May swap those out with some stock ones I have laying around and paint them with the SEM trim paint as well. It also lays down pretty even (not that other astonish/flat paints won’t)
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It was great for my mirrors and the “fins” on my full doors; just wasn’t sure about the bumper. I’ll probably save it for something nicer and go with the rustoleum Jerry mentioned above
I like the Rustoleum Rugged Black. But that’s also mainly because the texture nearly matches the texture of my JT’s hardtop…
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-c...mium-custom-lacquer?ls=323350&lc=Rugged Black
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-c...mium-custom-lacquer?ls=323350&lc=Rugged Black