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Preping New bumper for Raptor

rehberg79

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Location
Byron, Il
I Just got my JCR front bumper and I am wanting to spray it with "U-Pol Raptor" spray on bed liner. My question is, should I primer this first or just clean it up and spray the bumper bare metal?

Mat
 
The raptor liner is fine to spray on bare metal, just make sure it's absolutely positively 100% clean, wax, and grease free. Wash it down with some water/dawn dish soap. Dry. Repeat 3 or 4 times.

Then right before you spray, wipe it down again with some 90% iso alcohol on a microfiber towel.

If you want to primer it, use a 2k epoxy primer (it's bare metal...), and MAKE SURE it's not anything spray bomb. Any lacquer based paints will lift rift off when the catalyzed raptor liner hits it.

Eastwood (re-branded Kirker) makes a cheap and decent epoxy primer. I got some for like $30 a quart to my door. I'm sure you'll find plenty of uses for it too...
 
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