1999 V70 bumper paint

buffmont · Post by **buffmont** » 02 Nov 2014, 08:01

Hello, About to repaint the front and rear bumper covers, I understand you have to use plastic bumper paint.
Anyone have experience or recommend a particular brand ?

Heard about SEM but they dont seem to have Volvo colors ?

Post by **cn90** » 02 Nov 2014, 08:20

If Black or White color, then it is easy, any other color is a gamble (ask local shop to blend the color for you).

I have Black car, so I bought standard paint can (gloss fits better than matte, although I have used both).
I think I bought Duplicolor (? spelling) brand.

The key thing is prep work:
- Sand
- Fill any defect with Bondo.
- Masking Tape any area you don't want to paint (lift the hood upward etc.).
- Spray evenly.
- Best is to do this with temp > 10C
- Do this inside a garage, you don't want the wind to blow crap on your paint work.

Post by **JRL** » 02 Nov 2014, 08:50

Don't forget you need a paint that has flex additive or one tap and it will blow right off

skloon · Post by **skloon** » 02 Nov 2014, 11:26

Use an adhesion promoter too as I had trouble where the filler caused the primer to pull off in a sheet- this was after I asked the paint guy at Napa if I needed it, worst thing was I had the stuff just didn't use it I also used some SEM texture at the bottom of the front bumper to cover up all the scrapes and divots that had developed over time

Post by **j-dawg** » 02 Nov 2014, 12:39

Be careful with white. Do some test pieces beforehand. An ill-matched white will look worse than a chipped-up bumper, IMO, and white is not just white.

I've used paintscratch.com to get paint that's mixed to the original factory color, and it's a pretty close match. Autozone &c also carry matching paints for some makes and colors, which are okay, but I haven't seen any for Volvo.