Well I've had a go at repairing the bumper!

[smokey]

Hiya Guys

Well today I've been busy trying the repair the silly damage I caused to my front bumper.

This is what it looked like



So took the bumper strip off and sanded back the flaked paint



Then using Halfords paint I primed it



Then reflex silver



Then lacquer



I am happy with the finish but it is abit darker than the rest of the car. I did flatten the silver basecoat with 1200 wet & dry and water as it said on the cans. But I'm thinking that it would have been more silver if I hadn't. Some peeps say you should flaten back and some say you shouldn't so what do you guys think?

[daboy3000]

Looks like a really good job, the colour match on halfords paint isn't great if it really looks obvious try some better quality paint.

[Deako]

Reflex silver is metallic, so you shouldnt have flatted this. It could be the reason for the colour difference. Metallic paints shoudlnt be flatted before applying the laquer. Your finaly finishing should be in the laquer itself.

[smokey]

Thanks guys

Yeah i thought flattening the metallic seemed odd as the finish was good. Think i'll do it again without flattening the metallic 

[Weston]

Looks good  if you can't get it to match at least you have a method to do the whole car