in good shape - brunnhilde part 5

This is a post of the series on the project to refresh Brunnhilde's plastic bumper fascia and the skirt paint finish.

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instead of buying the expensive painting prep chemical the auto paint industry want me to, i used industrial strength kitchen degreaser on the plastic bumper fascia

 patching up the rivet holes by doing a bit of plastic welding

 i snipped a small piece of donor material

this SEM plastic bumper repair compound is $17; and i am sure it is just epoxy resin with fillers to make it sandable and flexible

i return the SEM and bought this plastic bumper repair compound by Bondo - 3M that is less than half the price of the SEM brand; it is just epoxy with some filler to make it sandable, as i alleged in the previous post

looks like epoxy, smells like epoxy, and works like epoxy is definitely epoxy

 my soup noodle meal

i put the chard at the bottom of the bowl to prop up the noodles so they don't get soggy

 another meal of delicious soup noodle - a faux ramen

 i also repair this melted spot from a piece of welding done before my ownership

this Vanagon bumper and lower skirt was recently painted - with off the shelf spray bombs; the sheen and splotchy appearance are dead giveaways

this Pleasure Way Sprinter motorhome has painted bumper fasia; seeing it help me avoid the color in my selection as well as seeing how a high sheen finish would look out of place

i am still eating my home made smoked salmon from last autumn

abrasion damage from the mud flaps

the damage is only limited to the painted surface and what looks to be a plastic chaffing patch from the factory

 bondo fixes just about anything cosmetic

i didn't try to kill myself to get the surface to be very smooth by feathering the transition; normally you will need to use autobody glazing putty but it is pointless because of the mud flap patches already has a significant contour, as well as the texture clear coat i plan to apply

while it is hidden behind the right rear bumper cap (from previous ownership), i decided to fix this superficial dent

i pulled it out the best i can and reinforce the weaken sheet metal with generous fiberglass; i was wise to avoid sheeting welding as there is plastic and rubber nearby

freshly grated cheese - i cannot tell you how long i have the bondo files

a coat of primer and followed with the top coat make me sleep better

today i started doing the masking in preparation for the d-day

there is a lot of masking and it took me a good part of the day

 amazing what you find cleaning the pantry

forgotten cold cash of a few hundred dollars that i didn't know i have

 still more noodles

 pulling a straight line of the masking tape to match the old painted boundary is most difficult

 all set for the d-day