Don't get me wrong, that old thread has a TON of good info..... Unfortunately, I don't have 3 hours of spare time to find out what I need to know....

Okay, so I did my front bumper. Remember, I had them previously powder coated, but after cleaning, sanding, and spraying them with BullDawg adhesive promoter (which totally soaked into the surface like a sponge) the Rustoleum Bed liner spray went on really nice......

Except, I did get some slightly glossier spots here and there ? Now, because of the texture of this stuff (and the freshness... I just did them last week) I'd feel totally confident to hit them again, with no further prepping, but I would not be totally confident that this next layer would be any more even (no shiny spots) than the first layer ?

I did see some Rustoleum matte black bumper and trim spray, which I'm sure would stick really well to the bedliner spray..... But would it be less likely to show unevenness ? (shiny and flat areas) ???

OR..... is there such a thing as Satin finish clear ?

I dunno...

Ideas please,
Thanks,
Fish

 

the shiny spots are from staying in one spot too long. you really have to make as much of an even spray as possible for it to look good. i had problems with that and all i did was wait for it to dry and put another very even coat on it and no more shiny spots

 

When I did my rear bumper with the rusteoluem bed liner, I had the shiny spots too so I went too home depot and picked up a can of the black and either satin clear or flat clear I can't remember and went over it with those. It evened up the color and gave it a more flat look. But if I was gonna go back and redo it I'd probably plasti-dip it this time.

 

Okay. Thanks guys.

Hey, I have to admit something too..... I did mine outdoors. When I first started the job, their wasn't so much as a breeze. But by the time I got halfway into it, a small breeze picked up, which made it very hard to get an even coat + also probably how I ended up getting overspray on my hood and fenders....

I'll probably just hot the front bumper again, whenever I end up doing the rear bumper....

Think I'll just go with the R. Bedliner once more, and then, if I can't get that perfectly even, I might try the clear satin.

Peace,
Fish

 

Ya I know what you mean, I've painted a couple things with this stuff and noticed it too. If you go back over a spot sometimes it will get that wet look, I can also be from varying distances from what your spraying. That happened to my toolbox when I did it, it caused horizontal lines of the wet spots to form. Over time it slowly goes away and no one will probably notice but for me since I know they are there, I can see them. Look something like this? (I just painted the bottom where my fourhweeler hits, and you can kinda see the horizontal wet spots.)