Bumper & Cladding Coat™ Adhesion Primer

Getting paint to stick to raw plastic bumpers is normally a time-consuming challenge, and even if you follow all the steps, sometimes you get a comeback. Polyvance has a time-tested and proven solution that is guaranteed to keep your paint on the bumpers and your customers happy.

The adhesion of paint to raw polypropylene bumpers is a problem that dates back decades. Paint companies have processes for raw plastic bumpers, but most involve scuffing or sanding of the surface, and sometimes “sweating” the bumper in a heated paint booth, along with several cleaning cycles. This is a lot of labor for results that are sometimes disappointing.

Polyvance’s Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer is your solution to paint peeling problems on raw plastic bumpers. Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer’s specialized formulation and resin is designed to stick to raw polypropylene without scuffing or sanding the bumper. That’s right… scuffing and sanding is NOT necessary to get adhesion that can stand up to a pressure washer!

All you need to do is clean the bumper with one of Polyvance’s plastic cleaners and spray on the Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer. After it dries, spray your base - clear directly on top -- no sealer required. Follow this simple process and you’ll get the legendary adhesion that’s been proven by thousands of painters across the country since 2003.

Afraid to try an alternative primer under your color? Polyvance backs up the adhesion with its hassle-free limited warranty. If it peels, we pay. We feel confident in offering this warranty because our warranty claim rate is so low – fewer than one bumper in 10 thousand has a warranty claim. So you can feel confident in trying out the benefits of Bumper & Cladding in your shop.

Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer can provide several benefits to your shop: reduced labor in bumper prep, lower material cost, and most importantly, adhesion you can have confidence in for the long run. Thousands of painters around the country since 2003 swear by the effectiveness of Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer… why not give it a try for yourself and see? Call Polyvance at 800-633-3047 to request an in-shop demo of this product.

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Featured Products:

• Cleaner:1000 Super Prep Plastic Cleaner (three options available) OR 1001-4 EcoPrep Plastic Cleaner
• Low VOC ("Gray Label") Bumper & Cladding Coat™ Adhesion Primer (several options available)
• Original Formula ("Orange Label") Bumper & Cladding Coat™ Adhesion Primer (several options available)

Video Notes:

• The hassle-free limited warranty can be found here.
• The list of compatible topcoats can be found here.
• English Closed Captions have been provided for this video. Click on the CC button to turn them on or off.
• The length of this video is in no way representative of the actual time required to perform a complete repair and therefore should not be used for estimating purposes.

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English Transcript:

Here's something nobody wants to see... a comeback due to paint peeling off a bumper. Getting paint to stick to raw plastic bumpers is normally a time-consuming challenge, and even if you follow all of the steps, sometimes you get a comeback. Polyvance has a time-tested and proven solution that is guaranteed to keep your paint on the bumpers and your customers happy.

The adhesion of paint to raw polypropylene bumpers is a problem that dates back decades. Paint companies have processes for raw plastic bumpers, but most involve scuffing or sanding of the surface, and sometimes "sweating" the bumper in a heated paint booth, along with several cleaning cycles. This is a lot of labor for results that are sometimes disappointing.

Polyvance's Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer is your solution to paint peeling problems on raw plastic bumpers. Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer's specialized formulation and resin is designed to stick to raw polypropylene without scuffing or sanding the bumper. That's right... scuffing and sanding is NOT necessary to get adhesion that can stand up to a pressure washer! All you need to do is clean the bumper with one of Polyvance's plastic cleaners and spray on the Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer. After it dries, spray your base - clear directly on top -- no sealer required. Follow this simple process and you'll get the legendary adhesion that's been proven by thousands of painters across the country since 2003.

Afraid to try an alternative primer under your color? Polyvance backs up the adhesion with its hassle-free limited warranty. If it peels, we pay. We feel confident in offering this warranty because our warranty claim rate is so low. Fewer than one bumper in ten thousand has a warranty claim. So, you can feel confident in trying out the benefits of Bumper & Cladding in your shop.

Now let's see how the Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer works, step by step. The first step is to identify the bumper and make sure it's raw polypropylene. Then you'll prep the bumper by cleaning it with one of Polyvance's approved plastic cleaners. Spray the Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer on the surface and let it dry completely. Finally, apply your color using an approved topcoat system.

First of all, Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer is intended for application ONLY to new, unprimed OEM replacement bumpers made of polypropylene and TPO. These normally come from Toyota, Nissan, Kia, Hyundai, and Subaru. Bumper & Cladding is NOT intended for use on primed bumpers. To see if your bumper is primed, sand it lightly to see if it dusts up. If so, do NOT use Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer; use your paint system's recommendations for primed parts. If the bumper is a raw, unprimed plastic, then make sure it is made of a polypropylene blend by checking the identification symbols on the backside. They should say PP, TPO, TEO, or TSOP. If you are sure you have a raw, unprimed bumper made of a polypropylene blend, then you are ready to begin the application process.

One of the biggest benefits of Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer is the speed and ease of the preparation process. You only need to clean the plastic with 1000 Super Prep or 1001 EcoPrep to remove the mold release from the part. No scuffing or sanding is required. Simply spray the cleaner on an area about one foot square, let it sit for a few seconds to dissolve the surface contamination, then wipe clean with a paper towel, exposing a dry, clean surface with each wipe. This way the contaminants are floated and removed from the surface. Even though it's not necessary, some shops insist on scuffing the plastic lightly, which is fine. Just use one of Polyvance's cleaners FIRST to remove the mold release, and then scuff with a fine pad, making sure to get into any tight detail areas. When you're finished scuffing, clean the bumper again with the plastic cleaner to remove any sanding dust.

Now you're ready to spray the Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer. First, select the product. Polyvance has a "National Rule" line in the Orange label with 6.3 pounds per gallon of VOCs, and a "Low VOC" line in the Gray label with 2.09 pounds per gallon. The Low VOC line has better waterborne basecoat compatibility and is therefore recommended. Each of the product lines is available in white, light gray, and dark gray. These can be intermixed to achieve your desired undertone for best basecoat hide.

All Bumper & Cladding products are one K and ready to spray out of the can. Simply stir the paint and filter into your spray gun. We recommend an HVLP gun with a 1.2 to 1.4 millimeter nozzle size. Apply one medium wet coat of Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer to hide. Don't try to flow the primer out; it will appear slightly rough until it dries. Allow at least five minutes of flash time between coats. After your first coat, inspect the bumper for any areas of light coverage, then spray only those areas. It's only necessary to have a single uniform coat of Bumper & Cladding Primer over the surface for it to do its job. Pour any leftover primer back into the can... it's a one K product, so every drop will go onto your bumper, further reducing your costs. Allow the Bumper & Cladding Primer at least 60 minutes to dry at room temperature, or 15 minutes at 130 degrees.

The recoat window on Bumper & Cladding Primer does NOT close. In other words, you can spray color over the Bumper & Cladding Primer days, weeks, or even months later. This is another advantage of the Bumper & Cladding Primer; you can spray the primer ahead of time and apply the color with the rest of the vehicle without having to sweat the recoat window.

Finally, apply an approved color coat system over the dry Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer. No scuffing or sanding of the primer is required -- just tack and shoot. Our primer is compatible with most solvent and waterborne paint lines from the major suppliers. See the latest list of compatible topcoats on the Polyvance website.

In summary, Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer can provide several benefits to your shop: reduced labor in bumper prep, lower material cost, and most importantly, adhesion you can have confidence in for the long run. Thousands of painters around the country since 2003 swear by the effectiveness of Bumper & Cladding Adhesion Primer. Why not give it a try for yourself and see? Call Polyvance at 800-633-3047 to request an in-shop demo of this product.

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