Painting Brass Bumpers

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June 30, 2020

Michael C posted this question:

“Can I paint brass bumpers with acrylics or do I need oil-based paints or something else? Is there any special prep needed before painting?

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3 Responses to Painting Brass Bumpers

Kevin Ching says:

July 1, 2020 at 1:02 am

Hi Michael,
Acrylics is fine but you will need to clean the brass thoroughly and apply an etc primer then under coat and topcoat.

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Bob Horn says:

July 1, 2020 at 1:56 pm

You can use a Zinc Oxide primer on anything and acrylics will adhere beautifully. It was developed for aluminum.

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Michael says:

July 3, 2020 at 10:35 am

I try that, much appreciated.

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