Paint for off-road tube bumper

[mtnbkr]

That's a pretty nice bumper to rattle can.

It is, but it's going on a 20yo SUV, so it feels excessive to spend a lot of money on painting it.  I'll reserve judgement until after I see how the mounting assembly turns out.

Chris

[Jamisjockey]

Another vote for bedliner.
rustoleum makes  a product for that

[Ben]

Sounds like mtnbkr has already started spraying, but for anyone interested, the stuff I used on my hitch and liked, available at Walmart in the auto department, is "Rustoleum acrylic enamel - 2X coverage".

[mtnbkr]

Sounds like mtnbkr has already started spraying, but for anyone interested, the stuff I used on my hitch and liked, available at Walmart in the auto department, is "Rustoleum acrylic enamel - 2X coverage".

Actually, the only thing I've sprayed so far is the piece that mates the bumper to the frame.  It's a 30lb "box" that is going to be mostly hidden, so I used it as a painting experiment.  I painted it with matte black enamel (two coats of SE Primer and three coats paint).  It looks good.  Still trying to decide between that at bedliner for the bumper itself. 

I've used that 2x coverage stuff on other projects and found it runs like a mofo.  I won't be using it this time around.

Chris