3m paint defender review

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:41 am

I recently repainted my front bumper because of rock chips and wanted to try this out after respraying. You can get it at autozone or from amazon. I started off by not reading the directions and waxing the bumper with my own wax to find out it comes with it's own special wax. It is very important to wax every part of where you are spraying. As for applying it just follow the instructions and make sure you don't put it on "dry". This makes it look rough and is harder to peel off. At first after spraying it I was nervous. After it "self leveled" I was much happier. I did this at about 8pm on a rainy night in my garage. I woke up the next day and there were a few bad runs. Besides the runs the finish was excellent. Very smooth and shiny. I could not tell it was there if it weren't for the runs. I put it on to thick because I was nervous when first spraying it when it wasn't smooth at all.

I ended up peeling it off. Came off extremely easy. Overall I would definitely recommend it. Just Learn from my mistake and don't put on to much if it still looks orange peely. I will be getting another can and redoing it. I also had extra and spraying my fog lights just because I wanted to see how clear it was. Can't even tell its there!

jrumann59 · Post by **jrumann59** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:36 pm

What if you get a deep enough chip that cause a little separation of the film from the body and you get dirt and grime buildup I would be worried it would stain the paint at those points.

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 12:39 pm

The film sticks unless you peel it. Where you ripped it peeling it off you could push the edge back down and rub the edge and you could hardly tell it was there

iThane · Post by **iThane** » Wed Jul 10, 2013 10:45 pm

This stuff is really cool

Thanks for the review! If the day I respray my front bumper ever comes (which it probably won't) I would definitely
give this a try. I've got so many stubborn rock chips on my front end

sxxxt · Post by **sxxxt** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:16 am

What do you think this stuff would look like on a flat black car?? You think it would make it shinny lol

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:27 pm

Waiting on review on how it holds up after a couple months of driving. Cool stuff indeed.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:43 pm

Interesting...

I wish I saw this back before my bumper started chipping.

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:16 pm

iThane wrote:This stuff is really cool Thanks for the review! I

Agreed !!

iThane wrote: I've got so many stubborn rock chips on my front end

It might be worth trying out even on a 'chipped' front end.
If it 'fills in' the chip, even partially - and darkens it a bit to match the rest of the unchipped paint, it may be worth a shot.
Hell, I should try this out on mine.

- Nick