You should always prime before painting.  It creates an ideal surface to
ensure paint adhesion.  Otherwise, the paint will soon chip and peel off,
and it'll look pretty bad... like mine do right now since the PO did just
that at some stage.

If you're using rattle ball paints, be sure to read the recommended usage to
make sure that it'll work with fiberglass.

-Jarrett

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff Oxroad
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 11:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Finally repainting bumpers

I'm finally repainting the fiberglass bumpers satan black--uh I mean satin
black. After some repair, cleaning and light sanding, does one need a primer
coat or straight to the Krilon?

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA