I keep seeing guys skip the wash prep on plastic bumpers

Was at a shop in Phoenix last week helping a buddy with his booth. Three different cars came in with fresh paint on aftermarket bumpers and all of them had fisheyes within a week. The problem is nobody is using the right adhesion promoter or even wiping down with wax and grease remover before they spray. I learned this the hard way on a 2018 Civic bumper I did in my garage back in March. Has anyone else noticed this getting worse with all these cheap Amazon replacement parts?

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ray2109h ago

Same deal with people skipping primer on drywall patches, everyone's in too big a hurry now.

the_lee9h ago

@ray210 probably never had to wait 24 hours for mud to dry before they could paint, that tells you something.