self paint job

I am looking to repaint a portion of the front bumper on my 1996 Chevy Lumina. Due to hitting a frozen snowbank, some of the paint on the lower portion of my front bumper came off. Because of financial reasons, I would like to do it myself. Any advice on what I should do in order to repaint it myself would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Jason

best advice I could give would be to check out the auto painting section of automotive forums:http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1436