How can I make my Corolla mildly presentable for the time being?

[confused99]

Long story short I am a young female who got scammed by a independent body shop owner working on my front bumper. Instead of a couple cracks and scrapes it is now sanded and primed on the entire side of the bumper with no paint job. Not sure if I will get money back in small claims and don't have much more money to spend. Since the job was halfway done I was wondering what I could do to at least make the bumper the same color as the rest of the car. The auto parts store sells car paint that matches my vehicles model and Ive seen a bunch of articles online about painting a car with rustoleum and mineral spirits is this the same thing?? Would it look terrible if I just got some of the car paint for my model and used a foam roller brush? If I can get my money back in court I will probably just get the entire bumper cover replaced but I need something to hold me over for now because right now with the primer it looks like someone just walked past my grey Corolla with a can of white paint and tripped. Any cheap do-able ideas that will work for a DIY for a female who has zero to no experience with any of this?

[Brian R.]

Painting the bumper with matching paint sounds like a good idea. Before you do anything, find out the best way to apply this paint. I would use a spray can and put on two or three very light coats, masking everything from the doors and top of the car forward so that you don't get any overspray anywhere. Go on YouTube and research how to spray a car (or anything for that matter) with a can. I advise against using a roller or paint brush.