I started sanding the top side of the hood now. There was a small little dent and I'm trying this body filler called Icing which is supposed to be smoother and for smaller repairs.
I also started sanding my roof rack. On one rail the aluminum was almost all exposed but the other side it's nearly all black. Is this powder coating? It's kinda textured and seems pretty tough. Except where it's almost all aluminum, the coating didn't really come off with 120# sandpaper. I'll sand with 220# and call it good.
This auto refinishing business is so darn complicated and has a huge learning curve. Lots of different products (primers, primer-surfacers, sealers... I'm still trying to figure that out), body fillers, activators, reducers, sandpaper grits. Oh well, no turning back now. LoL.