Any tips for repainting front part of hood?

[Dawg82]

Going to repaint the front part of the hood on my former police vehicle 2003 LS. Plan is to

Fill in big chips with Bondo, sand those spots with 300 grit

Wet sand whole area with 1000 grit.
Spray remaining smaller chips with Primer/filler.

Light sand again before cleaning prior to applying paint and clear coat.

Anything I’m missing?

 

[strutaeng]

Sounds like a good plan. I think for bondo sanding you don't have to go that fine (may be too fine to effectively level the hardenen bondo), but #300 or higher is fine after the primer. Are you going to try blending the base out?

I've watched the guy from YT channel Paint Society and he shows a technique where after blending you spray reducer on the edges to help keep a wet edge; he says it helps eliminating dry, rough spray. Spot areas always wind up growing a lot more for blending it seems.

I've got some door dings and scratches on my 06 Suburban and will be doing the same thing as well, hopefully sooner than later.

 

[Blackcar]

As long as there is no dents sand with block until you level that area out prime block sand again to make sure area is level then prime, paint and clear.
Sometime paint suppliers can mix color to match color from years of sun color change.

 

[mountie]

PPG and Sherwin Williams auto paint shops ( some of them),..... Can match your paint, and actually, put it in a spray can.

( It looks like your color may be easier to blend, then other colors ? )

 

[Dawg82]

Thanks for the tips. I know the front will not perfectly match rest of hood, but can’t look worse than it is currently. Certainly not taking it down to bare metal.

 

[mountie]

Thanks for the tips. I know the front will not perfectly match rest of hood, but can’t look worse than it is currently. Certainly not taking it down to bare metal.

No need to go 'bare metal', anyway..... Just clean with a 'prep' paint solvent, then use your judgment to sand it,...... If you don't get into raw metal, then not really needing a primer.

Maybe a clear coat after, if the paint top coat requires.
And, what the heck..... maybe later on, have the whole hood repainted....

 

[Dawg82]

Finally got around to painting the front part of hood. Suggestions for the best - hopefully one step - polish to help blend paint with rest of hood. Also, do I need to use clay to prep? Seems like a lot of extra work for a semi-beater Tahoe

 

[tooleyondeck]

^ I used 3M Perfect-It. If it's fresh paint you shouldn't need to clay bar it, just rise and chamois dry and you should be good to go.

I am bout to have to do the same with mine, hood and roof are looking pretty bad right now.

 

[Dawg82]

Thanks for the tip on 3M. I only painted front part of hood. Going to wash well and spray old part with 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and distilled water and wipe with microfiber. Next project are the oxidation and scratches on the roof

 

[mountie]

Thanks for the tip on 3M. I only painted front part of hood. Going to wash well and spray old part with 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and distilled water and wipe with microfiber. Next project are the oxidation and scratches on the roof

You may have to wait for at least, 3 weeks before blending the new paint to the old.....