hood painting part II - (photos!)

[tim eh?]

white smokey haze in a clear coat is moisture and/or trapped volatiles, especially from painting in too cold of environment. you can use a faster reducer (cheap clean up stuff) but if its real cold you get the results you get. It may clear up after time.

it has been too cold... i think i must have painted too soon after washing the sanded clearcoat... that stuff was really gross btw, sometimes gooey sometimes sticky and it had pieces of crud in it. sucks it's all over the car except the front fenders.

here are some more progress pics... i still have the front edge to do properly (gee can you see the spot?) i think i have just enough paint - it should be easy now so long as we get a couple of warm days in a row. the rest is finished for this year anyway, i think i can shine it some more in the sun maybe... it's a pretty good match actually and the cloudy spots aren't so bad. a coat of road salt ought to hide it well enough... even now it looks better than it looked when i got it.

[tim eh?]

... couple more ...

[whiskychaser]

It takes a brave man to paint a bonnet (hood to you). An even braver man to post pics of the progress. Keep at it!:-)

[632 Regal]

a vast improvement!!

[BMWDriver]

I'm curious to see it in the flesh... or should I say metal.

[tim eh?]

I'm curious to see it in the flesh... or should I say metal.

no mine's made out of flesh, it's why it's so fussy... guess it's time for another meet!

thanks again for the encouragement guys...
there's a couple of guys at work that are going to eat their bonnet when they see this!

here's the latest - the dark black in the first pic is the acid prep... again...



back to square 1, altho it should be easier now...



... unless i try to paint the same 10'c day i prime... i'm glad i decided to do a test spot first!


the white specks are just dried compound... the hazy splotches however are unfortunately in the paint... i'm caring less already... see y'all tomorrow!

[Ross]

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[tim eh?]

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harsh but deserved... i don't mind putting out for parts i need but i'm not loaded and the hood i have right now is not worth throwing $300 + at. certainly not right before winter!


it'll be fine for this winter, i'll try it again next summer and put a few coats over the hazy bits... i wasn't expecting to do the whole thing, this job turned into a 'damage control' operation (and remains as such). in fact i wasn't going to do it at all until next year but i had some paint left over and i figured why not (i figured wrong). i'd buy more paint but i'm all out of nice weather... had to chase the sun around the yard yesterday it was only 9'c!

anyway it's fun and i'm learning a lot thanks to jeff. even now the hood looks better than before.... just a few millilitres to go and you can see for yourself...

[Ross]

Not intended to be harsh. I was just poking fun at you.
Like I've stated before you are my hero. Your patience is way beyond mine. If I had patience I'd be a doctor.

[tim eh?]

If I had patience I'd be a doctor.

keep 'em coming i can take it!