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Humidity is down, temp in the mid/upper 80's today. It's been two days since I re-colored the lip so I guess today is the day for clear. Plan is to spray at least 3 coats alternating directing between each one and giving them ~10 minutes between coats. I'm expecting to end up with orange peel...

Dare I say, a Lincoln anything != a Chevy Equinox. Sorry I really didn't mean to come off sounding like a jerk. But that is super neat that even in the mid-70s they thought about weight on the MarkIV's and V's. But I don't think you can equally compare a cheaply priced and cheaply built Chevy...

So did the tape back thing, adhered to just the lip with a smidge under the fold.. above the lip. (wow that sounds dirty outta context) A day later pulled it all off and I've got the line again, albeit a fuzzy one. It's been pretty damn humid the past two days so Ima let it cure for another day...

When taping off in this way.. what sort of spray angle do you shoot for?

Very nice, thanks for all of this! And yeah I had plans on repositioning the hood so that the spray angle was as good as I can get it for the lip and then again for the rest when I reclear it all. I thought the primer would be fine because I removed it all from the bare metal spots and replaced...

Too bad I can only like this once. I think I got you on the edge.. essentially the sticky side is up yeah? That might not be a good description but I’m pretty certain I understand. I am planning on removing the hood entirely from the vehicle but yeah I’ve learned the hard way about overspray...

This is the new plan, but how exactly? How to limit primer and paint without having it in your face?

Oh I'm sure.. I mean at this point I'm going to have to clear the whole test hood. Or well I mean I don't have to but it'd probably be a great learning experience. On the real guy my questions remain, limiting primer and paint to just the lip and then somehow limiting but not in a way that...

Ok so a self-etching primer.. easy enough. Just going to have to remove the primer that's on the lip currently.

Well no sh1t.. damn I never thought GM would have used aluminum in 2018.

Morning! Ok so I'll try to not make this into a long-winded story.. my wifes 2018 Equinox has 4 small paint bubbles on the front lip of the hood. Being someone who wants to try everything I want to fix it myself. However knowing I'll eff up at least once I went and borrowed an identical hood...

Title says it all.. yesterday I lost the 4th ac unit in 6 years due to refridge leakage. This is so stupid.. pay $500 for something and it lasts 2-3 years and is sealed so can't be serviced (easily). Anyway Im pretty sure I know the answer but wanted to ask anyway to be safe.. any if yall come...

LMAO! That's pretty friggin awesome right here.

I like this suggestion. It's not a 'fix' per say but its damn close and if it covers the damage it'll let me delay until the timing's better. Very nice.

Thanks for the glue and sawdust tip, never tried it myself only heard my dad mention it once. And yeah replacing just the outer inch or so is a thought. I mean at this point I think sanding and redoing the entire top if the original is used, would be the way to go. I also though that perhaps...

Ahoy! So a dog chewed on the corner of the lid to a Lane hope chest from the early 70’s, I have not been able to identify the type of wood, but it does appear to be laminated and its def a soft wood so logically a pine. Anyway the wife was understandably upset, the way I see it theres two...

Ugh.. I think I'm done with this thing. Put it all back together after re-checking all the carb jets and passageways. Still back fires right out of the intake. Maybe I can get 50 bucks for it,

As far as lash goes, once re-assembled there is a small amount on the intake side. Couldn't find my feelers yesterday but it wasn't much. Exhaust side was tight. It's possible I got the push rods swapped.

So there’s only the one valve stem cap(?) you can tell from the wear that that intake side never had one. I removed the cap for this pic, it was covering the valve at the top