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So here's something that I've never heard or read anywhere but is gonna be obvious to most of ya'll. Waiting for 'flash off' or, initial drying is important right? Don't wanna put another coat on top of aerosols that aren't evaporated yet. Waiting too long is almost as bad, I did not know this...

SOB this is annoying. What ***** is that I did not paint the areas with the fuzz showing through. I sanded to metal the lip and just about an inch higher right on the nose. When I re-cleared the entire hood, then sanded with 2000 then 2500 before any buffing.. the fuzz wasn't there. If I had...

I'm not doubting that the prep phase could have been much better.. but I'm confused because the artifacts Im seeing.. those kinda of fuzzy lighter colored areas are not what was painted. There isn't an issue with smoothness.. Im quite shocked at how smooth it actually is.

This weekend I moved to the actual hood. I did end up roughing up the entire surface in order to re-clear.. I'm pretty sure that I did not wet sand enough for the orange peel, I was super afraid of going through the clear coat. So I spent all yesterday biffing and polishing. I don't own a 'real'...

I'd love that, unless your arms are two feet long you will love it too. Just put them flat against the wall or a short barrier (6" min) so stuff doesn't roll off the back side.

Yeah sorry that was a typo. I'd hope anyone would know better than to try using 200 then immediately 2500. And my jump from 400 to 1000 is only because that's all I had on-hand. the nearest parts store is half an hour, nearest hardware store 15 minutes and the hardware store didn't have what I...

Nope, I haven't come across using scotchbrite for that. I did see people talking about using a blender.. I thought with that you wouldn't need to ruff it up. IDK that I've ever seen a grey scotchbrite, lol.

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.