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Raidmagic	Finally painted my hood	#1
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	I've had this hood on my car since early November so I decided it was time to paint it. I'm on the ball. lol. Anyway here are some pics. I got some fisheye on the pass. side but I'm gonna leave it alone, I plan on repainting the entire car this summer anyway. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/readyforpaint.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/Paintedhood.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/unmasked.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/morehoodpics001.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/morehoodpics006.jpg[/IMG]
	Posted on: 2008/4/26 18:45

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pianoguy	Re: Finally painted my hood	#2
Guru Emeritus Apple Valley, MN 14762 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Looks great - that's a cool-lookin' hood!
	Posted on: 2008/4/26 18:49
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Aboatguy	Re: Finally painted my hood	#3
Senior Guru My Avatar was redistributed! 498 Posts Member since: 2007/12/3 0:00	Looks good on the internet, how's it look in person? What did you paint it with? Do you have a hood alignment issue or did you not latch it due to new paint??? Mike
	Posted on: 2008/4/26 19:28

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Raidmagic	Re: Finally painted my hood	#4
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Quote: Aboatguy wrote: Looks good on the internet, how's it look in person? What did you paint it with? Do you have a hood alignment issue or did you not latch it due to new paint??? Mike It's pretty good. I'd give it a 7 out of 10. I got some orange peel in it that I'm not real happy with but I'll sand and buff it. Like I said I'm repainting the whole car this summer so I'm not too concerned about it. I used a single stage paint on the hood that's what I have on the rest of the car. I painted the whole car 10 years ago so I was just matching that. It's garage kept so it matches very well. As for the hood gaps the hood isn't closed in those pictures, I didn't want to touch the paint to close it.
	Posted on: 2008/4/26 19:46

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CentralCoaster	Re: Finally painted my hood	#5
Senior Guru San Diego, CA 9454 Posts Member since: 2007/10/28 0:00	What do you use to sand before painting? Maybe not on the hood this time, but when you do it next time? I'm gonna try 120 grit on a 6" da sander then follow up with 220, 400, 600 sanding with blocks and pads before I primer it.
	Posted on: 2008/4/26 23:34
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Raidmagic	Re: Finally painted my hood	#6
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Quote: CentralCoaster wrote: What do you use to sand before painting? Maybe not on the hood this time, but when you do it next time? I'm gonna try 120 grit on a 6" da sander then follow up with 220, 400, 600 sanding with blocks and pads before I primer it. This time I just busted it down with 500 grit wetsanded. On the whole repaint being that this is the cars second paint job (I painted it once 10 years ago) I'll probably razor blade it back to gel coat and prep and paint from there it really depends on how this paint holds up. People don't believe me that the paint is that old but the car sits in the garage alot. Not enough time to fade.
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 0:22

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TommyT-Bone	Re: Finally painted my hood	#7
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Looks pretty darn good from where I sit.
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 2:50

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Shadow	Re: Finally painted my hood	#8
Senior Guru 271 Posts Member since: 2006/2/5 0:00	That looks great bro
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 13:06
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BillH	Re: Finally painted my hood	#9
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: CentralCoaster wrote: What do you use to sand before painting? Maybe not on the hood this time, but when you do it next time? I'm gonna try 120 grit on a 6" da sander then follow up with 220, 400, 600 sanding with blocks and pads before I primer it. The 120 is going to be fairly aggressive with the DA. It can easily to go thru the paint into the gelcoat and can leave dips in the surface if you go after chips too hard. You may want to try the 220 with the DA first. Using 2 different color primers (spray cans) when blocking will really highlite the peaks and valleys.
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 15:27
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TOO_HOTT	Re: Finally painted my hood	#10
Guru Newb 25 Posts Member since: 2007/12/31 0:00	Nice lookin' hood...paint looks good in the pics
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 16:05

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BrianCunningham	Re: Finally painted my hood	#11
Senior Guru Boston, MA for the most part :) 7763 Posts Member since: 2007/12/30 0:00	Looks great! BTW Where did you get the spoiler?
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 19:44
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Raidmagic	Re: Finally painted my hood	#12
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Quote: BrianCunningham wrote: Looks great! BTW Where did you get the spoiler? I bought that about 9 years ago I don't remember where it came from but Corvette Central has them for $249 they are part number 144403.
	Posted on: 2008/4/27 23:07

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brut	Re: Finally painted my hood	#13
Guru Emeritus New Albany, IN 1308 Posts Member since: 2005/9/6 0:00	From the pics, it looks really really good!!! I am getting ready to do something similar on my '88 but I think I am going to something along the lines of Matte black or Dark Grey(looks black) primer with a clear coat. I want something I can easily fix myself. PLus it will give me experience for my other two
	Posted on: 2008/4/28 0:07
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BrianCunningham	Re: Finally painted my hood	#14
Senior Guru Boston, MA for the most part :) 7763 Posts Member since: 2007/12/30 0:00	Quote: I bought that about 9 years ago I don't remember where it came from but Corvette Central has them for $249 they are part number 144403. Thanks!
	Posted on: 2008/4/28 1:00
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LD85	Re: Finally painted my hood	#15
Master Guru Indianapolis, Indiana 784 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	I want that hood so bad! Nice job!
	Posted on: 2008/5/1 10:41
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Raidmagic	Re: Finally painted my hood	#16
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Here's an update since wetsanding a buffing. This was taken at a show today. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/raidmagic/hood4.jpg[/IMG]
	Posted on: 2008/5/24 20:25

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bogus	Re: Finally painted my hood	#17
Grand Imperial Pooh-Bah San Pedro, CA 20859 Posts Member since: 2005/9/7 0:00	looks GREAT!!!!
	Posted on: 2008/5/24 20:52
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red_johnny	Re: Finally painted my hood	#18
On Sabbatical Augusta, GA (85 383 stroker) 3213 Posts Member since: 2006/7/6 0:00	WOW! So when do you want to come over and do my front end and hood?
	Posted on: 2008/5/24 22:57

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patsfan05488	Re: Finally painted my hood	#19
Guru 229 Posts Member since: 2006/2/17 0:00	that new pic looks great. It a great shine I can even make out the mustang in the background. I couldn't quite make out what it said on the box that guy is holding lol .
	Posted on: 2008/5/24 23:08

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Raidmagic	Re: Finally painted my hood	#20
Guru Newb Florida 168 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Thanks guys. I'm really proud of it, it's my first paint job with a wetsand and buff job. I've painted race cars and 10 footers before but this was my first real paint try with a wet sand and buff. I laid some color on a T-bucket my dad built, I'm gonna go wet sand and buff it now.
	Posted on: 2008/5/24 23:24

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red_johnny	Re: Finally painted my hood	#21
On Sabbatical Augusta, GA (85 383 stroker) 3213 Posts Member since: 2006/7/6 0:00	Quote: Raidmagic wrote: Thanks guys. I'm really proud of it, it's my first paint job with a wetsand and buff job. I've painted race cars and 10 footers before but this was my first real paint try with a wet sand and buff. I laid some color on a T-bucket my dad built, I'm gonna go wet sand and buff it now. Sounds like some cool stuff right there. I wish I had more time (and money) with my vette. I would have tried to get a hold of a high rise hood and seen if you could have hooked my up with a "how to" or something. I was showing my wife that last pic and told her, yeah..thats red...really hard to get that good of a shine on red. I mean its like a mirror! Mine is shiny but that is terrific!
	Posted on: 2008/5/25 0:44

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