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Just thought I would share my experience in case anyone wanted to try it.
My new to me 06 KR had some hail damage on the hood when I bought it. After pricing new ones and having it painted I decided to to try it to do it my self. Also I have a 99 f359 that my son will be driving to school soon and it needs a paint job and some body work so I thought that maybe it was something I could do also.
So so it took a couple of weeks of gathering everything I needed.
Air filter from Amazon Air filter and dryer from hf. Together
My compressor. Drained a couple of times to get all the water out This was a must. And it really worked well Not sure if I needed this but I wanted to have cleanest air I could get
Plus paint and gun. This was not a small investment. After everything was said and done I could of had a professional do the work. But I'm glad I did it. It was a neetexperience.
After cutting with 1000 grit. Polish and swirl remover.
luckily my neighbor does this work on side and he gave me some pointers also lended me his Mikita polisher. Need to get one.
Overall its okay okay far from perfect. Going to do some more sanding and repolish this evening. I thinking about redoing the whole thing again. There are a couple of areas I'm not happy with. Especially where I bondoed. If paint was not so expensive I wouldn't think twice about redoing it.
Anybody interested doing this for the first time I would recommend practicing on other things first. If it was not for my neighbor giving me tips on how to spray it would of come out worse or not as good.
It it was a good experience for me and want to do more.
Started with 1000 grit and 1000 grit only? Was orange peel that bad? Are you sanding by hand? If by hand I'd go 1000, 2000, and then 3000. Takes a lot to remove 1000 grit sanding marks but takes little to remove 3000 grit scratch.
When I did things by hand I used to do it that way. Yet now with an Air Advantage I start with 1500 clear coat discs and move to 3000 Trizact. From there to my Makita rotary buffer with wool and then Makita forced/random orbital or Flex forced orbital and foam. If I used 5000 discs I can skip the rotary and go straight to one of the others. Although I much prefer to avoid cut and buff.
I would have suggested an icing product instead of bondo. I also would have spot sprayed the areas in a high build sanding primer. Working the primer to existing with 600 to feather then to 800 for scratches. Sprayed 2 coats of high build and wet sand out to 800. Clean with SEM soap and spray 3 coats with a wet edge of base. Finish up with a 2k clear and 4 coats and keep a leading wet edge. Machine polish hood when on truck and blend the finish to the fenders, don't make the hood overly perfect if the fenders aren't!
Hey guys this project is still haunting me today. I was not happy wit the turn out and want to redo. I made some mistakes and just not that happy with it. Making time for it has been my issue.
Your paint came out great but in person you can see body filler I guess is your issue? Need to take more time with various sand paper grits.
The more I read and video's I see,is that it's all about taking the time and patience.Since your not doing it for money,just keep working on it like a fun hobby and the end result should match a good body shop.Might take 10 times as long as they would take but so what.Besides the NFL,TV is over rated anyway.
I'm thinking about tackling my F450 and T-bird myself (save for any panels that need to be replaced/welded/patched/repaired). About as far I've gotten though lol.
Your right. I will get to it. I like to try and learn new things all the time. Painting this hood was not hard but just understand the steps and how important prep is to your success was fun to learn.
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