It won't look that bad, and you're going to eventually get it painted with the car anyway...
do it yourself painting.
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Racer
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From: Stavanger
do it yourself painting.
I am evaluating to paint my new l-88 hood myself. Annyone who has done this with "normal" spary paint? result?
My paint job in genral is far from perfect, And i want to get a complete job done by a pro in the future, but now i joust bought a new house (two garages) so it will have to wait a coupple of years.
My paint job in genral is far from perfect, And i want to get a complete job done by a pro in the future, but now i joust bought a new house (two garages) so it will have to wait a coupple of years.
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Are you talking about spray cans? If so, I think it would be difficult to get the paint to match and get an even color/shine. If you paint the hood a semi-gloss black or semi-flat black, you may get away with it. As an absolute minimum, get some matching paint (quart) made up at an auto paint supply store [they should be able to match the paint on your car pretty well, if you know what it is - brand/color]. Then take it to MAACO and see what they'll charge to shoot it.
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Are you talking about spray cans? If so, I think it would be difficult to get the paint to match and get an even color/shine. If you paint the hood a semi-gloss black or semi-flat black, you may get away with it. As an absolute minimum, get some matching paint (quart) made up at an auto paint supply store [they should be able to match the paint on your car pretty well, if you know what it is - brand/color]. Then take it to MAACO and see what they'll charge to shoot it.
Melting Slicks
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Talk to your local bodyshops and get a price to shoot just the hood.
You will not be satisfied with painting that large of a surface with spray cans as it is not possible to keep the paint wet long enough to get a good coat of paint applied.
You will not be satisfied with painting that large of a surface with spray cans as it is not possible to keep the paint wet long enough to get a good coat of paint applied.
Racer
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if you are going to can it yourself, then try satin black first on the center of hood. let dry 24 hrs or so then tape off a stripe down the center but not all the way to the leading edge of the hood. then spray your matching spray can color on the rest of the hood this way you are covering smaller area around the hood. you might be able to get better finish. you may noy want a black stripe but it will probaly look better with it then trying to paint whole hood with spray cans in one color. but thats what i would do if i were to do that. but im a custom painter so i wouldnt any way but might work for you. greg
Burning Brakes
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From: Liberty Missouri
It will look better with spray bomb primer than to try to paint it.
At least with the primer you can say “I’m working on it” 
with a bad paint job all you can say is “hello I’m Bubba”
A lot of things can be spray painted but a hood is not one I would recommend. One other point would be when you do go to correctly paint the rest of the car you will regret it when you are trying to sand it back off.
At least with the primer you can say “I’m working on it” with a bad paint job all you can say is “hello I’m Bubba” A lot of things can be spray painted but a hood is not one I would recommend. One other point would be when you do go to correctly paint the rest of the car you will regret it when you are trying to sand it back off.
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I think that's your best choice. Spray with a semi-flat black, drive it till you are ready to re-paint. If you prepped the hood right this time, you should be able to use the semi-flat black as a "primer" coat.
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The ting is that i atleast want to do all the prep work. And as long as i dod that as a guality job. The paint i put on would youst be he base coat.? You guys means that is a bad idea???
I youst tink it is like drowing money out of the window, to pay for getting the hood re painted now. And then pay once more for paint on the hood, when i get a paint job on the whole car futer down the road.
As the car is now it is a drivable project.(2000 miles in 3 years) I wrench on it all winter, and drive it a little bit inbetween the wrentching in the summer. i youst afraid to do a nice paint job now, and then destroy the paint during all the future work on the car.
Planc of tings to do with the car is.
1-change eletrical sytem
2-new interrior
3-take out engine, and go over engine and engine compartment.
4-upgrade the exsisting engine, ore go for crate engine
5-paint job
(already done: -removed all old suspension parts, - painted frame, - installed suspension package from van steel. - changed all bearings, u-joints +++, -changed clutcplates and bearings in diff. - canged to 3.73 ring and pinion - installed steroids - fixed crack in the fiber glass in the rear. and so on.)
I youst tink it is like drowing money out of the window, to pay for getting the hood re painted now. And then pay once more for paint on the hood, when i get a paint job on the whole car futer down the road.
As the car is now it is a drivable project.(2000 miles in 3 years) I wrench on it all winter, and drive it a little bit inbetween the wrentching in the summer. i youst afraid to do a nice paint job now, and then destroy the paint during all the future work on the car.
Planc of tings to do with the car is.
1-change eletrical sytem
2-new interrior
3-take out engine, and go over engine and engine compartment.
4-upgrade the exsisting engine, ore go for crate engine
5-paint job
(already done: -removed all old suspension parts, - painted frame, - installed suspension package from van steel. - changed all bearings, u-joints +++, -changed clutcplates and bearings in diff. - canged to 3.73 ring and pinion - installed steroids - fixed crack in the fiber glass in the rear. and so on.)
Last edited by kayosnes; Sep 13, 2007 at 10:47 PM.
Melting Slicks
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Don't use Spray bomb primer to paint that hood and don't use Spray bomb top coat to paint it either. First of all it will not look right. You can't cover a large area like that with a Spray bomb top coat properly and I find Spray bomb primer not to be as good as the primer you buy at a body supply that needs to be mixed and used through a spray gun. If I were you and not having a lot of money to spend on this project right now I would probably go over to Maaco like someone else mentioned here to see what they wanted to prep and paint the hood for. The other thing you could do if you find Maaco to be to expensive and if you really feel you want to do the job yourself is to go over to a place like Harbor Freight. If you already have a compressor you can buy one of their cheap Binks copy cat Spray guns for about $25 and do it yourself. I would check what it would cost you first for materials such as Primer depending on whether you go with a lacquer primer or acrylic enamel primer, reducer or Lacquer thinner plus top coat and any other essentials. You may find that it is just cheaper to take the hood to Maaco to have it done since you will need prepping materials also.
