Confessions. . .
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Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '05
Confessions. . .
O.K. today I decided to paint the underside of my hood (black), I was going to take the hood off (with help) and paint it but didn't want to chance dropping it so I masked off the edges and covered the fenders. Instead of getting paint from the auto paint store for my spray gun I opted for 5 cans of high-temp spray paint (ugh!), I know, I know, I can hear you guys saying WHAT A MORON! I can't disagree, especially since I knew better.
Well of course the job came out crappy. I mounted the Corvette name (red letters) at the top portion just above the rubber weather seal. I must say the consept is beautiful, too bad the paint job isn't.
I'm wondering if I could use some sort of sanding pad to even out the spots or just leave screwed-up alone and wait til spring and take it to a paint shop and have it done right.
So to punish myself for this crime I washed and waxed (Meguair's Gold) the Vette all the while feeling remorse for the bone-head paint job (hack job) I did on the underside of the hood. When I finished I took much pleasure in the beauty of passion and vowed never again to do a job the wrong way!
Well of course the job came out crappy. I mounted the Corvette name (red letters) at the top portion just above the rubber weather seal. I must say the consept is beautiful, too bad the paint job isn't.
I'm wondering if I could use some sort of sanding pad to even out the spots or just leave screwed-up alone and wait til spring and take it to a paint shop and have it done right.
So to punish myself for this crime I washed and waxed (Meguair's Gold) the Vette all the while feeling remorse for the bone-head paint job (hack job) I did on the underside of the hood. When I finished I took much pleasure in the beauty of passion and vowed never again to do a job the wrong way!
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Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by standup
maybe it didn't turn out the way you wanted, but at least you're having a go.......... 
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Safety Car
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by Love My 72 and 77
use a maroon scuff pad and go to an auto paint store and buy some "trim paint" in flat black. You almost can't screw it up Good luck
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Safety Car
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From: North of Atlanta GA
St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by Desertdawg
You could sand it with some 350 or 400 sand paper, and repaint it with some regular paint.
Why did you go with Hi Temp paint to start with????
Why did you go with Hi Temp paint to start with????
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that's how I would have done it.... except I would only have gotten 2 cans of paint, wouldn't have used high temp paint, and I wouldn't have masked everything properly and would have gotten black overspray all over my car.
Racer
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From: Hershey Pa
I painted the underside of a 68 I had a few years ago with that black crinkle spray paint. It looked pretty nice and it hid most of the existing imperfections. It;s the paint made for trunk liner repainting and the heat didn't bother it.