Hood Refinish Job
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Hey Fellas,
As I venture more into small repairs on metal panels, I want to pose this thread as means of learning. I did this last just the other day and learned a few things. First off it was a 2012 Ford Focus that was keyed slightly. The key marks on both side of the scratch went down to metal with a small indentation on both ends. The middle of the scratch never really broke the base. I sanded it all down with 80 grit, but should have sanded the whole key mark down to metal. Once painted, there was ever so slightly a line in the middle that was taken out with 2k cut and buff, who knows if it will return? Other then that I got away with just painting the hood since the area painted had adjacent areas that were the headlights and not fender. The color match from lesonal was dead on, so that made things alot easier. The feathered out areas to the left of the hood were just some rock chips, should these just be filled with glaze? I noticed if it is not blocked perfectly, a simple chip that was sanded out can end up looking like a dent after painted.
Any other tips on this would be great. The job went very well and was alot easier then a typical bumper.
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[IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/nexson1/last/IMG_2553.jpg[/IMG]Looks good Nex. The Lesonal is a nice product.
The scratch should be feathered back as much as necessary, usually to bare metal. Stone chips are treated the same way ( or stripped if it is a bigger area). Often stone chips through the paint are to the metal, even if they don’t appear that way. These often have a very small amount of corrosion that will spread over time, so filling the chip with putty us no more than a short term cosmetic band aid.
With that said, I do putty stone chips frequently. It is not correct, but I do it on areas we are not being paid for. Such as a blend panel ( within the area I will be covering with base). As a free cosmetic repair it does look better than painting over the chips and really isn’t worse either. If a customer were paying for stone chip repairs, I would strip the area properly to ensure there is no corrosion.
I alwAys take deep scratches to metal, it’s the correct way of doing it. As stated by Ben chips should be taken to metal too but I more often than not just fill with glaze. Chips won’t be as noticeable if they do happen to ghost rather than gouging out the paint and making the repair bigger . Just my opinion.
looks very good nex 😉 i agree with these guys that i always take a deep scratch down to bare metal but then i apply a skim coat of glaze in most cases because sometimes what ever did the scratching leaves a gouge in the metal.
im not a big fan of filling in rock chips, in some cases even if im not paid for it ill do it properly as a freebie to a good customer.
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