I searched and couldn't find any answers so if this has been answered before I apologies.
A week ago I took my hood off to get rid of the flat black surface rust look it has had for the 30 years I've owned it and this is not the prep work I'll do when I'm ready to paint the car.
Running your hand over the surface you can feel wavy uneven surface to the metal and seems to be where it's single layer where the under braces are not. Can kind of see it in this before pic.
Tried to get a better pic of it after sanding the surface.
This is the final results after priming and wet sanding, looks ok for now.
Now my question for when I get to the real paint job; This situation won't do with a nice shiny paint job. Need a smooth surface and that usually requires some build up of surface filler. My fear is get it all leveled out, primed and painted and the first time shut the hood or driving down the road the metal flexes and the filled in areas crack apart. So is this uneven surface normal for these hoods and how do you prep it?
Oh and as far as I can tell, this is a GM steel hood, came on the car when I bough it but is not original to the car.
Thank you.
A week ago I took my hood off to get rid of the flat black surface rust look it has had for the 30 years I've owned it and this is not the prep work I'll do when I'm ready to paint the car.
Running your hand over the surface you can feel wavy uneven surface to the metal and seems to be where it's single layer where the under braces are not. Can kind of see it in this before pic.
Tried to get a better pic of it after sanding the surface.
This is the final results after priming and wet sanding, looks ok for now.
Now my question for when I get to the real paint job; This situation won't do with a nice shiny paint job. Need a smooth surface and that usually requires some build up of surface filler. My fear is get it all leveled out, primed and painted and the first time shut the hood or driving down the road the metal flexes and the filled in areas crack apart. So is this uneven surface normal for these hoods and how do you prep it?
Oh and as far as I can tell, this is a GM steel hood, came on the car when I bough it but is not original to the car.
Thank you.