New fiberglass hood: Has anyone ever had success with flat black rattle cans?

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Get they harbor freight gun and practice shooting the primer on the top part of the hood (easier to sand your mistakes) and you're going to be sanding it anyways. Or spray the underside first since it won't be as noticeable. $10.00 bucks with a coupon and not bad reviews.
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Worst case you make a mistake and have to sand it and re-shoot it. Not a big deal
 
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j par said:
Spend hundreds of dollars on a hood and hundreds of dollars having it painted and end up the scoop pointing the wrong way!:poke:
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Lol, it’s the Chebbie way.:poke:

And yes I hung the hood. Don’t really know proper way but it worked for me. Besides my son in law has a brand new paint booth at his shop and couldn’t pass that up. I’m already over budget with my project which determined the price.:)
 
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meathead66 said:
Lol, it’s the Chebbie way.:poke:
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Better??

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Is there any way to tell when your hood has fully cured an it’s ok to start prepping it?
 
Hanging the hood decreases the chance of dust settling in your paint as it dries. It does cause a problem when painting metallics but we aren't concerned about that here.

We painted my steel hood matte black using a cheap HF gun and Rustoleum satin black cut with thinner. The gun and paint were less than $50 if I recall correctly.

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I spray canned the "Demon scoop" on my 73 Duster.

Turned out great and looked the same when I sold it as it did the day I did it.

FYI Krylon 'Tough Rust" semi-flat is a dead ringer for the color used on factory Mopar brackets, suspension components and such.
 
YY1 said:
I spray canned the "Demon scoop" on my 73 Duster.

Turned out great and looked the same when I sold it as it did the day I did it.

FYI Krylon 'Tough Rust" semi-flat is a dead ringer for the color used on factory Mopar brackets, suspension components and such.
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Does that Krylon Tough Rust paint hold up to UV?
 
Not sure. All my usage has been under the hood, or under the car.
 
Well, I ordered up the John Deere "Blitz Black" and thinner, a can of the Valspar enamel hardener, some mixing cups and a cheap electric spray gun that got good reviews on Amazon.

My original thought was to hang plastic sheets to create a paint booth in the garage but with the low temps outside, this will have to wait a while. Even with a mask, I'm not willing to concentrate those vapors in the garage and opening the door would presumably make the temps too low for painting adhesion. Northern winters are just the worst for us car people. :D

Thanks to all that have shared their thoughts so far! I'll undoubtedly be back with hat-in-hands with more questions when the painting begins.
 
BrianT said:
Hanging the hood decreases the chance of dust settling in your paint as it dries. It does cause a problem when painting metallics but we aren't concerned about that here.

We painted my steel hood matte black using a cheap HF gun and Rustoleum satin black cut with thinner. The gun and paint were less than $50 if I recall correctly.

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That looks great.

I did a friends HD tank and fenders like that.

A neat trick. WD40 on a microfiber cloth renues the paint nicely.

also, wash with murphys oil soap
 
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