Does it get any better?

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mjsorl

Let me put it this way I need more room and more brain cells:
Labor Day thats right almost 2 months ago, I am going to finally finish the beast. Got everything 3 coated with clear after a dusting of color and some touchup. Body is to one side and hood, mirrors, trunk, spoiler and handles all off and separate. have hood hanging on garage door.

The boss yells we have to go to the picnic, I do a fast clean up, shower and jump in the truck.

Drop the garage door and..............the hood is coming down I don't stop it in time. The door closes all the way.
I get out of the car and I look at the hood, no dents, no ruffles just a nice 6" long scratch in the clear and base down to the sealer. And I am po'd.

Well 2 months later I am getting ready to redo the hood. And I've sanded it back to the epoxy primer, on the section of the hood that was damaged. Now I have had issues in the past with repairs and the telegraphing or haloing of the "primed" area showing through. I plan to sand the rest of the hood down with 600 wet and then do ?

So that is where I am, any help would be appreciated.

Using RM Diamont metallic base and SPI Clear, very slow activator.
 
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I think you need to put two coats of epoxy primer on the sanded area, especially to cover the featheredged layers that have been sanded through. Once you get that cured and sanded, if you have more of the same batch of paint it might be best to paint the entire hood, because blending metallic color out on a hood can be tough even for a pro.
 
Well it took me 8 months to get back to this project, what I ended up doing was to sand the entire car down, with 120 and sprayed epoxy primer / sealer on the entire car, then proceeded to apply 2 coats of basecoat dry, wait 24 and spray 2 wet and 3 coats of clear. Got a finish at about 7 to 8 with come minor orange peel.
Now the next question: I have hand sanded all the panels down with 1500 and I am thinking do I want to spray 3 more coats of clear for depth or do I just stop. Gut says 3 more any thoughts.
Oh and 1 other if I do spray 3 more do I really need to drop back to 800 grit?
 
If you are going to spray more clear then you absolutely need to sand with 600- 800 grit. If not you will more than likely have major issues with adhesion. 800 is kinda pushing it 600 grit would be much better.
 
I guess for now it will be back to 800, Late this weaker early next, and then remarks and clear, thanks for the advice.
PS will post pictures when ready, car is completely torn apart, after a year I finally got it running, so a day at a time I go. IMG_0093.JPG
 
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