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Firstly, thanks for the reply. Secondly, this afternoon I took that portion of my hood to 2000 to see what it would look like. As you know, it's still there. It's a little harder to find. I figured I couldn't lose if I had to repaint it anyway.
I applied some W&G remover and took a pic (below).I can't feel any dips and the reflection isn't distorted. So I think I'm good there.
You talked about not reaching the middle. The hood is off the car. It's on a motorcycle trailer. I'm about 5' 8 1/2". The problem is my arms aren't long enough without my legs hitting the wheel well. If I stand in one spot I can't swipe the middle from one edge to the other in one motion and it takes all I got to get there. I'm not coordinated enough to lean over and walk and not hit the wheel arch/fender. It's a Corvette, hood and fender are one as you know. The pattern jumps when I walk and doesn't look good either and I still can't hardly reach the middle. Now I could try something else I've thought of before if you think it might work, only if I have to paint hood and not blend it. I could hang it with an engine hoist with the front pointing down. I wouldn't be getting much dirt in it that way. This post is way too long and took me an hour already, so I'll stop. Thanks reading and all the help.
I'm confident this is the case.Hard to tell without being there in person but it looks like you've sanded through to top of the first 4 coats you sprayed.
I applied some W&G remover and took a pic (below).I can't feel any dips and the reflection isn't distorted. So I think I'm good there.
It's single stage, that's why I'm wondering if I need to repaint the hood. If I do, I was just going to sand the whole thing down with 800. I already have 8 coats on there besides what I sanded off and I'm getting worried it's too thick.Then re-clear the entire panel
I've seen a lot of your posts on blending, especially Single Stage Repair where you explain on how to fix the quarter panel painted with single stage. I've watched several videos as well. The vast majority are for BC/CC and none of them are a SS hood. I don't have any edges to go to, so the blend line would be a big circle on the perimeter of the repair. I attached another pic so you can see where it's at on the hood. It's bigger than a quarter. I've seen a lot of blends disappear (on the computer) but they are almost all BC/CC. The post I referenced doesn't have the result posted.If you search my member name and keyword "blender" you can find some posts where I have gone into a lot of detail about blending.
You talked about not reaching the middle. The hood is off the car. It's on a motorcycle trailer. I'm about 5' 8 1/2". The problem is my arms aren't long enough without my legs hitting the wheel well. If I stand in one spot I can't swipe the middle from one edge to the other in one motion and it takes all I got to get there. I'm not coordinated enough to lean over and walk and not hit the wheel arch/fender. It's a Corvette, hood and fender are one as you know. The pattern jumps when I walk and doesn't look good either and I still can't hardly reach the middle. Now I could try something else I've thought of before if you think it might work, only if I have to paint hood and not blend it. I could hang it with an engine hoist with the front pointing down. I wouldn't be getting much dirt in it that way. This post is way too long and took me an hour already, so I'll stop. Thanks reading and all the help.