Painting the Hood

xxjas12xx · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2003, 07:14 PM

Hi guys, been awhile since ive posted here (havent had any problems for awhile finally!!!) lol, anyways, the paint on my jeep looks great other than the hood, i can wax on wax off more than the karate kid but after a day or 2 its back to its ol dull self, i was thinking about buying some rattle can black and painting it myself. Thought I would see if any of you had any suggestions.

2jeep2think · #2 (**permalink**) 12-15-2003, 07:30 PM

Have you tried using rubbing compound first then applying wax? There is something called color back that removes old and oxidized paint. Then apply a fresh coat of wax.

TwistedCopper · #3 (**permalink**) 12-15-2003, 07:48 PM

I've been told to finely sand it to rough up the existing paint, prime it, and spray away. I still need to do my hard doors

xxjas12xx · #4 (**permalink**) 12-15-2003, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TwistedCopper

I've been told to finely sand it to rough up the existing paint, prime it, and spray away. I still need to do my hard doors

TwistedCopper, Ty for youre reply, this is what i was thinking i was going to do. What brand of paint would you suggest, also, what color black, a semi gloss maybe?

TwistedCopper · #5 (**permalink**) 12-15-2003, 08:57 PM

I imagine the factory paint was gloss?

flyboy · #6 (**permalink**) 12-18-2003, 02:05 AM

I paint cars for Honda up here and the first thing i would suggest is not to use a "rattle can" The paint in those things is too runny for what you want to do you will end up with sags al over your hood and they never really shine that great (or at all) and you'll end up hating yourself for doing it. The cheaper auto paints you can buy and mix would do the job however they tend to fade very quickly and if you try to repaint again later you'll find out the hard way that the paint has never quite cured properly. You'll spend hours sanding trying to get it off. I would highly suggest that you spend the bit of extra money and get some good paint. However it really depends on you and what you want it to look like. Just my two cents worth. Hope it helps. Twisted metal is right you'll need to scuff up the paint with some fine grit sand paper before you do it (600 grit)

tmsloan · #7 (**permalink**) 12-18-2003, 06:09 AM

Bro,
You gotta go with the bed liner when I bought my cherokee it was sun faded from being in Fla. the girl who I bought it from had no idea what wax was? Any way It was bad REAL bad the primer layer was starting to show across the cab of the truck so I thought to myself "Self I am not spending a grand on the paint job since I only paid a grand for the whole jeep". I was luck to have gotten a jeep owned by a Girl who NEVER NOT ONCE even switched it out of 2 wheel Hi that was sweet it had NO dents at all and one bad seat inside other than the paint outside it was a steal. She needed the cash for a B-day gift and her mom and dad bought her a new car for Grad. college I got lucky. Any ways a little off track since the paint was faded and it had no rust I broke out my trusty orbital sander and sanded it up myself primed and sanded again and got on the web and got gallon of Rino-Liner and sprayed that crap on and its been great and it makes your rig look tough! BUT it is the biggest pain in the ass to clean!

hi_c · #8 (**permalink**) 12-18-2003, 09:14 AM

Jas12, I'm not sure what kind of jeep you have nor how you like to care for your vehicles. If you're the kind who doesn't mind scratches and dents while tromping thru the woods, then rattle-can is sufficient.

However, if you're the show-n-shine kind of guy and/or have a newer Jeep that you want to keep in good shape for a while, I would suggest removing the hood from the Jeep (remove the latches) and take it to Maaco or some paint and body shop and ask them what they'd charge to paint just the hood. I know that I see Maaco's total body job (surface only, no dent/rust management) for like $300. So just the hood should only run you about $100. It'd be worth looking into.

$.02
C

BakedAlaskan · #9 (**permalink**) 12-18-2003, 10:42 AM

I second that. Take it off and have it sprayed for under a hundred.

You could try to use some white buffing compound then wax it but it is some what of a art/talent. But it will amaze you with how it works. I have brought many a dull car from empending doom back to show room shine.
Wax is merely a protectant you will never get anything fixed with it.

I rattle canned mine ultra flat olive drab and no matter what I did it has rattle can streaks. No runs or sags just lines that are barely visiable because the paint dries so fast it can never blend in. Gloss is next to impossible to make perfect on anything wider then a few inches.

redrooster · #10 (**permalink**) 12-18-2003, 11:49 AM

Color Back by Turtle Wax is excellent. It's kind of like a liquid rubbing compound. Easy to apply. It will bring a shine to most faded areas, but doesn't last long so you have to wax it afterwards. Try this first. If it doesn't work then take it to a paint shop. Hoods aren't much, especially if you sand it down first and hit it with Sherwin Williams 988 self etching primer.