How much is too much, paint that is?

G

grogetter

After trying and failing repeatedly to correct a small but deep damage to the hood of my project, I find my I've got three layers of clear over base in some places. Should I just have it media blasted and start over or sand some off the second and third layer and start over?
I'm really frustrated by the whole deal. The rest of the car is painted and buffed but this hood is going to be the death of me.
Help??
Thanks
 
Right now it looks terrible. I've been going at a section of it with 180 grit to try to eliminate any contamination that I may have created in one of the previous clears. Some sort of contamination is what necessitated multiple attempts at successfully painting the hood.
 
One thing to watch if your going to town in one section is the low spot you are probably creating. You may want to block the hood down evenly when you figure out how far to go. You could be fixing one problem and creating another.

I'd be tempted to switch to 320 if the goal is to only sand off clear.
 
But the base is bad too. Need to take it down further, epoxy and rebase imho... 180 gets you there faster and straighter imho. Then guide coat and move up in grit.

Then again, I’m not a pro but this is how I would tackle it.

Don
 
The hood is from a 64 Malibu with two feature lines about 10 inches from either edge. I've only been working on one of the sections between the outer edge and this feature line. I managed to get down into the first layer of clear and trying to be careful not to cut through the base below it into the epoxy primer below it, though I have just gotten into the primer on one outside curve near the front of the hood.
At this point I can just start working up in grits until the section I'm working on is ready for epoxy and go from there.
However, the section of the hood between the feature line and the center "spear" would still be 3 layers thick.
Is this just too much paint or should I continue working on the full half of the hood that has multiple "paint jobs" by sanding off clear and base?
Thanks, all for your help.
 
Tex, when I say three layers, I mean a base/clear, than another base/clear, then another base/clear. In every case base was usually three coats, clear was usually three to four coats.
 
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