Todd Gatman
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I would like to start off saying that there is no way my project would be where it is without the help of this forum. I thought I was nearly finished applying my UV clear toward the end of last year but I took some bad advice and really screwed up at the front of the hood. Being my first overall job, I didn't continue piling on the clear in order to fix it later. SO, I wet sanded through the base pretty bad. I tried to blend the repair but it was terrible. Today I took the hood off and I am going to re-prime and paint the whole thing. If it doesn't match perfectly because I am toward the bottom of the gallon, at least the whole panel will be the same. Below is the well-scuffed hood ready for priming. You can see how bad the color mismatch could be. The lighter color is the newer paint with the rest of the car being consistently the less gold-ish color. I used the exact same gun settings but clearly there is something else happening. Do any of you have any advice on how to approach this repaint. I am thinking that applying more thin coats will allow me to sneak-up on the color I want. Can I somehow change the pressure settings to help? I appreciate any advice you might have in advance.