I'm going to be painting my hood. I sanded the hood down with 400 grit and then with 600 grit. I'm going to be painting it with cans (Dupli-Color Import Auto Spray).

The questions I have are:

Is it okay to primer the hood when it's been sanded w/ 600 grit? The primer I bought is a can of Dupli-Color Sandable Primer. The can says 320 grit.

After spraying the whole hood with primer, do I need to sand the primer down or can I just start spraying the top coat?

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You still need to sand the primer because primer is more or less a sealant. Just sand the primer with 600.

 

feather out the repairs with 320 and red scotch brite the rest of the hood. then prime the whole hood. then sand with 400 and spray your color.

good luck

 

Isn't 400 a little too harsh? I went with 600 wet to minimize scratches after priming.

 

well with white you would be alright. but it doesn't hurt to hit it with 600.

we finish everything in 400 at my job, but we also spray sealer over primer before ground coat.

 

400 is a little much for metallics, they tend to settle in the scratches and show. it's fine for solids, the clearcoat will fill the scratches and will level out, if you still have any kinda scratch marks they usually sand out of the clear pretty easily

 

Just got done spraying it with white dupli-color sandable primer. I'll be wetsanding w/ 600 grit tomorrow.

How do I sand elevated areas (Curved lines on the right and left side of the hood) w/ the sanding block to get even sanding coverage? Is it alright to not use the sanding block for those areas?

 

You don't have to sand it much, just wanna get it smooth. I usually use a soft sanding pad when sanding things like this. Are you going to seal it? Make sure you don't have any kind of reaction with the rattle can primer. I try to stay away from that stuff.

 

So on top of the dupli-color sandable primer, I need to spray it with a primer sealer?

 

as long as you got a good coat of primer and sanded it smooth, you can paint right over primer.

 

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He might have a reaction between the two. I always seal my repairs, especially if I used the rattle can primer.

 

I bought primer sealer. So after im done sanding the primer down smooth, how many coats of primer sealer do i spray on? What grit do i sand the primer sealer with?

 

th duplicolor rattle can primer and duplicolor rattle can paint, there should not be a problem.

duplicolor may not be the best brand, but it's a big enough company they are not going to market a primer that won't work with their own paint.

 

Do I need to sand the primer sealer or can I spray the top coat without sanding?

 

Oh if you are spray painting the hood then you will be fine. I thought you were using a gun to shoot it. If you seal it,you shouldn't need to sand it down again. Usually sealer isn't sanded, just painted over unless it lays down wrong.

Edit: Just read that you are using spray cans. Well goodluck

 

So I sprayed the base coat on with a couple of cans. It was a really uneven surface so I couldn't just spray clear coat right after. I sanded the base coat with 1000 grit sandpaper. Everything is smooth, the only problem is that I am able to see some repair spots through the base coat.

I know that I'm supposed to spray another coat of base if I sanded it, but I don't see that happening since I can't get an even surface using rattle cans.

If I spray on the clear, will I still be able to see the repair spot through the coat of clear?

 

spray the base as smooth as possible and when you clear do an extra coat, wet sand and buff.

the base doesn't have to be absolutely smooth, clear should fill most of the 'un-smoothness'

 

Since I sanded the base coat I already sprayed with 1000 grit should I sand it down to a lower grit before spraying another coat of base?

 

you dont really sand between coats. unless you get like some trash in your base and you wanna nib it out but mostly you just spray "wet on wet" no sanding in between then you clear it let it cure and wet sand and buff the clear


* just read you are spray painting it , hope it turns out ok

 

Got done spraying it yesterday. I need to color sand and compound it. I'll post pictures when I'm done.