Grafitti on my hood

[AllWhiteCoupe]

About a week ago i was away from home and i meet up with a buddie of mine a hadent seen i a while. I helped him hang up a glossy white 4' by 8' panel of flooring up in an old barn. Then he started to spraypaint it. I thought he was Screwn' around, Then he told me thats why we hung it up. I watched for a while and it look nice as shit, and i was like, " If i ever crash my car, ill let you paint it".
Today i was thinkin, " My car is pretty smooth exept for the hood, so ill let him do it" My car is also glossy white.

Next wed. im gettin it painted, Then friday im gonna clearcoat.


Anyone think its a good idea besides me? My G/f isnt down with it.

[nine_deuce]

I think it'd definitely be different... you'll have to post some pics when you get it done, I'm curious to see what you've got in mind... like a mural?

[501accord]

pretty bad ass if you ask me

[ikayto]

please dont lol, dont ruin your nice paint with some rattle can art that you'll get sick of in a couple weeks.

If anything just try it out on your not so smooth hood. I guarantee you in a couple weeks you'll be like :/

[lo_dit]

please dont lol, dont ruin your nice paint with some rattle can art that you'll get sick of in a couple weeks.

If anything just try it out on your not so smooth hood. I guarantee you in a couple weeks you'll be like :/

lol agreed

[cvc7chris]

better post some pic if this Happens..

[Turbo Dave]

dude u can rattle can a car and have a perfect paintjob.

heres how

first you need to get a 15 dollars worth of sandpaper

500, 1000 and 2000

take the 500 and get a painters stick (about 16 inches long or 15 or whatever)

get a half sheet of 500 and wrap it around it.

keep the hood constantly wet with a sock and a bucket and sand in a diagonal pattern always going up and 2 the side. DO NOT SAND THE EDGES

Flatness is key.

then take, (i used a wrapped back of orbit gum before) something square and flat but about the size of orbit, and wrap the 500 over it, getting the edges - DO NOT GO TO DEEP.

then repeat the process briefly with 1000.

let him paint it, (if he's using a gun better but if not then at least get good spray tips at like a big hardware store.

try and get a white that obviously matches your car , if you have to buy a bunch of cans from autozone test them outside, then clean the tip of the paint and bring it back saying your friend had the right color or whatever

and get nice paint not walmart brand. usually they have the paint color it might be snow white.

once he paints it, take the stick and go at it with 2000 EVENLY AND FLAT

after that, get a bottle of good rubbing compound not cheap stuff probably a paint supply store find it on google maps.

take a ruff towell and cut a piece off and lay compound on the hood, push HARD AND FLAT, evenly rubbing it.

if you want to do it with a machine, there is one at harbor frieght for 39 dollars

there is one at pepboys too that is good, even autozone has it - dont buy any pads from anywhere but a paint supply store

only get a perfect it II polishing pad, its foamy and white. harbor frieght has a small one only about 4 inches, its better than using anything else.

go over the car at a LOW RPM evenly till the gloss starts to come out.

you will have a nice, flat and reflective paintjob.

[philyphreak2127]

I don't know about his long description but at least run over your paint with a scotch bright pad afterwards cover it with some clear coat so it won't fade. I think it will be sick. Have him throw the Honda emblem in there somewhere. It will be very sick. Post a ton of pictures. If it looks good have the guy who paints the car keep it there and when he paints it have him shoot a couple more coats of clear over it. Like 2 or 3 weeks after it has been painted it buff the car up real nice. It will look good. spray paint can look good easily.

[Hondas_Da_Limit]

it looks tight but its more for carshow but hey its ur car
post some pic if u do it

[JoshM]

Do it!

[AllWhiteCoupe]

Im lookin at it like this, its gonna take me about 2 days of body work to fix my hood, so its almost better to get a new one. That being said, im really exited to see how this turns out. If its good enough, it may save me some money over getting a new hood.

[deevergote]

Exactly. If the hood is already crap, you won't be ruining anything. It's a replaceable part.

I have a stock hood, painted to match my car. I have a CF hood. I have a hood in my basement that I've been playing with using Rustoleum. 3 hoods. I can use them all.

[mappyCB7]

don't do it on the whole car but the hood should look ok with some of that

[shane4585]

i say do it man...it will be different. in the vw scene dudes do all kinds of crazy shit with their hoods. like checker them, or rust em, or cover them in wood grain vinyl. shit looks dope but you have to be into that kinda shit i guess?

[dailydragger]

i say do it and post some pics afterwards