Ok, I'm giving it a shot. I have 3 hoods... one painted to match my car. One carbon fiber. And one cheap replacement hood in it's original black primer... decent condition.
So, I'll never actually use this hood on my car... therefore, it's a great test dummy for the $50 paintjob!
Here are the necessary supplies:
A bottle of mineral spirits
An 8oz can of Rustoleum (Gloss Hunter Green in this case)
A dense foam roller (this one is Rubbermaid)
A small foam touch-up brush (probably won't need this for the hood)
A paint tray
A container for the mixed paint
Some stirrers to mix the paint (not shown... I used some straws)
And some 800 and 1000 grit sandpaper (I couldn't find 600 grit, so I'll have to start with 800! Might go 1500 later on as well)
I carefully measured out 8oz of mineral spirits, as I have read that a 50/50 mixture works well. I actually dumped a little of this out, since I knew I wasn't going to get the full 8oz of paint out of the can!
I mixed in the entire can of paint in the container. Sorry, no pic. It's a bowl of green stuff. You can picture it.
Then it was down to the basement to work!
I sanded the hood down to get any junk off of it (it was previously washed off in my bathtub as well). Then I blew it clean and rubbed it down with mineral spirits, to ensure there was no residue left on it.
Then I put some color to it![146](http://www.cb7tuner.com/bigsmile.gif)
Here's the hood with some of the original primer and most of one coat.
And now I've completed one coat
I'm not too worried about the uneven appearance of it. We'll see if that goes away. If it doesn't, I still have plenty of mineral spirits left, and a can of paint is like $3!![8](http://www.cb7tuner.com/laugh.gif)
The sandpaper was the most expensive part so far!
Total cost at this point, about $25.
So, I'll never actually use this hood on my car... therefore, it's a great test dummy for the $50 paintjob!
Here are the necessary supplies:
![](http://www.cb7tuner.com/50dollarpaintjob/supplies.jpg)
A bottle of mineral spirits
An 8oz can of Rustoleum (Gloss Hunter Green in this case)
A dense foam roller (this one is Rubbermaid)
A small foam touch-up brush (probably won't need this for the hood)
A paint tray
A container for the mixed paint
Some stirrers to mix the paint (not shown... I used some straws)
And some 800 and 1000 grit sandpaper (I couldn't find 600 grit, so I'll have to start with 800! Might go 1500 later on as well)
I carefully measured out 8oz of mineral spirits, as I have read that a 50/50 mixture works well. I actually dumped a little of this out, since I knew I wasn't going to get the full 8oz of paint out of the can!
![](http://www.cb7tuner.com/50dollarpaintjob/measured.jpg)
I mixed in the entire can of paint in the container. Sorry, no pic. It's a bowl of green stuff. You can picture it.
Then it was down to the basement to work!
I sanded the hood down to get any junk off of it (it was previously washed off in my bathtub as well). Then I blew it clean and rubbed it down with mineral spirits, to ensure there was no residue left on it.
Then I put some color to it
![146](http://www.cb7tuner.com/bigsmile.gif)
Here's the hood with some of the original primer and most of one coat.
![](http://www.cb7tuner.com/50dollarpaintjob/halfcoat.jpg)
And now I've completed one coat
![](http://www.cb7tuner.com/50dollarpaintjob/onecoat.jpg)
I'm not too worried about the uneven appearance of it. We'll see if that goes away. If it doesn't, I still have plenty of mineral spirits left, and a can of paint is like $3!
![8](http://www.cb7tuner.com/laugh.gif)
The sandpaper was the most expensive part so far!
Total cost at this point, about $25.
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