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metal repair of hood, question for those who know about bodywork |
914 RZ-1 |
May 17 2017, 10:15 AM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
I was using a DA sander on my hood. Lots of layers! Wondering if anyone can tell me if the hood was repaired correctly. It looks pretty good, but I'm wondering what the green area in the photo is? Bondo? Primer? Another color hood? There is also what appears to be filled cracks at lower right. I'm wondering if these are dents/creases that were repaired and bondo'd over.
I'd like to paint the car and want to make sure the paint will look good; the paint over the area over the cracks was a little cracked, which is why I sanded it down. BTW, the car was originally silver and is currently white. |
burton73 |
May 17 2017, 12:23 PM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,555 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
The different colors are different bondos. There are light filled bondos and there are strand fiberglass filled bondo to help falling put. The more hardener that is put in bondo the faster it goes off and the color changes intensity. Green hardner is the green you see. Not sure what the cracking is. I do see that you are up very close on the hood with the cracked shot. I would of started with removing the hood so sanding dust did not get in the car. I worked on panels off of the car on a table. Are you going to paint the full car or just the hood? Are you going to spray it yourself?
Bodywork is an art form. You can get ideas on how to do it right on Utube but the really good guys have years of practices. The idea of a new used hood is one that I have Used on some cars if there is any rust because there has been a good supply in California. Front hoods are harder to get because a lot of front crashes. You are local to the biggest supply of body parts in the USA. What you have is no virgin but it may not be that bad. Bob B |
914 RZ-1 |
May 17 2017, 12:47 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
Bob:
Thanks for the info. I thought the green might be some sort of bondo. I've done a fair bit of wood sanding over the years (I taught woodshop for 4 years) and bit of metal sanding, so I'm kinda familiar with the "art" of sanding and bondo, but I'm still learning as I go on the car. I'd like to paint it myself at some point, probably a nice gray (silver seems like it would be too hard). I'm not looking for perfection, just a 10' paint job (or is that considered good?). I found some lead rods in a shop that are for filling metal. Anyone ever work with these? Maybe I could fill the cracks with that instead of bondo. I've sent a few local people PM's about hoods. If I can't get a good deal on one, I'm fine with what I have. |
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