Peeling clearcoat options

[richenry]

This is the hood on my '88 FJ62. The peeling clearcoat really bothers my but I don't have time or money for a full repaint of the vehicle. I'd would like to repaint only the hood using matched paint from a local body shop but need help on surface prep before I begin.

Here my questions:

1) If I repaint the hood how much of the old paint do I need to remove? Will scuffing the hood with 400 grit before I lay down paint be enough or do I need to thoroughly remove all the old clear coat before painting?

2) Do I even need to repaint or will wet sanding with 1500 grit followed by rubbing compound help here?

I am not looking for perfection here, just something to carry me over a couple of years. As it stands now, I can't stand looking at the hood every time I drive.

Thanks for the help.

 

[richenry]

Bump. Someone has to have experience with this.

 

[PAToyota]

A paint job is only as good as the prep work. Since the clearcoat is peeling in some places, I'd remove it all. You don't necessarily have to go down to bare metal, though.

 

[x factor]

To ensure the same thing doesn't happen agian you need to remove all the clear coat but not all of the paint. You will break through the paint in areas while getting the clear coat off. I would recomend 220 grit on a DA sander and primer the hood again before painting.

 

[dmaddox]

With all of the rock chips in the front portion of your hood, you are nearly forced to strip and paint it to make it right and make it last.

I don't think this is going to be as expensive as you think.

Get a quart of 2k primer, a quart of base, and a quart of clear.

Strip the hood, 2k primer it, block it, re-primer, block it again, seal it (reduce your primer 4:1), base it, and clear it, then wet sand and buff.

The only problem is you'll love the hood so much, the rest of the rig will follow, trust me.

You could do this for under 200 bucks. Grab PPG's OMNI or Lesonal's Wanda line.

 

[packetstormin]

dmaddox when you a say seal the hood is that using a different product or is that be reducing the primer to a 4:1 ratio and that becomes the sealer? I am interested in this thread due to I myself being in the same boat with my hood. If you strip the hood to bare metal would I need to epoxy seal the metal 1st?

 

[dmaddox]

Packet - yes on both cases. good luck!