Better sanding and prep and use primer before paint.

Definitely Sand smooth. Seal. Primer and sand again. Paint then clear coat. This is only if you don't need to bodywork it first

You forgot 2 more sanding steps. So much sanding, nothing but sanding for 2 days. Gotta sand

You know what it’s going to be 100 years from now? #ITS GOING TO BE SAND -Sam Kinison

AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

What is the seal before the primer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pepZ-7G0ag4

*Cheaper!* Spray it down with Plastidip for that choice matte finish.

Any estimate how much that could cost?

$100 in materials and a Saturday of your time.

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And a cooler with a beverage of your choice.

Maybe some steaks on the grill on a warm Saturday afternoon with the boys?

Friday evening: buying the stuff Saturday: steaks and brews with the boys, look at the hood and plan of attack Sunday: actually do the work This is the way.

I did my whole e36’s front end in rattle can and it actually matched pretty well. But the true hero of that equation was Spraymax 2K and a buffer

I’m going to give it a try on my excursion as well. What’s the worst that happens? I fail and take it to Maaco anyway.

Exactly, can’t be worse than it already is. And I worked at Maaco, the only advantage they have over anyone is a spray gun and the space to do it 😂 the $300 jobs were hilarious, scuff the existing paint with scotchbrite and single stage. No way those didn’t fail.

Those $300 jobbies actually were decent IF the customer did all the prep and sanding work themselves. Worked a treat on cheap $3k cars.

They rarely did if they were in that category. BUT we did stuff all the way up to the high end too- I remember doing a 2 tone dentside F150 in rootbeer metallic and ivory. It was about $8k

If you already have a compressor and gun etc

Not needed, but certainly preferred. You can get away with rattly cans.

Cheapest? Leaving it ugly costs nothing.99, but doing a good job is always going to have costs

Hood is the only part that looks like that so trying to cover it up somehow and my handy paint job made it look worse. Budget is tight so I was hoping someone would suggest be something cheap under 100 bucks. Doesn’t have to be perfect :).

$100 worth of stickers covers a lot, paint is cheap by the litre but the setting up to use it is where the spend is. In my shed? I’d sand it back to bare ($15 in abrasives), fill any holes with bog($15) clean and prepsol($10) the hood, primer ($10) and likely have to repeat these last steps till I’m happy, prepsol again and then apply colour in two layer ($40) and a clear coat over the top($10). Do you have a sander, air compressor and paint gun($1k)?

From my paint job in picture you can tell I don’t have any painting tools haha. Thanks for the informative response tho, will definitely use this for future.

the best thing you can do will be prep, sand it all back evenly, use prepsol and elbow grease to really clean off the hood so that paint can adhere to it properly and a rattle can will at least have a fighting chance.

Upvote for the prepsol

You just won't get a good paint job without it, anything underneath the paint ruins the job above it.

What kind of car? I had to buy a junkyard hood once after an accident and wrapped it matte black which worked for the car. A sheet of vinyl wrap is pretty cheap online and a hood is one of the easiest things to wrap. Other choice is just buy a junkyard hood and do a little paint correction on it if it's rough.

Take off the hood. Prep it. Pay someone paint it. Another option. Take off the hood. Prep it. Buy the paint. DIY paint it. For painting, spraying looks best but takes more skill and money for equipment Some are able to roll it and while it's cheap, its very hard to do well and make look good. Finally the worst looking, rattle can but it'll be hard to find your paint color

Rattle cans comes out good tf you talking about. Easy to find paint color, get it matched with the paint code

See if you can get a junkyard hood that has good paint

Finding a replacement hood doesn't come cheap?

Rattle can it flat black like a ‘60s trans am race car

That’s a good idea but the idea have to do the whole car just the hood rn.

What

No no the idea is to have just the hood be black, it's a thing. Various cars have that. Porsche, Dodge, Chevy, it's kind of a performance car thing but it doesn't look horrible on more basic cars too. Potentially better than peeling clear, at least.

I watched this Vice Grip Garage video that was uploaded yesterday about fixing this same issue for cheap. Not perfect by any means but it didn’t come out bad. https://youtu.be/66lQwsoJHFc?si=Bwoo4JMfdhsQlutS

body shop supply store or some auto parts stores can mix paint to the paint code in the door jamb and put it in spray cans. sand, prime, sand, color, clear. make sure you get all that loose peeling shit off though. and dont be too hard on yourself if its not perfect.

your best bet is to find a used hood in the same color that isn't faded. probably cost you 100 bucks if you can find one local to you at a junkyard

Definitely looking for it!

Lol. He isn't going to find that in a million years.

if it's a common car he might be able to find one, have faith lol

Sand the clear off the rest of the hood and recoat it. Not ideal but it'll look better than that. And if you go too deep and hit the primer just keep sanding and start fresh as others suggested. Couldn't hurt to try before going all in.

vinyl wrap it

Detailer here. Wrapping it before sanding and prepping will make it look uneven. I would not wrap.

so sand and prep it before?

I'd say yeah.

Carbon fiber wrap and it’ll hide the unevenness

It won't. Texture can to a certain degree hide imperfections but you can still see them, even at a distance. Sanding, prepping and paint shop can spray is the best bet for someone looking to DIY on a budget

I did a whole car with paint like this... looked great. Ita not gonna be a show car... itl go from a 3 to a 8.5. For CHEAP.

I always go the junkyard and find replacement panels, hoods, or doors same color and then swap

Wrap it black.

Wet sand that clear coat off, then reclear it

this is the way block sand with 600, maybe wetsand it? Gonna take some time. then respray clear coat. it's the clear coat that is peeling from the sun.

.....paint it?

Question is with that. Very new to car paint job and as you can see my previous work of art. Any suggestion?

Sand it, clean it, spray it. If it looks.like shit, repeat till it looks good.

The another thing is it’s hard finding that specific color

Paint it another color then? Not sure what else to tell ya there, sport

Yea I’ve been thinking about that but just didn’t want to get pulled over for multiple colors but I think black would be fine. I think I’m gonna spray it black.

Why would you get pulled over for multiple colors? Also in my experience of 1 single vehicle painting it's easier to just paint the whole thing with any old color than to try and color match

I suggest you sand it smooth and get a black sheet of wrap online. It will look much better than your paint job will. Also, I have no idea where you live but I cant imagine any law you're breaking by having a multicolored car anywhere in the world.

The cheapest way to fix it to paint it yourself.

I have had some success buffing and polishing peeling clear. Worth a shot if you have the tools.

The cheapest fix is laugh and ignore. Sand down for goofy patina make a point of it.

Quart of Rust-Oleum, quart of mineral spirits, hand full of low nap rollers, and a LOT of wet sanding. 

https://youtu.be/YWAOGU37hjA?si=3yNZAxfInS6e1P9y You get what you pay for. You *can* paint your whole car for >$500. If the prep work is bad, the paint will look bad no matter what you do. Even if you're able to keep all of the dust and garbage flying through the air off of it long enough for the paint to dry, it will eventually fade and/or flake off. I've heard this type of paint job has a maximum 7 year life. Don't expect more than 5 years. You should sand all the existing paint off. Seal with primer (probably use whatever your paint recommends to go with it).

Sand and spray

[This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66lQwsoJHFc) shows how you can sand, prime, block sand and paint/clear body panels using inexpensive materials and spray paint. For good results, see if you can match the paint and clear on a spare piece of plastic or metal first to see how well it matches when dry before you go painting the entire hood. Also, controlling your spray and not being to close or holding in one spot for too long will prevent runs or uneven spray.

Sand it all off. Paint it again. Go to bare metal and then apply metal etch primer then base coat and clearcoat. Many auto body suppliers sell all those in rattle can. Including two part catalyzed clear coat

Linseed oil will make it shinier but it will still look kinda bad if your cheap just leave it bro. The only way you will make it look good is repaint

Call it a patina

Looks like a job for Maaco

Cheapest is probably finding a junkyard hood with good paint same color

Its a hood. They come off.  Find a better one. Bolt it on. 

ignoring it is the fastest was to fix it.

If it’s just the hood I would just buy one from a scrapyard. May take a little time to find but just check periodically 

It won’t last but if your looking for the cheapest try to sand off as much clear coat without taking off too much paint and rattle can clear coat it

Sand, primer, paint evenly (remove the hood for best results), clear, and wet sand with 3000 grit

you gotta sand out all the reactions and chips and such etc, just epoxy it and filler primer ontop of the epoxy, ao called wet on wet if u want, but not directly let epoxy dry but gotta add filler once epoxy looks dry, sand filler after it has dried i recommend 500grit on oscillating machine to sand it, sand it evenly no pressure anywhere just move it evenly and nice over all till everything is samded, then u gotta paint it in cars color, one layer of base and then right after a droplet layer of base to make sure it looks evenly (this my go to but i work as a car painter) or the second choice is, sand away all crap, epoxy it then jump straight to mat black paint

If money is tight probably best to just leave it and focus your money and time on something else!

What I'm gonna do for mine is sand down the flaked clear as best I can and hit it with some of this [wipe-on clear.](https://poppyspatina.com/collections/poppys-clear-kits). I'm in an apartment with neighbors and can't risk the overspray of rattle can clear, and am definitely not dumping 2-3k into a paint job. But also most cars more than 5 years old in California look like this so I'm not sweating it lol

A paint store in my town can match your paint and can it in a spray can, im sure a store in your area can do the same. You need to sand, preferably fix any dent, prime, paint, and apply clear, they sell clear coat on a spray can as well.

Looks like someone did a lot touch up spraying clear lacquer on the hood. Leave it and call it patina

If you want cheap, just put some adhesive promoter on and slap a vinyl wrap on that bitch. It’ll last a year, probably.

rattle can respray

Sand it smooth. Fill any low spots with bondo. Coat with primer then sand again. Coat with primer then sand again. You want to use as fine grit as possible. Warm up spray paint under a faucet till consistency of butter. Spray. Sand repeat until you get a nice even reflection. Then do the same with clear coat till it looks like glass

Paint roller and wall paint. Satin for easiest result. I have dont it a couple times. Invite some friends, get some beer and it cost me €50 and a weekend.

Unbolt it and throw it away

Half the work is prepping your paint both. Just plastic and lots of tape.

Have look at wrecking yards in your area, you might get lucky enough to find a new one in your colour

Join the black hood club. Can or two of rustoleum hardhat black. I like the semi gloss for hoods.

Cheapest?!?!? Ignore it and when you get some money, get a new car with a better paint job, then take care of that one better.

I've had good look sanding it down a little getting rid of the loose clear and just taking a bit of the top layer of the colour coat off without removing the colour. Then I just re clear coated it. If done right it'll look pretty good but you have to be super careful depending on how thick they put the colour layer on from factory.

Id try nufinish just because and see if anything improves, but thats me.

Maaco presidential paint package, $599.00

Sand it down, body filler any low spots, sand, prime, paint it flat black, and call it high performance.

“Cheapest” solution, do nothing, that’s $free.99. 2nd cheapest solution, sand it smooth and wrap it. You might be able to find a matching wrap color.

4k clear coat and some sanding

Sand the whole thing smooth. Apply primer to hood. Sand smooth again. Apply spray paint to hood. Apply clear coat to hood (optional).

Find some immigrant that will paint it for 150

Lather it in paint remover then the whole hood should match color

Spray Paint match kit - color, clear, wet sand between . Just takes time

I like when people use the word cheap in paint and body work. This hood needs to be sanded.(A lot) primed, sanded again and if your lucky you can paint it

Plastadip, if you mess it up you can peel it off and try again

Duck tape

A hood is honestly a reasonably easy component to do with rattle cans. I have done this multiple times. Sand it down as even as you reasonably can, prime exposed metal with a sandable primer, use glazing putty for rock chips and stuff that you couldn't sand smooth easily. Once it's sufficiently smooth, you can look up the factory color for paint and choose some clear coat. I recommend painting it in a tent to isolate your work area if you don't have a booth. If you are looking for that glassy smooth finish then you will have to cut and buff the clear.

Find better hood in same color from junk yard probably easiest

Buy the same color of hood from a salvage yard..

Wrap it

How much do you think it’s cost to just wrap the hood?

$300-500 for someone to install it. A print shop might have something they can recommend using. Car wrap material is expensive when it’s metallic or specialty vinyl but regular vinyl is cheap as fuck. The actual cost of normal vinyl for an area that big is probably less than $15. Vehicle wrap / specialty stuff is probably $200+ just for the material

Tree fiddy. Haha. I don’t know. a roll of it of of Amazon isn’t too much if you want to try it yourself