1952 1 Ton Rebuild

[mechanixman]

Here's the hood. I sanded down the original paint, straightened out a few larger dents in the hood, then sanded some more.
I used Duplicolor's Paint Shop System and the infamous purple harbor freight gun. I must say, I wasn't terribly impressed with either. If you really want it to work well you should either use the paint with better gun, or some better paint with the purple HF gun. The primer laid down just fine, and a little sanding took care of it no problem. The problem came with color. When I started laying on coats, I kept getting these orange peel textures. I found out if I spray a couple more thinner coats, and lay the last coat on pretty thick, it looks a lot better. I really like the color though, and I can't wait see the whole thing in 1 piece. I'll be using a higher quality clear coat to protect the paint from UV light and corrosive materials like gasoline.