touching up painting on a hood

[boondockin]

touch up painting on a hood

I've been workin on tearing off all the stickers off my sled getting ready to polish her up nice and shiny black, my question is i've got a bunch of little nicks in the hood and what would be the best way to fix these? they are just below the paint surface, would sanding on them a bit and gettin a little brush to paint them in, sanding them again, and puttin a coat of clear coat over them fix them. Or does somebody have a better procedure? Anybody know of a good paint to use on the hood (stock black 01 doo hood)

 

[northstar23]

01 doo is that glass or plastic

 

[boondockin]

01 doo is that glass or plastic

plastic hood

 

[stickman]

Hey Boondokin, sounds like you have the right idea on how to fix it, here is some imput on what I've done.
First off use a very fine sandpaper (min. 1000 grit) to lightly scuff a small area around the spot.
If you know someone in a bodyshop get them to mix you a touch up bottle of unreduced black base coat mixed with clearcoat. Mix ratio 1:1. This will save the step between base and clear. This mixture is fairly thick helping you build up the area. Just dab in the area a little at a time until the chip disappears.
Let that sit overnight and then sand it down level with the surface. I perfer wet sanding with 1500 grit.
Once all your chips are fixed up you can start polishing.
Good luck with it, hope some of this helps.

Stickman