So, I am painting my old stock hood that I have as well as my new one I got. But, my old hood has a lot of damage to it and I was going to try my skills on some body work. So, my question is, what grit should I sand it down with to start using body filler to fix the dents. Then, what grit should I sand the body filler with, etc, etc. SO, basically, what is the whole process and grits of paper to use and when. Also, what steps can you use and electric sander and when should you do it by hand. I am really starting to get interested in body repair. I also plan to get an air compressor and a nice paint gun.

Oh, looks like no one knows the process, including me.

If you can get down to bare metal before body filler, that is a plus, if you cant, no big deal. If going down to bare metal, sand it down with some 80 grit. If not, just scuff it up with some 110 grit paper. Also, you mentioned about using electric sanders, do not do that. They create a bad hook pattern in the paint/filler. If you want to use a sander, get a DA sander, they run off a air compressor. After you lay down your filler, wait for it to FULLY CURE, then I always rough that down with 120, then 220, and then fine sanding all the marks out with some 320, hit the spot with some primer, wet sand the primer and make sure everything is smooth and not wavy, make sure all your dry sanding marks are out of the surface and filler. Then after you wetsand it, hit it with the paint, make sure you fully clean it before painting. If you were close, I would personally help you, but your not, haha. Also, you mentioned before about using Bondo. Do not use that brand filler. It is junk. If you want a good filler, get some filler called Feather Lite, its made by USC I think the company is called. If you are filling over urethane or plastic, use some filler called DuraGlass, made by the same company. Then use the Lite over the DuraGlass.

-MIKE-

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Ive always had great success with Evercoat. Available at NAPA, like 20 a gallon.

-MIKE-

Stroked 2.2L

I'm using evercoat on my fiberglass triple gauge steering column pod - what a PITA to sand! is the featherlite easier? where do you get it from? I found the evercoat at ACE hardware

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only some spots needed to go to metal, the rest i just needed to go to the primer.

(this is after one fill and one sand, ready for another fill and blocking)

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Erik P.
Official 2GNT thread Hijacker
Some say that he's driven over more Covenant than he's shot, and that his grenades aren't where you'd expect them to be...
All we know is, He's not The Stig... But he is The Stig's Spartan cousin!