Revelation Z28

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ok the body shop is painting my hood, and they ran into a problem.

they stripped the gelcoat off and everything and have it primered and sealed. well they told me it has pinholes in the finish and its not sealing right due to it not sealing right.

what does that mean??

98redM6

iTrader: (39)

That means more money

slammed1500

iTrader: (1)

y did they take the gelcoat off
that might be the problem

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

Yup if they took the gel coat off they dont know what they are doing to begin with. that just esposes all the fiberglass strands uleashing hell. not good at all.

davidfre21

iTrader: (3)

tell them sense they screwed it up, they need to block it down and re work it until it looks good...

idiots for stripping the gel coat

Shock Hawk

If you weren't originally paying them to do it and they did it anyways, then they are responsible for any damages they caused.

BsGreenZ

make them pay for ******* up your hood... why the hell they taking the gel coat off any way...

P.S. Shock Hawk that is a beautiful car.. damn...

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

no they left the gelcoat

i went and looked at it. he said they are going to put some kind of putty over the holes to conceal them the best they can. you cant see them unless you are 5" from the hood.

transmaro93

iTrader: (4)

fiberglass almost always has pinholes especially if its a cheap peice and needs to be blocked... the most you can do with them is fill it in... prime and block till there is no more... i had this problem too its not a big deal... dont worry bout it... but if they did stripp the gel coat which you said they didnt do that woiuld cause loads of problems...what color is the car?

Dip Stick

iTrader: (1)

chuckles i love my strut tower bends and points or whatever on my hood

CAMAROZ28SS

iTrader: (5)

X2

when i painted my spoiler i got the pinholes. put a skim coat of bondo on it to get rid of them

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

I just always use primer surfacer from the sikkens color build system and it fills all the pin holes in the third coat, then block sand and base clear. done

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

well the color is in my sig.

the hood is conformed to all of the car's curves and all.

i dont remember what he said theyre gonna put on it but its gonna fill them in (the visible pinholes)

he used 2 sealers and 2 primer coats and they showed through.

slammed1500

iTrader: (1)

sometime when you get a new fiberglass peice you need 2 bake it in a bake booth 2 cure the glass or you can set it in the sun for a few days before doing anything 2 it

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

it was on the car for 4 weeks curing

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

Probably used a cheap primer that has low solids. the third coat of primer makes a difference.

transmaro93

iTrader: (4)

we used to have a guy that put prime on like cement to fill in pinholes and 100 grit scratches... lazy ****... its much better to fill them and then prime... less chance of them sinking in over time then... fiberglass is a bitch... wish they made aftermarket aluminum hoods.... id pay the extra $$$

Pheonix

iTrader: (16)

It just depends what size the pinholes are i already know what my primer fills up to the third coat if i know its going to take more, i putty it

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

well they puttyed the ones that are visible through the primer after they stripped the primer and sealant off. ill be getting the hood back tomorrow hopefully.

Fast_94_Z

iTrader: (12)

man who the hell did you take your hood to? they sound like idiots. first off i dont care who you get your hood from its going to have little pinholes. when you got the hood it should of had a black primer coat on it. they should of just sanded it down to remove waves in the primer, and take care of and small pin holes, and then any major pinholes filled with polyhester filler. now if they used a highbuild primer then you wouldnt worry about pinholes either. because the primer would of filled them and they could of been wet sanded it out.