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7/29/2026 3:26 PM  #1


Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

I've been working on repainting my old 2010 F150 and decided to do something different on the hood.  I think it turned out well, especially for my first time doing it.  I cut out the F150 stencil and hand taped the rest off.  My wife has had one of those vinyl cutting machines and it hadn’t been used in a few years.   I put it to use. 





 

7/29/2026 4:58 PM  #2


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

Looks factory, nice job!

 

7/29/2026 5:21 PM  #3


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

TKOPerformance wrote:

Looks factory, nice job!

 
Thank you.  Big learning curve trying to get the fint I wanted and be able to size it the way I wanted.  I had several samples that I had cut and tried before I finally decided on this one.

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7/31/2026 9:14 AM  #4


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

Wow... great job!

 

8/01/2026 5:17 AM  #5


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

Very nice, looks great!


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8/01/2026 9:21 AM  #6


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

With your left hand, reach across your chest, put it over your shoulder and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.  :-)


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8/01/2026 4:54 PM  #7


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

John Ha wrote:

With your left hand, reach across your chest, put it over your shoulder and give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done.  :-)

 
Thank you.  I wouldn’t go that far.  I've rushed a few things that came back to bite me in the butt.  It's pretty much a given everything has taken a second go around to get it right on this repaint.  To much to type but I have learned a few important things along the way. 

I did have to sand the hood down because I had some vapor pop leaving small dimples behind.  Then I sanded through the clear coat and had to touch it up.  As I said everything ends up with a second go around. I got the two more coats of clear sprayed on the hood and no more craters in the clear.  The roof I had to stripe down and redo.  Not the paint, just the primer.  It's been so hot here and I ended up having gas pin holes in my primer.  Roof is painted and good to go now. Some times it's best to slow down and it ends up being faster.

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Today 11:13 AM  #8


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

RTM wrote:

I did have to sand the hood down because I had some vapor pop leaving small dimples behind. Then I sanded through the clear coat and had to touch it up. As I said everything ends up with a second go around. I got the two more coats of clear sprayed on the hood and no more craters in the clear. The roof I had to stripe down and redo. Not the paint, just the primer. It's been so hot here and I ended up having gas pin holes in my primer. Roof is painted and good to go now. Some times it's best to slow down and it ends up being faster.

If you had issues and learned from them while producing an excellent result, all the better.  IMHO you're due a second pat on the back for getting an excellent result by sticking with it and finding solutions to all the issues that prevented achieving the outcome you wanted. :-)


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Today 3:48 PM  #9


Re: Off topic painted my truck hood!!!!

Got the doors and fenders painted.  Got some runs in the right fender.   They will be a charting get out without repainting it.   




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