{"id":728,"date":"2007-05-30T23:21:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T23:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.specr53.com\/blog\/?p=728"},"modified":"2007-05-30T23:21:09","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T23:21:09","slug":"its-just-a-chip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gcomotorsports.com\/specr53\/bmw\/its-just-a-chip\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Just a Chip"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

The hood on the BMW has one of the worst paint jobs I’ve ever seen. It’s like the history of paint. I think there’s at least 4 layers, the top coat being a very cheap, very thick respray one of the previous owners had done after something fell on the hood. The paint was burned in several places, and had about a dozen significant chunks missing. The entire leading edge was one chip after another. While washing the car on Saturday, the water pressure from the hose was enough to dislodge a big chunk of paint. When I first bought the car, I painted the larger chips in as best I could with touch up paint as seen in the photo above. After I finished the Aero Grille on the MINI, I thought I’d try to fill one of the holes.<\/p>\n

\"first<\/p>\n

It was fairly easy to clean out and fill. Once I got to sanding, I started to wet sand out some scratches.<\/p>\n

\"wetsanding\"<\/p>\n

Which of course lead to more grinding.<\/p>\n

\"more\"<\/p>\n

Which lead to more filling.<\/p>\n

\"enough\"<\/p>\n

At some point you just have to stop or you’ll go nuts. I’ll never get the thing to look like new. And with a new hood running only about $300, it’s just not worth it to try. It can’t look worse than when I started so why not try to prime it up and paint it and see what happens.<\/p>\n

\"Primered<\/p>\n

I got the first coat of primer on last night. It still needs to be sanded and there are a couple of rough spots to work out, but it’s about 90 percent there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The hood on the BMW has one of the worst paint jobs I’ve ever seen. It’s like the history of paint. I think there’s at least 4 layers, the top coat being a very cheap, very thick respray one of the previous owners had done after something fell on the hood. The paint was burned … <\/p>\n

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