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Thanks Phil.

Well, today was a bit of a frustrating bugger. I blasted the core support repair, cowl panel, and the patch I created for the lower front left fender. This all went well. I then proceeded to strip the hood. I began on the underside and all went smoothly. The top side of the hood was another story. I started blasting along the leading edge of the front where I had done some metal work welding up the GMC hood callout holes. This was going well, but once I transitioned into the sides and top I hit a wall. Literally.

The hood had been repainted at some point in the past. The original color was a (I believe code 503) "seafoam" green that had two layers of yellow on top. The first layer was dark yellow and the second was light yellow. Well, the top light yellow came off easy enough, but nothing would touch that lower yellow coat. The sand blaster wouldn't budge it. I was hesitant to keep blasting as I didn't want to warp the metal, so I figured I would hit it with some 80 grit on a block. This barely worked and I didn't get far. I returned home and had supper and socialized with my dad, as he had stopped in. I decided then that a paint stripper would rip it off of there and I could then blast it again to ready it for primer. Good idea, right?

Wrong. The paint stripper wouldn't touch that dark yellow paint either. It made it slippery and my scraper would just slide on over it. So then I had a slimy, slippery, paint dusty, sandy mess to contend with.

I got that all cleaned up and I am proceeding to strip it via DA sander and 80 grit. I sanded for over an hour tonight and I am only 1/2 done the top of the hood.

This stuff is bloody tough. I also considered leaving it on as it has lasted this long, it's probably fine as a base substrate. But I'd already tried in places and would have large dips and gouges where the sanding/blasting have worked some.

Today was both fun and terribly aggravating.

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Hours: 499 (oh that's close to 500!). Imagine paying a shop to do this?