I have a question. Whats the correct paint and procedure for painting a flat/Satin hood stripe? I had my car body worked and painted last summer and it came out nice except for the hood stripe. They used the same SEM plastic and trim paint on the hood that was used on the body side moldings. it has no UV protection so it turned to a cludy finish and started peeling in 2 spots.
The body shop took it back in, grudgingly, and only fixhed the spot that was rusting on the front edge of the hood and looks like they blended it about halfway down. leaving a cloudy look along the edge up against the windshield wiper grille. They matter of factly told me I had gotten my money's worth out of the resto and paint and they are not inclined to take this car back in for anything more. Also theres rust showing up in the truck chanel but thats not as agravating as the black hood strip looking like crap.
A local parts store I go to often has a body shop section and they guy that mixes their paint told me they should have done with with a 3 part kit that has reducer and hardener with the paint to make the flat finish dry as a hard shell. Any suggestions on this? Even the local speed shop declined to decal the hood because the paint is so poor it will ruin the look of the decal . These pics are how it looked the day I picked it up from the shop a few days ago.
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