I like to bring a random old thread back to life every once in a while, haha

waxed the blazer twice today!, hood was repainted 4 years ago (told the body shop to fix it, they just repainted and didnt sand, I told them it wasnt fixed and they said oh well thats alot more work and would have been more expensive, I looked at the lady and said, I walked out here with you and showed you the problem and the reason I wanted the hood re painted, anyways long story long battle). But noticed the tiny cracks coming in on top of the fenders and on the roof a little now to, oh well, blazer will be retired to winters and towing next year and will spend most of the hot sunny summer days sheltered in the garage getting pampered!

 

My hole hood has the cracks all over it. kind of looks like splintered fiberglass on mine. Gunna repaint it soon.

 

The secret to a good paint job is prep. The secret to good prep is patience.
The secret to that is to prep it yourself.

How to Paint Your Car on a Budget (Cartech)

That was true when I was a kid and MAACO and Earl Scheib advertised 50 and 200 dollar paint jobs and it's true now.

Annd here's something that's amazing... guys show you how to paint car with roller and end up with first class finish. Using Rustoleum. It's the new 'in-thing'!

And there's a TON of videos for under $100 paint jobs on youtube, check sidebar
50 Dollar paint job O YEAH Part 4 CUT AND POLISHED - YouTube

But here's a comment that makes me retch:
'68veedub'! ??? Figures!
There's more idiots on youtube comments than you would ever hope to encounter.

 

I got one of the cheap maaco paint jobs but did the prep myself, Heres how it turned out
before

note the custom grill:P











And the attached pictures are the cracks everyone is talking about