Dont believe what you read about it being an easy paint.
I repaired many small very shallow dents in a hood using the red bondo glazing compound which is non catalyzed. It sands smooth very easily.
However, I had at least 5 spots delaminate after spraying Lacquer on top, as in it lifted, bubbled cracked, and also it was refusing to dry, it would smudge when putting a finger on the repaired dent spot while the surrounding paint was hard. NEVER again will I use that awful stuff. It was also so bad I sprayed the hood with an air hose before spraying lacquer to remove dust and several bondo glazed spots simply popped off delaminating from other glazed layers.
I then thought scrape off the few problem spots and just primer and respray some spots a little thicker and in some spots scrape it off and just fill in with some dripped on lacquer. Lacquer melts into prior lacquer.
Well that was a real bad idea. What happened was any underlying roughness under the lacquer continually telegraphs thru the entire layer of lacquer paint. Even if you sand lacquer completely smooth, when you spray fresh lacquer it softens the entire lacquer paint layer all the way to the underlying steel and if that buried surface is rough, it telegraphs that all the way to the surface.
So I learned it is not like a enamel which if you sand it smooth your going to have a working flat base for the topcoat.
I think the only way to repair 2 remaining spots where the paint is undulatingly pocked and rough I have too drip lacquer on the spots and build it up high, then sand down flat with 1000 and 2000 grit. Then machine polish using a foam pad to get a flat smooth shine.
And do not use a wool pad, it generates too much frictional heat and mars the lacquer surface by melting the paint.
My inability to make this stuff work ruined my otherwise decent looking paint job and made my job infinitely harder and take weeks longer and it still is not right yet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Q1AHP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I went on paint forums and this stuff is considered bad stuff today to use with any kind of automotive paint. My experience confirms that.
No doubt some people have great results, but used a different kind of paint.
I repaired many small very shallow dents in a hood using the red bondo glazing compound which is non catalyzed. It sands smooth very easily.
However, I had at least 5 spots delaminate after spraying Lacquer on top, as in it lifted, bubbled cracked, and also it was refusing to dry, it would smudge when putting a finger on the repaired dent spot while the surrounding paint was hard. NEVER again will I use that awful stuff. It was also so bad I sprayed the hood with an air hose before spraying lacquer to remove dust and several bondo glazed spots simply popped off delaminating from other glazed layers.
I then thought scrape off the few problem spots and just primer and respray some spots a little thicker and in some spots scrape it off and just fill in with some dripped on lacquer. Lacquer melts into prior lacquer.
Well that was a real bad idea. What happened was any underlying roughness under the lacquer continually telegraphs thru the entire layer of lacquer paint. Even if you sand lacquer completely smooth, when you spray fresh lacquer it softens the entire lacquer paint layer all the way to the underlying steel and if that buried surface is rough, it telegraphs that all the way to the surface.
So I learned it is not like a enamel which if you sand it smooth your going to have a working flat base for the topcoat.
I think the only way to repair 2 remaining spots where the paint is undulatingly pocked and rough I have too drip lacquer on the spots and build it up high, then sand down flat with 1000 and 2000 grit. Then machine polish using a foam pad to get a flat smooth shine.
And do not use a wool pad, it generates too much frictional heat and mars the lacquer surface by melting the paint.
My inability to make this stuff work ruined my otherwise decent looking paint job and made my job infinitely harder and take weeks longer and it still is not right yet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Q1AHP4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I went on paint forums and this stuff is considered bad stuff today to use with any kind of automotive paint. My experience confirms that.
No doubt some people have great results, but used a different kind of paint.