Hood Clearcoat Problems - Solved (uhhh...sorta)

[Strife]

My 85's hood clearcoating was very bad - a combination of a spill sometime in the past and sun. Running the car without a hood pad certainly didn't help. I talked to a paint shop and they told me that it's easier to strip it than to sand it, and there was no way that any painter would paint over it in any case - if SOME is coming off, it will all want to come off on the top of the car, and they would not guarantee their painting without (additional cost) removal. So, I thought I'd try to get just the clearcoating off with some stripper from Lowe's. Six hours later (see pic)...

Well, that wasn't what I had intended, but at least the painter (someone else or me, I haven't decided) will have a nice new surface to work with. I'll have to read up on what the recommended etching primer would be. I do know it's important to use THIS type of primer on bare metal.