1972 Ford F-100 Hoodscoop - Where The Bubble Meets The Metal

Not mixing the SEM Carbo-Fill completely with the red catalyst will leave spots that will never harden.

An evenly mixed light-pink color indicated the Carbo-Fill was ready to apply.

Tom used a Bondo spreader to apply the Carbo-Fill so that it would require as little sanding as possible.

Tom started with 36-grit paper and then switched to 80-grit on a Dura-Block long-block.

Tom held the Dura-Block perfectly flat to generate a lot of pink dust.

In addition to the long-block, Tom used the dual-action orbital sander to work things into shape.

A round Dura-Block was used to shape the areas that needed to be rounded.

It took a lot of sanding to get this far.

That said, it was time to apply a second coating of a more fluid body filler to help level the surface and to fill in holes and slight imperfections.

The sanding process was repeated. The reward: the bodywork was becoming devoid of ripples.

The final step before shooting primer onto the hood appeared like this.

Tom sprayed the primer on a little at a time...

...Until he could gradually lay down a super-thick coating that will be blocked out in the next segment, where Tom will repaint the hood to look like new.