Tips for bondo/block sanding/glazing compound . Amateur here

[StealthySicilian94]

Hey guys

So to say I'm an amateur at body work is an understatement, as I have essentially NO experience with anything body related on cars. BUT, I have an unfinished evil eye custom hood made by welding sheet metal onto the stock hood, based on DrGonzo's method on building your own evil eye hood if anybody is familiar with that thread, and I would like to try and finish up the hood myself. I like taking on projects, even if I'm a total novice like I am in this instance.

So I'm at the point where the sheet metal is welded to the hood, and now needs to be smoothed out, straightened out, and have bondo put over it to make the hood look like one piece. Does anybody have any tips on the best way to go about this? Like I said, I'm a total amateur at body work so bare with me the best that you can. I will include some pictures of the hood as well so hopefully someone can give me some advice.

The hood when first welded: Screenshot_2015-07-09-17-58-59 by Justin, on Flickr

Here is the exact hood fitted on my car. It does fully shut, since we welded the eyelids on a lip of the hood rather than flush. Notice the red circled area is where the welds were laid down. Should those essentially be grinded down as much as possible, and then have bondo laid down over them to make it "seamless" with the hood? and then also, notice the wavy sheetmetal were the eyelid meets the headlight. Should that be hammered straight, or could you sort of lay bondo down over the eyelid and sort of make a straight mold around the crooked metal with bondo, or should bondo only be used as thinly and sparingly as possible? Hopefully this makes sense.

Screenshot_2015-07-09-17-58-43 by Justin, on Flickr

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.