Secret experimental 1964 GX 455

[yachtsmanbill]

Hey Ed... Nap time for the last few days eh? Yeah... being retired TIME is my only boss. Feelings got hurt from the paint running away from home and had to spend the day searching for it . Actually I gave it a day off to get settled before I punished it. It came around though...

In the midst of all this I picked up my trusty camera, turned it on and looked into the mind of Jimi Hendrix when the back screen lit up. It was a bad day for the brown acid. The pics still worked, but the screen was a psychedelic blur. The resident "exspurt" at walmart said I mustve dropped it. Not quite. Homey dont play that. Got a replacement for 100.00. Batteries all match (I have 3 of these guys) but no SIMs card. Got several 32 MgP cards to use. This camera is a 190 model and is 20 megs. Nice sharp pics and most of its user friendly--- as much as the digital junk can be.

I'm using a MSA approved HEPA mask, so the fumes arent bad, but the cloud obscures the viz. The other day I felt like I was diving in a cenote with no safety line LOL... I should wear that to walmart next time. Along with some cheap sunglasses. All the walmartians are freaking out up here. The corona thing has now infected one out of every 200 million US citizens.  Im keeping all 12 of my fingers crossed. Maybe it'll thin the herd LOL>

Got my faux pas clear job straightened out and primer back on the back fender today. All the other spots were runs that got sanded flat. Now I hafta go over the whole girl with some 800. I guess its gonna be a show finish after all. Tomorrow maybe some color, and thursday olive garden in Green Bay. Ahhh...   Bill

[elagache]

Dear Bill and mid-60s Buick owners who like to take snapshots, . . . .

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In the midst of all this I picked up my trusty camera, turned it on and looked into the mind of Jimi Hendrix when the back screen lit up. It was a bad day for the brown acid.
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Well that's definitely a reason to replace your old camera!

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Got a replacement for 100.00. Batteries all match (I have 3 of these guys) but no SIMs card. Got several 32 MgP cards to use. This camera is a 190 model and is 20 megs. Nice sharp pics and most of its user friendly--- as much as the digital junk can be.

I'm glad that you found an inexpensive camera that you are comfortable lugging around in the workshop.  My main camera is a nice Canon DSLR, but it isn't particularly robust for places like engine bays.  I still prefer to use it when possible.  There is something really addictive about a optical zoom lens with a wide range of magnification.  When the shot seems too risky for the DSLR, I'll use my iPhone 6.  While better protected than a DSLR, it isn't bullet-proof and replacing would also be very expensive.  These days, I don't take a lot of photos in nasty environments so I'll live with what I've got.  However, anyone starting a restoration might want to get an inexpensive camera that they wouldn't be sorry to sacrifice.

Keep up the good work Bill!   

Cheers, Edouard 

[yachtsmanbill]

So much for the quickie paint job. All that prep work went down the tubes. Got the sags taken care of and the starboard side is just about ready for some spotting in with color. Since the whole thing will be sanded, I am half tempted to run down the whole side with color etc so theres no "drift" in the metallic. Judges? Exspurts??

In order to get down through the orange peel there was a lot of 260 wet sanding. Frome there up to 400 and 600. I wouldve been there for days with the finer stuff. Now Im not sure if the CC needs a sticky primer coat then a wet coat, or just go straight with a full blown wet coat. Feel free to lend some advice! Flat stuff like the hood etc. had the dust mites (!) but the bottoms of the sides had the orange peel. The hardest area to reach for an old fat cripple. Persevere!   Bill

[yachtsmanbill]

Nothing like self imposed isolation. Pat is on her way with a C.A.R.E. shipment to the kids in Miller Missouri. Four kids plus her daughter and SIL and the cupboards are bare. In a town of 400 theres not an extra square of TP left.

My extra quart of clear arrived yesterday and up until this morning Ive been wet sanding the heck outa the BADLASS.  This time its gonna be show quality... OR ELSE! At 1400 hrs I got 3-4 coats of color on the sand through spots and the passenger side quarter panel. Then A full color coat on the sides from the fender top edges down. Turned out pretty good I think (I HOPE!). Just want the color to maintain the same hue throughout from all the sanding etc. The stuff was easy to blend for sure.

Set up a furnace blower to pull the fumes and overspray out which helped immensely. All that color amounted to about 4-5 ounces of BC. The previous CC took 2 quarts and thats the door jambs and trunk stuff. I have 3 quarts now to finish it off. Send good thoughts my way at around 0900 tomorrow please!

I hope everyone else is doing OK with the world wide catastrophe hitting us. Without hording, we are pretty well stocked for a few months worth of goods. Look after you and yours' and even the old lady 2 doors down! This event will either pull the world together or do us in. At least Im gonna be driving a shiny old Buick...   Bill

[Dr Frankenbuick]

Bill, Hoping take two is the keeper!

[schlepcar]

Good luck Bill.
You can clear just the quarters,trunk and roof.....if the overspray is too heavy in there. Let her dry a day and cover it to clear the rest. It may be an option now that the base is all blended in good. I know it gets foggy quick in a garage,and you would not have any trouble with color match now that it is all covered. It may also let you keep the smaller area clean and glossy between coats. Use the sticky finger method between coats to make sure it is tacky enough to spray.

[yachtsmanbill]

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.  Got that puppy cleared yesterday with outstanding results. Two minor runs to be repaired where I ran out of hose travel and stalled on the gun for a split second. No biggy. That damn hose kept getting caught coming around under the tires and would stop without warning! Next time the wheels come off!

Gonna try demasking it today; the stuffs been on for over a month. Thats probably gonna be a mess too. Persevere!   Bill

[Jimbo]

Looking good!  On your hose problem, slice up some old buckets or whatever is round. Slide the pieces up against the tires and your hose won't get caught up.

[yachtsmanbill]

I Like that idea! Where you been for the last 500 trips around that car LOL??? The other issue is my bad... I parked the car on corrugated cardboard and after all the wetsanding that stuff is curled up; just too lazy to get down there with a futility knife and trim it out...  Bill

[elagache]

Dear Bill, Jimbo, and mid-60s Buick restorers,

CONFIDENCE IS HIGH.  Got that puppy cleared yesterday with outstanding results.
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Definitely looking good!     Looks like all the perseverance is bearing fruit!

Cheers, Edouard 

[yachtsmanbill]

Did a strip tease today. Almost forgot what its like haha. All of a sudden you can see through the windows again!   Bill

[elagache]

Dear Bill and mid-60s Buick owners who really like shiny!   

Did a strip tease today. Almost forgot what its like haha. All of a sudden you can see through the windows again!   Bill

Looking good Bill! 

However, I do hope you have a good quality rubber cleaner and tire dressing.  Those tires are definitely detracting from the look of BADLASS! . . . 

Cheers, Edouard 

[yachtsmanbill]

That stuff is all shrouded in shop dust. In a few weeks itll go outside for a springtime shower. Thats one of the few times it gets really wet! At least those Cooper RWL's stay white and dont turn brown. The front BFG's are older and dont have that issue either.   Bill

[Aussie Skylark]

Love this thread Bill, your an inspiration.
Hope you get to drive the wheels off the BADLASS all summer.
Marcus

[yachtsmanbill]

Blimey MARCUS! A few more weeks when all this funny business calms down Ill be ready! You guys are just getting ready to hunker down for a long winters work arent you?   Bill