Now Complete Restoration / Pulling my 1969 'Bee down for strip and paint

[birdsandbees]

Bee hits the booth in the AM !!!  Did I tell you it's gonna be Blue?? !! 

Starting with the trunk and then the engine compartment and then the body from there. I can't get there until Wednesday... so pictures as I have them! 

[Dino]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!   

Think it has more to do with the past 6 years or so and learning to sit quietly in a hospital room corner. Got to the point I didn't even need a magazine.

I think it's just Jen looking down  over my shoulder and making sure I'm getting it right! 

.. and yah.. I'll be 55 in March!   

Yeah I think you might be right.   

55 is the new 35. Rock on!   

[birdsandbees]

Yeah I think you might be right.   

55 is the new 35. Rock on!   

[birdsandbees]

Well with the ice storm yesterday George was hesitant to start in case the power went out... and if that happened it could have cost us a couple of grand. They used the day to do another full once over of the car and I was on site today as the painting began.

Leon.. yes.. as I suspected the "base coat" was a sealer coat of Gray, followed by the blue.

Hood as straight and smooth as it's NEVER been.. ready for sealer and paint.

Note these pictures are just one coat of FOUR that are to be laid down before the Klear coat goes on. Hard to catch the colour on the camera, but I think I hit it pretty good at picking a colour that's damn close to B5, but has life!  

$500 US a gallon.. I'm not wasting it painting under the carpet! 

[birdsandbees]

 

[Charger-Bodie]

Love it!

[hemi-hampton]

"Leon.. yes.. as I suspected the "base coat" was a sealer coat of Gray, followed by the blue."


When I think of base coat I think of the color before the clear, Blue in your case, Alot of people, including House of Color in there old days would refer to the sealer or primer or any other coating under the base or color coat as a Ground Coat. Not a term I use to often though. The way you phrased it made it sound like a Candy was going on? The blue looks nice. Congrats.   LEON.

[Dino]

Oh yeah! Now we're talking!

[birdsandbees]

THANKS Guys!!!  Also got our latches back from the plater. Door strikers as well in natural Cad.

[darbgnik]

Wow! That colour really pops!


*I spelled it colour, because the car is in Canada.

[birdsandbees]

Wow! That colour really pops!


*I spelled it colour, because the car is in Canada.

LOL !!!  Thanks!

Can't wait for 3 more coats of blue and then clear coat! Be a few weeks before it's all painted.

[darbgnik]

LOL !!!  Thanks!

Can't wait for 3 more coats of blue and then clear coat! Be a few weeks before it's all painted.

Yeah man! I know the excited feeling you have right now. My Avatar pic is from when mine got sprayed a few weeks ago. The icing on the cake really is the paint! So says the painter at the shop I used..

[crj1968]

SWEEEEEEEEEET !!!!!!! 

[birdsandbees]

Thanks CRJ !

4 coats of blue and the clear on.... booth on "bake"!

[mopar4don]

WOW, BEAUTIFUL!   

[birdsandbees]

Thanks.. now the long 2 week wait to see it all in paint!!  I figure if the engine compartment can pop like that I'd better bring my sunglasses.. 

[Dino]

That's beautiful! I can't wait to see it finished. You'll have some serious sphincter contractions when you're reassembling the car though.   

[birdsandbees]

I'm getting car back with fenders and hood off Dirk. Clear coat not sanded or buffed out. That way when she's all assembled they can cut and polish, install the trim chrome and we slap the white strip on. Not quite how I wanted it to go.. .but it makes the most sense!

[Dino]

Yeah I guess it does make the most sense. 

[mopar4don]

When you restored your dash, How did you do the bezels?
especially the chrome revel edge?

[Charger-Bodie]

I like to sand and buff right away. Get the bulk of the mess from it out of the way, then jus hit a few detail spots later. It. Can be a bitch to clean sanding scum and compound out of some stuff

[birdsandbees]

Thanks CB... what I thought was going to happen, but was given the "we'll do it afterwards in case your scratch it.. etc" line yesterday. I'll discuss it again when I'm back over next week. I'd really like the thing buffed out, stripe and chrome back on so we're done with it and the car looks complete while I sit in a chair drinking beer!  

[Dino]

I get it, it's how I used to do it as well. But I have to admit that their way is a tad safer because scratching it is a very real risk and if it hasn't been cut yet there's a much better chance of making that scratch go away.

Good and bad with either method I suppose. If you use lots of protective measures while assembling and you have a helping hand for the larger parts then I guess cutting it first is the better way to go.

[birdsandbees]

When you restored your dash, How did you do the bezels?
especially the chrome revel edge?

I cheated Don... bought a new 5 pc bezel kit for $800 CDN !  My old one had already been "touched up" back in the 80's and figured it wasn't worth the effort to try and make it correct.

Dino has a nice thread on restoring his and how to do it. Easy off and LOTS of work.

[mopar4don]

When you restored your dash, How did you do the bezels?
especially the chrome revel edge?

I cheated Don... bought a new 5 pc bezel kit for $800 CDN !  My old one had already been "touched up" back in the 80's and figured it wasn't worth the effort to try and make it correct.

Dino has a nice thread on restoring his and how to do it. Easy off and LOTS of work.

Thanks for the lead..... off to find Dino's thread