Between 705 & 1200 SQ/FT Mixed Grill - From London , England - GRIZZMAKES world

[gman007]

Great job on the flames!

It takes ingenuity/creativity to turn a fault and a weakness into a feature and a strength. Your spider web idea falls into this category.
Well done!

 

[Grizz1963]

Great job on the flames!

It takes ingenuity/creativity to turn a fault and a weakness into a feature and a strength. Your spider web idea falls into this category.
Well done!

I really like this look.

 

[Grizz1963]

For those interested in paint preparation.


The video is 5 weeks out of sync


I have been busy and fell behind with editing.

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[gman007]

Rian
Great video as usual! And thank you for taking the time and effort to put it together.

 

[Grizz1963]

Rian
Great video as usual! And thank you for taking the time and effort to put it together.

Thank you.

I have become a bit lazy or unbothered by my own videos.

The channel has sat at 920-ish subscribers for some time and of course one takes it personally because you are solely responsible.

THEN….

Sometimes the little things are just what you need.

A good friend in South Africa sent me this picture today.

He was watching one of my youtube videos.


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[gman007]

A good friend in South Africa sent me this picture today.

He was watching one of my youtube videos.

Wow! Very cool!

 

[Grizz1963]

Repairing the smudge on the hood/bonnet.

Practiced the painting on some scrap before going out to the car.

I am happy with the outcome.

Added some spiders web to it’s bum.

I don’t think it’s something I would have done unprompted but the damage I caused forced my hand.

Two steps forward and a stumble backward.


Back on editing some bits together.

Video of painting and not so much paint drying.

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[littlebean]

I have to confess I don't normally watch the videos, prefer to read the content, but watched that - brilliant idea Rian

 

[gman007]

Rian
I really enjoy videos in general and your videos in particular. To me they covey a lot more details, information and specially your thought process than a few snapshots in time which can not capture such details. YMMV!

More importantly, the hood looks spectacular and it is an absolute work of art.
Well done!

 

[gooned]

Video of painting and not so much paint drying.

Just got to watch this tonight, well done and a very artistic fix to your blemish.

cheers

 

[Grizz1963]

I have to confess I don't normally watch the videos, prefer to read the content, but watched that - brilliant idea Rian

Thank you for watching.

I have kinda lost interest in the videos because they don’t seem to have much value or create traction.

But they are also a record and possibly guide for some stuff.

Rian
I really enjoy videos in general and your videos in particular. To me they covey a lot more details, information and specially your thought process than a few snapshots in time which can not capture such details. YMMV!

More importantly, the hood looks spectacular and it is an absolute work of art.
Well done!

Thank you very much.

You just said what I was worried about is not the thing I should worry about

My videos are probably longer than the typical goldfish would watch, and I only have an iPhone to edit on, using the iMovie app. So it’s not slick like most of my favourite video channels.

Just got to watch this tonight, well done and a very artistic fix to your blemish.

cheers

I had various options.

This just seemed fairly logical.

And came out good (enough)


You should see it with about 7 coats of clear lacquer.


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[bugnut]

liking the spider!

 

[ChefRex]

Looking good, brilliant save with the spider.

 

[Grizz1963]

Interrupted regular transmission

As nobody wanted to go fund me

Or buy them outright for me

PaulY suggested I just go fund me

I think everyone knows about me

And the wheels coveted by me

These were for sale on Bay of E

Way too shiny, corroded for me

But the design would make I happeee.

So what’s a guy to do??

Go out and blow a wad of cash in pursuit of perfection.

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[gman007]

Interrupted regular transmission

As nobody wanted to go fund me

Or buy them outright for me

PaulY suggested I just go fund me

I think everyone knows about me

And the wheels coveted by me

These were for sale on Bay of E

Way too shiny, corroded for me

But the design would make I happeee.

So what’s a guy to do??

Go out and blow a wad of cash in pursuit of perfection.

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Rian

It seems the question is rhetorical and does not warrant an answer. However in good conscience I feel the stupid urge to respond. I hope that you will forgive me.

As a friend my two cents advice to that guy would be to watch the piggy bank!

Also, even though we have some folks over here whose wheels seem to cost as much or even more than their car value, personally I have never understood this point of view. IMHO, in life generally there should be a sense of proportionality between things.

Having said this, it’s a big world and to each his own. Just my two cents and no offense meant.

 

[Grizz1963]

Rian

It seems the question is rhetorical and does not warrant an answer. However in good conscience I feel the stupid urge to respond. I hope that you will forgive me.

As a friend my two cents advice to that guy would be watch the piggy bank!

Also, even though we have some folks over here whose wheels seem to cost as much or even more than their car value, personally I have never understood this point of view. IMHO, in life generally there should be a sense of proportionality between things.

Having said this, it’s a big world and to each his own. Just my two cents and no offense meant.

Very valid and sensible response.

Also the ratio I would agree to.

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[Grizz1963]

Those feathers

The beige, cream, off white shoulders.

So for those keeping score……

Those who actually read the text…….

How many layers now on here??


So I decided that I should change it because it was underwhelming.


GOLD !!!!


So more masking taking time.


The plan was to do a gold misting over the beige and still have the feathers visible.

It looked lovely with one slow pass, until.

That ****** aerial.

Whichever way you approach it, you will end up with part being darker and part light.

And before you know…….

SOLID GOLD.


****** !!!!



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[Grizz1963]

Unmasked the gold.

Created some damage

Why?

Because impatient

Paint was not fully dried up yet.

So paint flakes from the plastic recycling bags and other unmasking that I have been using very successfully, managed to attach to the paint.

A bit like a popcorn husk in the back of your throat. Won’t kill you, but has to go.

So approaching with care I managed to spend another hour on recovery.

Two steps ahead and all that.

So I actually used reading glasses to help me see clearly, as well as the zooom on my phone camera.

Then my most magical tool…… well a few of them.

Finger nails, carefully picking, scratching etc.

Eventually some G3. Polishing compound over the gold, carefully because gold is super unforgiving.

I think it came out fine, despite my misgivings.

At two foot you cant see it, further back, after 6 coats of clear lacquer and buffing………

It will not be a problem.


Patience ??



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[TomGW]

Looks amazing Rian.

 

[gman007]

Looks amazing Rian.

Absolutely

Looks stunning ! The hood alone would be a trophy and piece of art to hang with pride on any man cave’s wall!

Van Nuys eat your heart out!

 

[gooned]

Looks amazing Rian.

It sure does

 

[Grizz1963]

Looks amazing Rian.

Absolutely

Looks stunning ! The hood alone would be a trophy and piece of art to hang with pride on any man cave’s wall!

Van Nuys eat your heart out!

It sure does

Thank you guys.

Happy so far

 

[Grizz1963]

Time to cover some more silver.

So I took a chance after masking the midsection.

I created a mixed blue, lighter than the original blue, but not as light as I had wanted it to be. But I had used all the sparkling silver I had.

Also needed to cover some scratches on the fender that were my fault.

Outcome…….

AWESOME.



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[Grizz1963]

Once the midriff blue was dried and unmasked, the next job was another cautious one.

Preparing the lower section for that beautiful dark blue. Hopefully it will pull the car towards the ground visually.

So I used the 240 grit and went all the way around.

Followed by a good blow off and wipe down.

Then a load more masking, including the sills and inside the wheel arches.

I also put the car on too of little piles of wood so that I could get the dark blue paint right under the bumpers and sills.

Really made a big difference in being able to get the paint on all the surfaces.



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[Grizz1963]

Lower part of the car painted late in the day.

Unfortunately as you can see, with the curvature of the body and multiple angles on the rubbing strips and angle at which the bumpers are folding under the car, they all conspire to make it hard to see how beautiful it is.

The idea with a dark colour low down is that it visually draws the car lower down towards the ground.

Next job was prayer for good weather once I had removed all of the final J-Tape, and pinstripes that were hiding various colours below them.

This was followed by some real hands on touch inspection and cleaning off any dust, paint flakes and denibbing edges.

Then I wiped/“washed” down all of the car surfaces with panel wipe. (This was going to bite me hard in the ****)

The job at hand was clear lacquer.

OBJECTIVE: 6 coats of clear over the whole car.

So I got mixing.

Two parts lacquer and one part hardener.

600ml mixes at a time.

First was a dust coat to create a a surface for the first wet coat to adhere to.

I probably gave it 10 minutes to flash off before starting at the start again with the first full coat.

Flash off and a bit of time.

Second coat, and then I saw the problem.

Dennis had warned me not to let it “sag” of course I had no idea what it meant.
So I asked him and he replied “don’t let it run”

Take a look at our conversation below in the next post.

Two steps forward and three steps backward.

It just takes time to get screw ups fixed.

But it is progress.


Bored yet??


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[Grizz1963]

So the **** did hit the proverbial fan.

The clear reacted with a few of the wipe down areas on the car.

Photos don’t really show it fully.

Of course it took a significant amount of thought, effort and a bit of emotional fortitude to fix everything up after the reactions became fully apparent.

Razor blade or Stanley knife blade to shave away runs. Followed by 600 grit sanding.

Absolutely soul destroying work when you really just want perfection.

No choice here except for getting it done.


So I shut shop overnight to allow the clear lacquer to dry and harden fully before starting with recovery.


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[Grizz1963]

I went for a drive yesterday and ended up In Maidstone having an amazing lunch with friends Kevin and Teresa.

Kevin is the cook, 98% of the time and he knows his way around the kitchen.

Toby the one brain celled cat was in attendance too.

4 hours flew by.

When I got there, the neighbor across the street had his Hillman California parked outside.
What a beautiful thing it is.


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[littlebean]

that car looks brilliant, really good job Rian and thanks for documenting the pitfalls as well as the successes, that's really added to the whole story imo

 

[Grizz1963]

that car looks brilliant, really good job Rian and thanks for documenting the pitfalls as well as the successes, that's really added to the whole story imo

Still a few exposès to go.

The chaos is real




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[Grizz1963]

Managed to capture the two different blue tones on the car today.

It makes me happy.

Despite the work it has drawn out of me.



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[Grizz1963]

Waking up on Thursday morning didn’t make me feel any better about the chemical reactions that had taken place on coats 1, 2, 3 the day before, leaving me with a mess to try correct.

So I headed down to the garage, opened up shop and started to block sand all of the damaged surfaces with 600 grit
Eventually I washed/wiped it all down with soapy water and an added prayer before muxing another 600ml of clear.

Sprayed a mist coat and then followed with another two coats.

Next crisis…….

RUNS !!


More about them later.




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[Finallygotit]

You stated that you wiped it down with soapy water then sprayed. Did you wipe down the residue that the soapy water left behind?

 

[gooned]

Why I hate paint & bodywork , your doing fine…everything if fine!

 

[Grizz1963]

You stated that you wiped it down with soapy water then sprayed. Did you wipe down the residue that the soapy water left behind?

Of course.

And left to dry for 45 plus minutes every time.

 

[Grizz1963]

Why I hate paint & bodywork , your doing fine…everything if fine!

Thank you.

 

[Grizz1963]

I think you’re all bored of the current build.

Time for a new build or project??

The Oldsmobile is nearing completion.

Or is it??


So 4 hours of solid preparation and careful sanding saw me ready to mix coat number four of the two pack clear.

Tack coating all the repair sections, waiting impatiently until I could coat the whole car in the number four coat and then number 5 was completed by 3.30pm

This was 6.5 hours after I had started sanding back the reactions.

Guess what??

Repairs came out beautifully.

BUT…….

Of course it managed to create runs in different places.

More repairs to report on and explain the repair process I followed.

I am starting to think that my original idea to call the car Grizz’s Folly was great, but it seems the car objects to the name.

Maybe it would like to be called “Two Step”


Mixed clear applied twice mostly came out really well. Except the runs.


Dennis sent a picture of the fender of the 1934 Ford he is building.

Note the reflection in the paint. I think he knows what he is doing.

Also a Facebook memory from three years ago when I still had the 4.3 V6 ZQ8 Chevy S10 and of course the 360ccc Honda powered Canta LX.

Opposite ends of the spectrum for sure.


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[Grizz1963]

One more of the little Canta.

It now lives in a Polish micro car museum, thanks to @glenanderson getting it fully running and MOT’d and back on the road.

40 second short video on YouTube.

 

[Grizz1963]

A question asked elsewhere.

Copied and pasted below.

More research for comparison is in your own hands.

I am not certain what to say about all this! You are kind of like the guy with $5,000 of wheels and tires on a old used up $1,000 Chevy!

Quite a paint job! Not really my style, but I can appreciate the effort.

I have a buddy that liked to paint. His kids when they hit driving age had some of the most whacked out paint jobs one their beater cars. He had a Harley and just about every spring it would come out of the garage with a different crazy paint job. The guy was good too. The quality of his work was crazy considering it was a home shop paint job, but he said he would have a ridiculous amount of time into it. Other guys I knew asked him to do paint jobs for them and he refused saying that if he charged them $10 an hour, it would be less money to pay some guy that specializes in custom paint.

I think totals will scare me if I kept a record.

If I had a football (soccer) season ticket for a club I supported……

Even the cheapest tickets are a lot of money and you don’t have a useful tool and car, plus mental health to show for it.

You also couldn’t sell the used season ticket for the money you spent at the end of the season.

I also only have to walk to my work shop to get my fix.

So it is probably all relative.

Football is probably a bad example as I dislike it intensely

 

[Coolabah]

Thank you.

I have become a bit lazy or unbothered by my own videos.

The channel has sat at 920-ish subscribers for some time and of course one takes it personally because you are solely responsible.

THEN….

Sometimes the little things are just what you need.

A good friend in South Africa sent me this picture today.

He was watching one of my youtube videos.


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Rian , I have no idea how you manage to include everything you do in this thread, then post photos , and videos, and still manage to actually get any sleep !
If I may be so bold, and with all due respect- all good as long as YOU are still having fun !!!

 

[Grizz1963]

Rian , I have no idea how you manage to include everything you do in this thread, then post photos , and videos, and still manage to actually get any sleep !
If I may be so bold, and with all due respect- all good as long as YOU are still having fun !!!

Thank you.

I do sometimes wonder why I am doing it.

But I love teaching, sharing and more importantly, inspiring others to take a chance and do stuff.