Projects 57 Buick fresh paint

Hey thought I'd share some pictures of the 57 Buick I just finished painting. It will be at goodguys Des Moines this weekend. I'll be in my A coupe stop by and say hi if you see us.


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Man, that looks AMAZING!!!

 

Not bad for a harbor freight gun and a dirty old garage lol

 

wow wow wow, outstanding! Love those tri-window backs, excellent work brother

 

Great finish!What brand of paint did you use?

 

it was all valspar I had with lots of pearls and house of kolor kandy brandywine mixed with burgundy

 

nice choice of colors and the work looks pretty good

 

Nicely done! I’ll be looking for it this coming weekend.

 

Nice bodywork!

 

Car looks like it belongs on the dealer showroom floor

 

It's not perfect but not bad for being done in a garage in two months.


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You are gonna drive that old Ford when you could be riding in style in that slick Buick?

 

The Buick is my uncles, the A is mine.


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nice job!

 

Oh, Thats nice. please post up some pics in the sun when you have a chance, lets see the gold base pop.

 

Nice work man! I might have gone white on the rear bumper, but its your car, your decision. Have any of it all put together yet?

 

Trim is mostly back on, needed a couple clips for the doors. We will be putting chrome bumpers on it again when we find a pair.

 

Real FINE looking car. So happy to see REAL PAINT coming back in style

 

Love those colors and those cars. Glad to hear she's going to get some proper bumpers.

 

great looking Buick
Always had a hankering for a 57 with the divided rear window.
Were those 1-piece or 3 pieces ?
Olds had something similar....maybe the same body parts ?

 

It is a three piece rear window.


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Enlighten me please! What does the base coat gold do exactly? I get that it affects the color but how? Why gold and not silver? How do you know what base coat to use to get the affect you want? Gorgeous by the way!

 

The gold or silver base changes the end color of the candy. Silver would be brighter where as gold makes it deeper and darker.


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Got the trim and grille on today.
Have to wait to line up the bumper because I have to repaint the mustache. My little cousin (11) decided it was in his way so he threw it on the concrete.

 

Fine job! Love the old school newspaper masking. Did you really use a Harbor Freight gun? If so which one? I use them to spray clear lacquer on furniture and for spraying Rustoleum on garage stuff, but prefer better atomization for spraying candy.

 

That is one awesome looking Buick. You did a great job on it.

 

I prefer my iwata but I couldn't get it to spray. So, I used the $16 purple gun. Used one for the primer and base, one for the kandy, and one for the clear.

 

Red over silver is not as rich as red over gold. The silver will lighten it up and the gold makes it a deeper color. That is probably no help right?

 

I said it before, it does too belong on the dealers showroom floor, front and center in the big window!

 

That looks like H.O.K. CINDER RED! NICE JOB!