MrEarl Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Then brush on TWO coats of clear coat. Luckily I read the directions and didn't use the roller as I had planned. Final product.... this will have to do. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Neat - I like the mottled copper better than rust! Looks aged rather than neglected... 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 24 minutes ago, EmTee said: Neat - I like the mottled copper better than rust! Looks aged rather than neglected... zactly, I agree, thanks!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I like the look...came out good. How many sq feet do you need to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Beautiful! It’s almost like you just stumbled onto this. BTW, I’ve sprayed several gallons of that very brand of brushing lacquer. It smooths out very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 15 hours ago, dship said: I like the look...came out good. How many sq feet do you need to do? Thanks, there are two ceilings, one in the garage area 6'x8' and one in the office 6'x18' around 156 sq ft. 14 hours ago, JoelsBuicks said: Beautiful! It’s almost like you just stumbled onto this. BTW, I’ve sprayed several gallons of that very brand of brushing lacquer. It smooths out very well. stumbled onto? it does brush on and smooths out great, thankfully. Read a good many reviews of it working well on metal as well as wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 and finally, installation..... pop a straight line along the length then another 90* off that, place the first one then they all pretty well fall into place. This stuff is thin and will cut your ass if you so much as look at it hard so wearing gloves is a must. Oh, and a helper is by all means a big help, I'd be a bloody mess if working alone. Used nail gun and small brads to hold each tile up then the cone headed nails from the tile manufacturer. Nailing cone headed nails. Overhead. Through one, Two and around the edges Three pieces of metal. Into bouncy plywood!! was a pita and didn't take long to figure I need to pre-drill holes. Pretty happy with the outcome and real pleased with my mitered corners. This old bench has been around ever since we built our house back in '88. Provided just the right height for sitting on to hold the tiles up and to hammer. Remember what I said about the critical timing of how long to leave the muriatic acid on........V May swap it out...may not, let's see how it looks after lights installed. trim on... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 1 hour ago, MrEarl said: and finally, installation..... pop a straight line along the length then another 90* off that, place the first one then they all pretty well fall into place. This stuff is thin and will cut your ass if you so much as look at it hard so wearing gloves is a must. Oh, and a helper is by all means a big help, I'd be a bloody mess if working alone. Used nail gun and small brads to hold each tile up then the cone headed nails from the tile manufacturer. Nailing cone headed nails. Overhead. Through one, Two and around the edges Three pieces of metal. Into bouncy plywood!! was a pita and didn't take long to figure I need to pre-drill holes. Pretty happy with the outcome and real pleased with my mitered corners. This old bench has been around ever since we built our house back in '88. Provided just the right height for sitting on to hold the tiles up and to hammer. Remember what I said about the critical timing of how long to leave the muriatic acid on........V May swap it out...may not, let's see how it looks after lights installed. trim on... Looks great and kinda reminiscent of the old big cruise ships, like the Titanic. 😇 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Sorry to be so long getting back, but as you all know, life does get in the way some times. In this case it's this little life. Our second grand daughter, lil Lucy. and when big sister has just had enough Edited August 2, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) But I have been working and along with my helper(who's funds have now regrettably been depleted) have gotten a LOT done! so where was I Managed to finish up the tin ceiling in the office... Still using the muriatic acid and copper sulfate technique to "rustify" the tin but feel I've improved on creating a more realistic rust pattern. Maybe..... Really love how the trim pieces finish it out. had I planned to do the entire ceiling in beadboard, I would have ran out. I've been amazed at how close I've been to running out of these salvaged materials, everything from the blueboard insulation to the 2x6 wall boards to the bead board and more. Of course I tell everyone I estimated my materials and planned it that way. Edited August 2, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Then I got some trim up in the corners of the walls and ceilings of the office. Set the saw up for chamfering some trim off some of the culled pine 2x's Sanded them down... Almost pulled my hair out trying to figure out cuts that would get the two ceiling pieces and wall corner pieces to meet in the corner without looking like a 3 car crash pile up. Then my sweet Reet walked in and seeing me in distress asked what's the problem. Her suggestion was to use a corner block so all the cuts would be simple 90*. Love that woman! I'll be adding these 1924-25 Buick hubcaps to the bottom of the wood blocks. Thanks again @Fred Rawling Edited August 2, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 and finally, the Buick gods said "let there be lights" After painting them all in period correct cobalt blue, I rewired, installed new sockets and replaced the 2" with 12" pipe extensions While I have cages for all the bottoms of them, Rita made the point that they would only contribute to more spider webs and make the shades harder to clean. So I decided to only install them on the lower ones more prone to being struck. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Added some air movers and a drop down electrical receptacle 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Some period correct interior accent lights An industrial style holophane and a vintage Crouse-Hinds Hall Light I am in hopes the holophane light will help illuminate the pressed tin ceiling I have had this old hall light for probably 20 years 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 a few more period correct appearing but reproduction explosion proof accent lights and a rewired EXIT/night light 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 and finally on the outside 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Almost forgot, Installed some of the brooder lights I’d been using as temporary lights in the welding and fabrication shed. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 What great work you do. Everything looks just perfect 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 hours ago, GARY F said: What great work you do. Everything looks just perfect Thanks Gary, always appreciate your appreciation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailheadBob Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Congratulations on your beautiful grand daughter, and by the way the garage looks good also. Bob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, NailheadBob said: Congratulations on your beautiful grand daughter, and by the way the garage looks good also. Bob Thanks, on both accounts Bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, NailheadBob said: Congratulations on your beautiful grand daughter, and by the way the garage looks good also. Bob Ditto from me, also. BTW my maternal grandmother's name was Lucy...short for Lucia (Coletti). Edited August 3, 2022 by dship (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 10 hours ago, NailheadBob said: Congratulations on your beautiful grand daughter, and by the way the garage looks good also. Bob Gets her looks from her Grand MOTHER! Obviously, but just thought I might mention that.😁. Looking good, my friend. About time to get something in there and get it dirty! Ben 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Really looking great, Lamar. The lighting fixtures are perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Gun Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Congratulations on the birth of your lovely granddaughter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 It all looks great and that includes that new granddaughter! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Forget the Gilmore - BCA should look into Buick Gardens for their museum! That Crouse-Hinds fixture looks familiar... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Lamar, Everything looks great. You have made a lot of progress since we were there. Grand daughter is a real cutie. 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 On 8/3/2022 at 8:16 AM, dship said: Ditto from me, also. BTW my maternal grandmother's name was Lucy...short for Lucia (Coletti). Thanks Dave. Lucy's middle name is Nelle, my moms middle name. On 8/3/2022 at 8:44 AM, Ben Bruce aka First Born said: Gets her looks from her Grand MOTHER! Obviously, but just thought I might mention that.😁. Looking good, my friend. About time to get something in there and get it dirty! Ben Right you are sir! Thanks! What you talkin about.... I've already done enough work on the Century and wagon in there to have to have deal with the oil stains when sealing the floor. No joy there... On 8/3/2022 at 10:05 AM, avgwarhawk said: Really looking great, Lamar. The lighting fixtures are perfect. Thanks Chris! On 8/4/2022 at 6:36 AM, Machine Gun said: Congratulations on the birth of your lovely granddaughter! Thanks Jim! . On 8/4/2022 at 8:26 AM, JoelsBuicks said: It all looks great and that includes that new granddaughter! Congratulations! Thanks Joel! On 8/4/2022 at 6:39 PM, Larry Schramm said: Lamar, Everything looks great. You have made a lot of progress since we were there. Grand daughter is a real cutie. 🙂 On 8/4/2022 at 8:46 AM, EmTee said: Forget the Gilmore - BCA should look into Buick Gardens for their museum! That Crouse-Hinds fixture looks familiar... Might be a bit of a problem with parking EmTee. The C-H looks familiar? how? On 8/4/2022 at 6:39 PM, Larry Schramm said: Lamar, Everything looks great. You have made a lot of progress since we were there. Grand daughter is a real cutie. 🙂 Thanks Larry. Should be done by next time you're through Georgia, we'll leave the lights on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 almost forgot... added a couple floodlights to sorta accent the ceiling, @JoelsBuicks you lookin? and under counter LED light bars 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, MrEarl said: The C-H looks familiar? how? My father and grandfather both worked at Crouse Hinds in Syracuse. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, MrEarl said: added a couple floodlights to sorta accent the ceiling, @JoelsBuicks you lookin? I’m lookin and likin! That ceiling, like everything else you do is artwork. Show it off like artwork. One of these days I hope to see it in person! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) So with labor funds running low and my helper taking on another job, I enlisted the help of my wonderful wife Rita for the next project. Cleaning and sealing the floors.... I had purchased 10 gallons of Legacy Industrial 6525MMA some 6-7 years ago and never had the right time to use it. Scotty with Legacy advised that the solvent based acrylics would have the best chance of being useful after that many years. So we decided to go ahead with using it in the garage area but ordered some newer and better Legacy 6600MMA for the office. So we set about trying to clean some of the oil stains with a product called Oil Eater and then acetone which only served to lighten the stain a bit but increased their dimensions x 2 . We then rented a floor machine and wore out 3 pads scrubbing the garage and office area with Greased Lightening and water then rinsing, rinsing, rinsing by hosing it all down and pushing the water out the doors with squeegees. Cleaned all but the worse of the oil stains. It's a garage, it's suppose to have oil stains she said..... First task was moving all the lumber, tools, an antique roll top desk and a heavy 1950's desk out and into the welding shed for temporary storage. That required moving the '38 Special out. and since it is going to be otside for a couple weeks, I rinsed it off so I could cover it and it not be scratched by the cover. Next was acid etching with 4:1 water to Muriatic acid applied with a sprinkler. After scrubbing the acid in and letting set for 10 minutes we applied water with baking soda again with a plant sprinkler to neutralize the acid. We then rinsed, squeegeed, rinsed, squeegeed, rinsed, squeeged then rinsed and squeeged one more time to ensure all the acid was purged. Edited August 10, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Felt good about the 600 sandpaper look of the etched concrete, time to set back and let it dry for 5 days and nights of constant air movement before beginning application of the Legacy Industrial 6526MMA Sealer. I used a matting agent to take away some of the shine and give it more of a satin sheen. Applied the first coat, allowed to dry 24 hours then then applied a second coat with a skid proofing agent added. Rita cut the edges in and I followed with an 18" roller. Edited August 10, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Had enough material to apply a 3rd coat to the bay where most mechanical work will be performed. Each coat appeared to be shinier than the previous. I am wondering if perhaps the matting agent might loose its effectiveness after 1-2 days 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelsBuicks Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I see your three biggest fans showed up again! Seriously this looks really good. In a previous life we handled this Methyl Methacrylate material from a DuPont plant in Memphis. Essentially, you’ve just put on three coats of plexiglass. Sweeping will now be a breeze! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dship Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 The floor looks fantastic...with Rita's help, of course! I hope you build some sort of "She-Shed" for her after all the work she's put in for you. Looks like you're going to have to build your own electric power generating sub-station to handle all your lighting fixtures (good work on them, BTW). Additionally, I had a grand aunt named Nelle (Shagley/Shipman side of the family). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Lamar, I'm just checking in to say I'm impressed as always. Carry on. Edited August 10, 2022 by alsancle (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Before I started pulling vehicles, tools and materials back inside the garage area after finishing the floors I took the opportunity to take some shots of the place. Can't wait to finish all the electrical so I can rid the ceiling of all the ugly drop cords. I like loong roofs and loong hoods.... Edited August 26, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) after months of deliberations of what to do with the office floor i.e. wood, tile, paint, stain etc. and after consulting with Scotty with Legacy Industrial I decided to go with 2 coats of HD6600MMA sealer with their Frontier Tan Color Bomb pigment added then paint a stenciled Buick logo with Benjamin Moore, Ben Exterior Acrylic followed by a coat of 6600 clear. The floor concrete had already been cleaned, acid etched and rinsed well so after another wet mopping and allowing to dry for 3 days Rita and I applied the two base coats. Started by applying a heavy coat to the side walls/bottom of the sawed control joint so it wouldn't be so visible when looking at from an angle. then the first coat. I failed to get a shot of the just the second coat but it went down nicely and covered well. Not real happy with the color but Legacy only sells a limited number of different colors. I later found the same pigment product from another company in many more colors but it was too late. This color will go fine with the Art Deco theme though. Then it was time to practice and experiment with the Buick logo stencil This is the proof I had given the okay on for the final 48" square final mylar stencil. and here it is applied experimentally at the back door to the garage area. After letting dry for 24 hours I applied another coat of Legacy sealer. All went well.... Edited August 26, 2022 by MrEarl (see edit history) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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