The Flying Valiant: 1964 Valiant V100

Finished fixing all the damage I did drilling the spotlights, applied the sound deadening paint, and coated the frame rails with encapsulator last night. I now have a ton of nasty green paint(?) or whatever was in that frame rail encapsulator can that won't come off my arms to show for it. Totally worth it though. Valiant is back on the ground and both those things are off the checklist. Got a lot of pinholes filled as well. Wednesday will be checking for more pinholes and doing and extra pass with the 180 grit to get all the scratches I missed on the first pass.

Also, I noticed a little foam rectangle on the top of the quarter windows that got stuck in the rail. I need to remember to put some kind of padding back on when I reassemble everything.

Here's the recipe for my homemade Lizard Skin, by the way:
One gallon of latex "oops" paint from Lowes: $10
One pound of ceramic microballoons: $11

I mixed them all together and the final result was a bit like icing, so I thinned it down to more of a pancake batter consistency and rolled the whole thing on. Not sure if it'll make much difference or not, but for the money it's worth a shot.


Here's where I got the idea from: http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/alternative-lizard-skin-103610.html