72 GS Grille colors ...last minute for the X

Discussion in 'The Bench' started by Smartin, Nov 13, 2018.

  1. Daves69

    Daves69 Too many cars too work on



    Believe it or not I have not done a 72 GS grille.
    Duane has already called me.

    From the research I have done the grille Nelson posted pictures of is correct. Buick didn't use high gloss black on the grilles.
     
  2. tdacton

    tdacton Gold Level Contributor

    Jason, When I got my '72 back in '02, the grill seemed very original and not restored. The silver surrounded the entire egg crate section, ending up with that vertical bar you mentioned. I feel that egg crate section has argent all around the perimeter and Adam's is correct, except the black should be more flat.
    Troy
     
  3. Smartin

    Smartin antiqueautomotiveservice.com Staff Member

    It was wet when I took that pic so the gloss is much less now.
     
  4. gstewart

    gstewart Well-Known Member

    It it only takes a minute to actually paint the grills (3 colours), but takes SO LONG to tape them. I painted two grills.
     
  5. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    You may be right Troy! I just looked at my 72 convertible and low and behold I saw this. Now I have to start noticing original grills on 72's.

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  6. tdacton

    tdacton Gold Level Contributor

    That is great to confirm! I can remember masking that area when I restored my grill. Wow that was a pain!
    Troy
     
  7. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Preparing a 71 or 72 grill for painting is super time consuming. The actual application of the paint is minutes. The 71's are even worse
     
  8. mbryson

    mbryson Owner of Ornery grandma Buick

    Old thread. Sorry, but I'm trying to figure the least impact full way to strip the paint off of the grille on a '72
     
  9. CJay

    CJay Supercar owner Staff Member

    Spray it down with Easy off oven cleaner and then put it in a black plastic trash bag so the over cleaner stays wet. Leave it for 24 hours and hose it off. It may need a couple of applications
     
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  10. mbryson

    mbryson Owner of Ornery grandma Buick


    Just found a thread suggesting that. Muchos gracias sir
     

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