Nice work guys!!! Making great progress!!!

Thanks guys for the comments.

You really should leave that urethane primer gas off for at least a week. I had time with my car and left it a couple of months.
If you don't have the time to wait, then finish the spray filler with at least 320-400 and don't shoot the High build urethane on too heavy because it will shrink in a few weeks showing any deep sanding marks left in the spray filler. This has happened to me a few times.IMO

Some new pics of the almost completely sanded car.  We are going to tape the body lines and sharpen them up a bit.

Finished blocking the lines and sanded with 320 to finish off feather fill. Car would be nice enough if I sealed it and painted it now. But we are going to hit it with Urethane and block it again. Ben's working on the bumpers, and spoiler.

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Don't you just love that Polyester Filler !!! That product makes bodywork so much easier. Did you block with 120? Finishing off with 320 will almost guarantee no sanding scratches will show through the urethane. Not sure what your plan is, but I sand the urethane with 500 dry. I've tried wet sanding with 600 wet, but always ended up with the edges of the paper cutting in and showing up after the paint was applied.
Good job, looks great.

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I do like that stuff.  I actually found it sanded real nice with 220grit on the long board.  I really like Eastwoods rolls of sandpaper that's adhesive backed.  Price is good and it cuts well and lasts as long as the more expensive products.  So after 220 we quickly went with some 320 to finish it off.   I will probably go with 400  adhesive backed dry on the long board as well to finish the urethane then hand sand with a smaller block to get the curves etc.   Tech sheet for Nason says 320-400 to finish sand to.  My Neon we raced through blocking it with a Hutchens orbital sander with 320grit then hit it with paint.  But finer would be ideal because I can see some scratches if you look through the shine.  I have to go with what I have in stock so it's 400 dry or wet or 600 wet or dry. I have both types of paper.  All that said it will probably 400 dry.

Very nice work, and good for you for painting the car yourselves!

Great looking work Ben, real nice!!

Spoiler and outside rear view mirror are now in urethane primer. Ben sanded the door jambs and I fixed the bad spots in the bumpers with flexible parts filler. Getting closer and time is running out.

Here's some pictures of yesterdays events. I think Ben has more from his phone to post.

Ben and I have been working lots and sleeping less the last few nights!

Ready to start all masked up.

Base is on now.

The clear is on now....

 

 

Pretty exciting to see colour going on. Keep up the good work boys.

Doing the final blocking today. Using the dry powder guide coat as Hemi suggested and it works great. Pricey...but well worth it and it will last for a bunch of blocking jobs. We cut through the peel with 320 grit on long boards and next we will get rid of the 320 scratches with 400 dry. 320-400 is what the tech sheet for Nason (by DuPont) calls for. Hoping to get the lower colour on tonight and the top colour tomorrow.

some pics from so far today.

Tease

3:22 am.......4 colours on.......Ben's sick and went in sometime after 12am I think....he's a trooper.

Me???? I hate painting.

Here are some pictures of the four colours on the car before the clear coat.

Clear comes later today.

The first however many pictures are with the four colours, the others just with the silver. 

The stripes on this car are very cool though; the stripes on the last section of the quarters and fenders taper down to a smaller stripe (can be seen in picture 3)

You may notice the black stripe just over the red is larger at the start of the wheelwell and is smaller on the bumper. The space above the first stripe follows the same pattern. 

So this is what killing ourselves for the past couple of days gets us. An awesome looking paintjob with some unique features to add into it. I dont think I will see the same 

third gen camaro again. The car is also very very straight and the body lines (minus a door alignment issue) are straight as well. 

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Thanks Hemi. The jambs are cleared and they look incredible. Really anxious too see the whole car like that.

Looks Great
Great job and super son/dad project.

Again nice work guys, and so great to see the two of you doing this together, many kids never get that chance.

Thanks sasquatch.
Kurt, Ill send one sometime tonight hopefully.

Thanks a lot Glenn. And thats true, definately not. We will have to go in the summer though.
Congrats for the awards too. Car looks great, too bad about the insurance issue though.

sasquatch wrote:

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Again nice work guys, and so great to see the two of you doing this together, many kids never get that chance.

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Car looks awesome !

another late night....Ben is still out there. I had to watersand out a couple spots and he's putting the back section back together.

Thanks a lot everyone for the positive comments. We are working fast (not too fast) to try and get it ready for the show (and pictures, of course)!

Rear end is back together, minus the plastic that goes around the inside of the trunk area, but that's easy and fast.
Got the brand new weather stripping on the trunk lip and it looks great, definitely worth the buy. Cant close my hatch though!

Front bumper is starting to be assembled. The thing that held us up was a stripped stud in the plastic, so it is being filled
with plastic putty stuff and we going to thread it in tonight. Its better than nothing.
After that, headlight assembly gets attached to bumper. Then some fender brackets lights, and a couple bolts and then
the bumper can go back on, and the other assembly can start.

Saturday the wind shield guy from Brantford is coming over to get that part fixed up. Then all thats left is the door assemblys, a little interior stuff,
and the weather stripping around the t top area.(which will need/get some work in the future).