Re: Exterior restoration/modifications.

very neat

almost a pity you cant see the underside.

nice

Thanks gentlemen appreciated. I managed to get a uniform finish on the subframe rails, which looks good. The rest I've not bothered with as I'm leaning towards Upol's Raptor as an anti-stone chip coating which would look better sprayed than rollered.

Began work on cleaning out/restoring the rear arches. Removing the underseal was, as usual a nasty job but G.M. s product certainly held back the rust.

NO corrosion within the arch...



...painted with Jotun 87 as primer before the Raptor.

Great work mate, good to see a bit more progress with it

BRYDENGTA wrote:Great work mate, good to see a bit more progress with it

Thanks mate, encouragement appreciated! Really is time consuming, making sure all the corrosion is removed from the individual areas.

Passenger side attended too, and rear rails treated as well (thankfully surface corrosion only)

Next, on to the rear axle...

Citric acid gel, mechanical abrasion and elbow grease began to rid the axle of rust...



...and with a little more effort it was clean...

Very cool mate

You can come and do mine next lol

Will look great when you finish it.....lot of hard work but worth it..well done

Thanks gentlemen, the encouraging comments are appreciated. I do enjoy the restoration/modification of the Camaro but it is a lengthy and laborious task ensuring its done properly.

I don't have access to sand blasting equipment, and not would the location of the car support such a process. The citric acid gel does perform well and combined with mechanical abrasion the steel really cleans up well. Nearly done with the corrosion removal (thankfully!!!) just gotta decided on what I'll use as a top coat over the epoxy mastic.

Before I started on the Camaro, only a very basic set of tools did I have for automotive work. Over the past couple of years since I bought the car some of the expenditure has obviously gone on various tools for the required work.

I dare say most of you chaps have one, but this is my first compressor.



A little heavy and awkward to unwrap/set up, but once put together...



100ltr 3 h.p Wolf Dakota 14.5 CFM, although free air delivery is just over 9 CFM. However this should be enough to paint individual body panels with an LVLP gun.

SUPERCHARGEDGTA wrote:

Cheers!

Spent a little time researching what's required for an adequate home DIY installation. This provided some pretty helpful info http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/air-system.htm highlighting the need to remove moisture from the system.

Never attempted any form of plumbing before (more research) and so after purchasing this...



...putting it together resulted in this...





The inlet is to the right hand side, the air will cool and condense in the "S" bends where moisture will be caught. Any further moisture will be caught in the sloping pipework and in this...



...which also contains a regulator (the compressors regulator is known to be unreliable) I pressure tested the system yesterday with flowing and standing mains water (also to clean out any residual flux) pleasingly no leaks whatsoever

Filter/regulator plumbed in...



...along with inlet, pressure gauge and ball valves...



...the system is finished.



Tested to 120 PSi, left it pressurised for two hours. A negligible leak apparent, a 10 PSi drop over that time period. Planning on locating the leak in the coming week, thankfully minimal moisture present in the system after usage.

Impressive work mate

BRYDENGTA wrote:Impressive work mate

Thank you I managed to solve the leak(s) pleasingly the soldered joints weren't at fault. Compression joints and a few thread couplings were the culprits. The intention on the this set up is to allow usage of air tools and a Schutz gun. Once a shed is built in the garden another hard pipe set up can be constructed for spray booth usage.