This is MY 67 Camaro

[Sonar Chief]

Originally Posted by kmdracer

Lazy day today. No current project of my own, so am enjoying reading others. Chief, I'm just blown away by your work. Will be following along to completion.

just trying to do it right the first time, don't want to do this again anytime soon! There's plenty more .....

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Looking good Chief

Thanks Wayne, been tryin to get somethings done that I can in a day or two, waiting on my drivers quarter and then I'll open up that can of worms

So, I had some hours in the garage today ... been so hot I had to get going at the crack of dawn in order to spray epoxy before it got too hot, wiped everything down taped off the edges and sprayed epoxy.

When it cooled off in the day I put down some Lizard Skin on the inside of the door skin .... in prep for the bonding of the door to the frame, tomorrow? Maybe .... here's some pictures to look through.


Door skin ready for epoxy!

Taped off edges for 3M bonding to frame.

Spraying epoxy finally ....

Lizard Skin on the inside of the door skin ... pretty cool stuff!

She's ready for skins

So that's what I did today .... more tomorrow!

Thanks for looking ...

[Sonar Chief]

Thought I'd post some lessons learned from using Lizard Skins Sound Control product on my door skins .... in case someone was wondering!

The product is very easy to use ... provided you purchase their applicator gun, and the clean up is with water and soap. Mixed with the paddle provided and applied the first coat yesterday and let it dry, I tried to use the included WET FILM GAUGE to test thickness ... that just made a mess and confused me (simple minded), think credit card .036 thou and they want no less than .040 in two applications. That's the goal.

I used a plastic serving spoon to get it into the pot from the pail ... instead of pouring, cuz when it's done there is product left from the siphon angle and the spoon will get the remains out and back into the pail will little waste.

I used about 45 psi at the gun with a turn and a half on the adjustment tip for the second coat and you can see the texture it left .... more product more stipple, more air more drier dimpled look.

I used a razor blade to clean the edges that had over spray, you can sand and paint the product after it has fully dried ... and that is cool


Just after the second coat was sprayed!

Cured and dry!


Had other pictures but ImageShack is acting up with mongo pictures .....
Any questions, please ask.

[waynieZ]

Nice!

[Tony V]

Chief,
Looks real good and your doing a great job, great motivation for us to keep moving. I'm looking to spray L. skin in the next couple weeks and with your write up it seems something i can tackle without much worries..keep up the great work.

[jazz2069]

I like the idea of cutting the frame rail deep and widening the tub! More rear tire!!

[Smitty68]

Great job so far keep up the good work and the photos coming in. And thanks for your service to our country..

[Sonar Chief]

Still here have not washed away with the floods here in NOCO! Man these last two days have been crazy, the Governor sent us home at noon ... so I went and worked on the car Planned to go archery elk hunting Sunday but all the roads up to the mountains are closed

Originally Posted by waynieZ

Nice!

Thanks Wayne!

Originally Posted by Tony V

Chief,
Looks real good and your doing a great job, great motivation for us to keep moving. I'm looking to spray L. skin in the next couple weeks and with your write up it seems something i can tackle without much worries..keep up the great work.

Tony, it was pretty easy to work with, spray a test patch and adjust air and get a feel for the amount coming out. I ran with 1 1/2 out on the nozzle and that seemed to lay out nice. Good luck!

Originally Posted by jazz2069

I like the idea of cutting the frame rail deep and widening the tub! More rear tire!!

More tire, MO BETTER!

Originally Posted by Smitty68

Great job so far keep up the good work and the photos coming in. And thanks for your service to our country..

Thanks and there's plenty mo pictures!

So .... cleaned up the reinforcement pieces that the window fuzzies get attached to, still need to get some zinc primer on them and weld them to the outer door skin prior to attaching the skin. If the weather warms up I may try my hand at bonding the passenger side door skin......that's why there is bare metal all around the perimeter of the door skin and the frame... for the 3M Bonding.


Closeup of the Lizard Skin after pulled the tape.... 0.040?


Touching up door with POR Chassis Black before I cover w/ skin!

Thanks for looking ....