Wet Sanding the Challenger
The challenger is all wet sanded and polished, we will work on painting the rest of the parts and begin assembly. We’ve included a couple of pics of the underneath as well.
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Wet Sanding the Porsche
Here are a couple of pics of the wet sanding process. We start with 800 – 1000 grit depending on the job we are doing and finish up to 5000 grit before polishing with 3 different compounds and pads.
Porsche in the Paint Booth
Here is the Porsche in the paint booth. All done!! We put on 4 coats of water base with 4 coats of high build clear. We will bake it for about 60 mins then let it sit for a few days before we start wet sanding and polishing it.
Challenger Ready for Paint
After 10 months of work the challenger is finally ready for final paint. We will put on 3-4 coats of water base colour on it and then 4-5 coats of high build clear.
The Porsche is Primed
A few pics of the Porsche in final primer. We will block it all down starting with 400 grit and finishing in 1000 grit to get it ready for paint.
73 Challenger in the Paint Booth
The 73 challenger is in the paint booth. We will put 3 coats of feather fill primer on. After feather fill is applied we will bake it 60 mins. We will then take it out of the paint booth and block sand it down starting with 120 grit and then finish it in 320 grit (...)
Priming the Porsche
Here are a few pictures of the Porsche in its first primer. It has taken a lot of work to get to this point.
Priming the 74 Challenger
The 74 challenger is back in the paint booth receiving its first round of primer. We will put 3 coats of a spray able putty on it the first time. After that is dry we will take it out of the booth and block it all down. We will then put it back in the (...)
41 Willys Restoration is Complete
Doug’s 41 Willys restoration has been completed and we couldn’t be happier with the results. Just take a look at this beauty! Here are just a few of the pictures showing off the final results. I think you’ll agree that this thing is work of art.
65 Mustang Painting in Progress
We are now painting Igor’s 65 mustang viper blue with white stripes, and we took some pictures of the process. We painted the white base first before masking the white up and spraying the blue on the rest of the car. Removing the mask exposed the sharp white stripes, and we followed that up with (...)
