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APPLYING CLEARCOAT Four coats of EC550 EN-V® Ultra Gloss Clearcoat are applied

and baked for one hour. Afterward, we let the finish air dry

for at least four weeks before wet sanding and buffing.

WET SANDING The clearcoat is wet sanded, beginning with 600-grit, then

800. After baking the car a final time to ensure all solvents

were released, block sanding continued, progressing from

1,000-grit on up to 2,500-grit.

APPLYING PRIMER SURFACER

The body is primed with ECP A-Chromatic Primer

Surfacer, using the recommended G7 gray shade for

the Chevelle’s Garnet Red color.

SANDING THE PRIMER The primer surfacer is block sanded with 400-grit, followed

by 600-grit, then DA sanded with 800-grit. The orbital

sander removes any straight-line scratches from block

sanding. Dry guide coat is applied between every stage to

ensure that any sand scratches are removed.

SANDING AND RECOATINGAfter sanding, two more coats of DP90LF are applied to

cover any bare metal left by the bodywork. After a one-

hour bake, the primer is allowed to dry for several weeks

before being sanded, cleaned and readied for polyester

primer. On restorations, baking of undercoats helps with

curing and is not needed on normal collision jobs.

APPLYING EPOXY PRIMER

Recoating panels are coated and baked with DP90LF Epoxy

Primer to provide excellent corrosion protection and good

adhesion for the bodywork. The black color presents a

good visual for determining how straight the panels are.

CREATING THE SHOW-QUALITY FINISHTedious attention to detail at Super Car Restorations makes all the difference.

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43APPLYING PRIMER SURFACER

Applying VP2100 Polyester Primer helps level and fill

minor imperfections. Aided by a dry guide coat, the

surfaces are block sanded smooth, beginning with

220-grit board paper.

FINISHING GLAZE

After sanding, pinholes are identified and filled with

3M Finishing Glaze.

DA SANDING

Sanding is completed with a DA sander to remove any

straight-line scratches, using 3,000- and 5,000-grit. In total,

the sanding process from 800- to 5,000-grit took more than

140 hours.

BUFFING

The buffing process took some 40 hours, starting with

Meguiar’s 100 Pro Speed Compound, followed by 205 Ultra

Finishing Polish.

COLOR MATCHINGA sample of the Chevelle’s original paint finish from the side

of the cowl area was sent to PPG’s color lab in Cleveland, Ohio.

The part was never exposed to the sun, so it wouldn’t have

faded over the years. PPG analyzed the color and sent us the

proper formula to create the exact factory match.

APPLYING THE COLORThree coats of ENVIROBASE® High Performance

waterborne basecoat are applied. For extra measure we

allowed 30 minutes dry time between coats. Each coat is

dehydrated using a Jet Dry handheld blower.

After stripping to bare metal, using various processes, and cleaning thoroughly with SX330 ACRYLI-CLEAN® Wax and Grease Remover and SX394 1.4 Low-VOC Cleaner, Jamie and his crew followed these key steps.

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