1992 camaro z28 25th anniversary

[Barry Theal]

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First off let me say this car made me work for a good final finish! it had about everything you could think off wrong with it. Bad repainted panels, dirty engine, filthy interior, everything was just an insult to such a nice car. this car is female owned with only 30,000 miles. so i did the best i could. you will see the pics!



The products and process will be describe with the pics!



Its been 30 degrees here in pa for a while now so i started with a ONR rinse. then a clay with some taping.

here are some before pics

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ok at this point you have somewhat of an idea what i was up against

after the ONR i decided to start the claying process which took about to hours, i caly everything you could poissibly think of! im a big fan of clay and feel its a vital step to prep work! so here is a picture of the clay when i was finished! this clay was brand new and now its finished!



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next i started the disasemble which in voled removing the rear spolier and readin antenna not much work but fun! i love pulling stuff apart!

Next i blew out all cracks and made the car completly dry. THis is very important for the tape to stick and also ever try compound a wet car! personally i think it sucks!



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[Barry Theal]

At this point i usally do a test panel starting with the least aggressive poilsh and working my down but today was different! i wnet right to m105! with a white 2inch pile schegal wool pad now m105 with this pad is aggressive and will leave hazizing so i ll follow up with m105 and blue egde wool pad, then to refine the finish ill use edge double sided yellow foam pad with m105 at this point if done correctly i will use pad texture instead of swicthing compounds i don`t see this method on autopia much but i found it to work great with a car in this shape! so now the 50/50

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here is a picture of my stage of poilshing arsenal!

products and tools!



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at this point the paint is level and here are some shots after all three steps and isopro wipe. this is a key step beacuse it will remove any oils from the m15 and make sure you have a true finish before the polishing!



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now i pulled the car out in the sun to check my job with the m10 and here are to shots to show it out side!

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at this point the car was rinsed and degreased it got up to like 38 degrees it was a cold one sorry no pics !

[Barry Theal]

at this point i choose to go to the interior and and get it done so i pulled all the seats helps make it easier for a bigger guy like me to clean a small interior! here some pics!



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at this point everything was out of my way the carpet were rough so i blew out all dry dirt from the carpet with air compressor and then dry scrubbed the dirt with a metal wired brush to raise the dirt to the surface and get it all loose!



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now all major dirt was out of the car. so i preceeded to steam the interior. when doing this i always start from top to bottom and inside to out!



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with the interior complete i wiped down the exterior with spray away glass cleaner to remove any dust on the exterior finish

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[Barry Theal]

Now on to the jeweling step! this step took about 3 hours of hitting every spot to level the paint and make it shine. i choose to go with m205 and a blue foam edge pad! here are some shots.



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at this point i wipe down with isopro and began to wax the car. once all wax was set i hit the tires with ardex ultra dress concentrate diluteed 5 to 1. i sprayed it with a piant gun. the reason for this unorthadox method is. i found that this tip installed on the gun id designed for clearcoat so it leaves a real nice finish plus save a ton of material!



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[Barry Theal]

here are some final shots!



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[Barry Theal]

all in all this detail took me awhile. ill post some sun pics tomarrow i hope you all like! and to be honest i really wasn`t impressed with m205! thanks for looking



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[LNER]

Did someone, like, DIE in the interior?



Future Generations will thank you for your service with this car...



Amazing work...

[Barry Theal]

Did someone, like, DIE in the interior?



Future Generations will thank you for your service with this car...



Amazing work...



it sured seemed like it thanks for the kind words! i put a lot into this one.

[LNER]

I just want to hurl seeing that pic of the clay. Gods, that`s Gross!



I never see Z`s of this period running around town. Just poor build quality, I guess. It`s neat that you got to help preserve this one!

[kaval]

Wow that car was in rough shape! Nice job turning it around though!!!!

[Apollo_Auto]

Nice save, soldier :up! Shame on the owner for letting it get into that state though... what the hell was it washed with? A Brillo pad??

[MarcHarris]

now that there is a nice save. great turn around and you really worked magic on that interior. i think after a job like that, the owner should have to take a manditory class on vehicle care.

[Spilchy]

Fantastic job! Great pictures showing all the little things you did. My coworker has the exact car in the same shape. I begged her to let me detail it but she sold it.



I want to thank you for the action shot of the "plumber`s crack" while doing the interior! Just what I wanted to see at 8:00am Sunday morning!

[TSC17]

That car was in ugly shape...nice recovery.

[Optimum Auto]

Man that car was wrecked.Amazing turnaround.