Received my Gallon of Picklex 20 and also picked up some wax & grease remover.  Between NASCAR and football, not much garage time this weekend.  Will be taking next Thu aft and Friday off to make for a long weekend in the garage.  Hope to get all of the little things done so it will be ready to prime.  Once the picklex is applied, not only will it remove any flash rust, but the car will be good for at least another year in case it doesn’t get primed before winter.  Will have more to report after the holiday weekend.

I have been researching products to wipe on bare metal for rust and flash-rust protection.  Products like Evapo-Rust are cheaper, but I decided to go with a product called picklex.  It costs more, but is easier to use, and appears to be a better product.  I ordered a gallon of it and will use it before priming within the next few weeks.

Took the last week off from work to work on the Camaro. Some things took longer than I had thought and I found some more work to do before priming.  I was able to access the roof and inside by rotating the car on the rotisserie without having to get in the car to access.  Everything has been manually sanded or scuffed and wiped clean with wax & grease remover:

I do want to touch-up the patch panel from the bottom of the car (re-welding) before priming.  Welding from the inside was difficult accessing with the welder at the right angles and will be easier from the bottom.  Plus there is already some existing welding to add on to.

The drivers side toe-board I want to hit with some POR-15 floor & trunk restoration kit before priming to fix some pin holes and pitting:







The window channels took longer than I had hoped to clean due to the material used to hold the windows in place.  I used lacquer thinner and the air ventilator to exhaust the fumes out of the garage as a trial run for priming.

Right now I am cleaning and organizing the garage for the next weekend or two before getting back to work on the car.

Focused on cleaning and sanding the rockers today – today’s progress (might still have a couple of areas to touch-up):

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Made some progress this weekend finishing up the drivers side door frame & rocker and the passenger side door frame & rocker.  My shoulders are toast!  I still need to re-touch up a couple of areas where the grinder couldn’t reach.

Before:

After:



Still have a little more to do on this side.  The rotisserie is making access to the rocker panels much easier to access!  Then I still have the other side to do!

Got the inside floors sanded last weekend:

Driver rear:

Passenger Rear:

Passenger Front:

Driver Front:

The interior is now pretty much done in terms of sanding. Hope to prime around the 4th.

Finally able to get back out to work on the car tonight. Tied puppy in back yard and did a little more sanding… Before:

After:

Hope to be able to prime early July.

Most recent photos from sanding inside shell. Still have the passenger floor pan, door frame, firewall sides, and window channels. Might be later Summer into Fall before I can get back to this as I have a new Norwegian Elkhound puppy that is demanding my time.

Removed the seam sealer: