RE: undercoating removal

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

Here is a trick that has not been mentioned.

I hate a mess and when I removed the undercoating off my 64 440 I used a 
putty knife and a hammer and chipped it off. I got a pillow, covered 
myself up with an old sheet and a face mask and went at it for about 
three months (off and on).

When I had my wife's ragtop brought home and was about to start the 
tedious task of undercoating removal, a friend told me to get an air 
chisel and a wide blade.  Turn the air almost off to the air chisel and 
it will take the dried undercoating off.

I was somewhat skeptical but I would rather vacuum up the bits then have 
a big pile of slimy, saturated rags to deal with.  

Anyway, Trevor was right.  I did the entire area of the left inner 
fender in about 15 minutes.  Way easier than anything else.

Once I got the undercoating off, I used a rag with solvent and simply 
wiped the inner fender are clean.

K.

neal zimmerman wrote:
> 
> theres the electric heat gun method, never had warpage problems, but
> its slow and overhead is really bad because the crumbs fall into the
> gun and eventually burn it out.  they are pretty cheap though, about
> 35 dollars, and u could easily get a whole car done with one before it
> burns out.  HINT , dont buy the harbor freight heat gun, fails after
> about 4 hours, buy a wagner
>   neal zimmerman, eugene orgon
> 
> On 11/22/08, William Cole <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Eastwood makes a product called,"Under Gone" that I used on my
> > undercoating. Not so good on really heavy buildup but if you get part of
> > it off it works real well. It's biodegradable non-toxic and takes off
> > everything like oil, wax, most oil based undercoating etc.
> >
> > Bill C.
> > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:22:33 -0700, "Wakeman Massie" <wakey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > said:
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Everyone..
> >>
> >> Who has undercoating removal tips?   For 15 years I've been doing the
> >> heat, scrape + heat, wire brush, finish with solvent method.
> >>
> >> Where warpage is of little concern, this method of heating the
> >> undercoating to soften it has been fine (floors and inner fenders). It
> >> hasn't been so great on quarters and outer fenders, I've had warpage
> >> issues before and don't want to go there again.
> >>
> >> Current project is a '62 Dart with godawful thick, cracking,
> >> thrice-oversprayed undercoating that needs to go.  I've never found a
> >> solvent tough enough to soften this stuff without heat.
> >>
> >> Anyone have some tricks?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Wakeman
> >>
> >>
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Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)
64 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible (Cdn)


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