What is the best way to remove the old undercoating from the chassis?
Thanks, Mooso.
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I have tried 2 different ways.
Aircraft paint remover. It works and in some area's you have to apply it twice.
A heat gun to Heat it up and get it soft.
Both ways I used a putty knife to scape it off.
Then I used an air sander to take the everything left off and down to the metal.
A lot of work and a mess Mike.
But worth the effort.
Aircraft paint remover. It works and in some area's you have to apply it twice.
A heat gun to Heat it up and get it soft.
Both ways I used a putty knife to scape it off.
Then I used an air sander to take the everything left off and down to the metal.
A lot of work and a mess Mike.
But worth the effort.
yup! coz has the right approach. messy job..but you'll be glad you did it. 
Not sure if I remember this correctly or not, but I thought I read that someone used easy-off oven cleaner with good success.
John
John
IT also depends on the stage of your project. I did mine when the car was being completely redone. The car was a rolling chassis, no glass, motor interior etc. and I had it sandblasted, They charged me about $200.
gary #06984
gary #06984
I had my car dipped at American Metal Cleaning in Toledo, OH. Came out very clean. Even if you don't want to dip the entire car, consider dipping the deck lids, doors, headlight buckets. My rebuild of #2113 is still in progress but is looking good. www.pantera.ws
Chuck
Chuck
I have used a butane blow-lamp and a scraper to remove most of it, then use petrol/gasoline to soften wash off what is left.
I've heard of heat guns being used. This is the type that you buy at the hardware store and use to remove paint. It's safer than the butane!
I've heard of heat guns being used. This is the type that you buy at the hardware store and use to remove paint. It's safer than the butane!
I've been going at it with a commercial heat gun and doing final clean-up (small sections at a time) with lacquer thinner. Sure is not fun, but it beats shovelling snow! I'd be very scared of using an open flame unless the engine bay is pretty empty.
One thing about the stripping baths on hoods and deck lids is that unless it gets a really good rinse and an oven dry, you might get stripper creeping out of the seams later - to ruin your nice expensive re-paint.
One thing about the stripping baths on hoods and deck lids is that unless it gets a really good rinse and an oven dry, you might get stripper creeping out of the seams later - to ruin your nice expensive re-paint.
As Mark pointed out, I also used an electric heat gun and scraper. After scraping, used liberal amounts of WD40,let soak,steel wooled and then used laquer thinner for final cleanup. Labor intensive but the results were great!
Danno
Danno