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To: "Bill Pollock" <wjpollock@erols.com>, "list"
Subject: Re: should I undercoat my ---
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 08:44:53 -0700
Never tried it with undercoating, but "3M Adhesive Remover" seems to
work well with most kinds of gooey gunk.  Expensive, though.


bs
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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> I used painter thinner to take mine off.  Tried a number of things and 
> found thinner worked best with the least amount of flumes and combustion 
>  ability.    Had to soaked the coating ahead of while I was working and 
> the thinner softens the stuff.  In places where it wasn't applied too 
> heavy I found that rubbing with a thinner soaked rug took it off,but 
> heavy places had to be scraped and than rubbed.    Use rubber gloves and 
> eye protection if you are laying under the car..  
> Also kept a fan blowing under the car while I was working  to keep the 
> flumes to a min.   Not a job I would want to do again.  
> 
> Bill Pollock

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