Calvin,
I used a heat gun I picked up at a hardware store. It was intended for use
removing paint from woodwork. Heat the undercoating pretty hot & it comes
right off. A little practice & you'll figure out the right amount of heat.
Too much & it smears around, too little & you have to work too hard. Wear
gloves. If you use enough heat to make the job easy, you'll blister your
fingers without gloves.
When you're done with the heat gun, use laquer thinner or Prep-Sol to clean
up the residue.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Calvin Krug <ckrug@laf.cioe.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, May 31, 1998 8:27 PM
Subject: Undercoat removal
>Any of you LBC gurus out there know of a relatively easy way to remove old
>undercoating from the back side of my fenders? I'm getting the car ready
>to repaint, and the wheel well area has been undercoated numerous times.
>I'd like to strip this off and start over, as it's cracked and peeling in
>some spots. I've tried chemical paint stripper, it just gets a little
>gummy. Sandblasting takes forever, as it mostly bounces off the surface.
>Good old fashined scraping with a putty knife works, but it's very slow.
>Any better ideas?
>
>Calvin Krug
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