When I did the floors on my 57 Belair I used a handheld
torch first and a putty knife, just heating enough to
make it soft and not liquid. It came off alot easier than
cold. After and I mean AFTER the torch is put away, I
used enamel reducer on a Rag and cleaned off the rest
of the tar residue. I had a fan blowing under the car to
make sure all the fumes were blown away and made sure
my head was upwind. This came from first not using a
fan and going to stand up and finding myself back on the
ground on my ass. I give that stuff (tar) alot of credit for keeping the
floor like new in most places. I decided
to do the whole floor since in some spots rust was
hiding under the tar. Good luck in your efforts just
remember that flame and reducer is a deadly mix when
combined!!
Jeff Cerniglia
1959 GMC Fleetside
1958 GMC Stepside (almost here)
1957 Chevrolet Belair
>From: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
>Reply-To: "Doug Pewterbaugh" <dpewter@email.msn.com>
>To: "Mark A. Self" <mark.self@verizon.net>, "Oletrucks mailing list"
><oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Road tar removal
>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 22:33:18 -0500
>
>Elbow "grease". Seriously, I had the same problem (if you can call it a
>problem; probably protected the frame better than anything could, for the
>times). I chiseled & wire brushed A LOT. There may be a better way, but I
>don't know what it is.
>
>Regards,
>Doug Pewterbaugh
>dpewter@msn.com
>Denton, TX
>49 3104 216 5-window
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark A. Self" <mark.self@verizon.net>
>To: "Oletrucks mailing list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 9:56 PM
>Subject: [oletrucks] Road tar removal
>
>
> > Trying to clean the underside of the AD's floor. Fair amount of really
> > tough road tar. Blaster doesn't remove this stuff very well. Short of
> > chiseling it off, is there some kind of chemical that will loosen/remove
> > this stuff?
> >
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> > Mark Self
> > '55 1st 5 window 3100
> > Redlands, CA
> > mark.self@verizon.net
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