undercoating blues
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From: jewett cumberland
undercoating blues
Had a few days off, so I thought I would work some more on the truck.Well I'm thinking of taking off the undercoating and I can't find a good way to get it off. Does anyone have any good ideas? Or should I just leave it on and spray the new undercoating over it? 8 in. of snow in southern Illinois.
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Jim
I don't think there is a simple way. I removed mine with a a sandblaster during my resto. If that isn't what you had in mind, scrape the loose stuff. Paint stripper will remove it. Sounds like a real messy job doesn't it? If you are building a driver and the frame isn't rusty, I think I would scrape the loose stuff, repaint the bare spots and apply the undercoating.
By the way, it's not undercoating, it's "Show Tar" Kind of like black powdercoating only easier to touch up.
'fenders
I don't think there is a simple way. I removed mine with a a sandblaster during my resto. If that isn't what you had in mind, scrape the loose stuff. Paint stripper will remove it. Sounds like a real messy job doesn't it? If you are building a driver and the frame isn't rusty, I think I would scrape the loose stuff, repaint the bare spots and apply the undercoating.
By the way, it's not undercoating, it's "Show Tar" Kind of like black powdercoating only easier to touch up.
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I agree with " 'fenders". If it's not a show truck, scrape off the loose stuff, treat it for rust, and spray over the stuff that is still good. If it's still good, there isn't any rust (or at least it isn't spreading!). So why hassle it? If it is a resto, sandblast. It's the only humane way to do it, otherwise you're gonna be scraping for one heckuva long time; very tedius, too. Hoist it up and sand blast away: quicker, more thorough than by hand 'cuz sand can get where your fingers can't, and makes for a more pleasurable project for you.
"Show tar".... that was a good one!!!
P.S.- I lived in Minneapolis for ONE winter... I'm sure So. Illinois isn't much different. Are you sure you want to spend all that time doing it by hand under your truck in the dead of winter? Even in a garage, it'll get old fast! (sandblast it; don't be a massachist!)
Good luck (and stay warm)...
Daryl
"Show tar".... that was a good one!!!
P.S.- I lived in Minneapolis for ONE winter... I'm sure So. Illinois isn't much different. Are you sure you want to spend all that time doing it by hand under your truck in the dead of winter? Even in a garage, it'll get old fast! (sandblast it; don't be a massachist!)
Good luck (and stay warm)...
Daryl
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Yeah I just love dealing with that tar stuff. I did find one benefit to Michigans cold winters though, For me I was out scraping the stuff out of my doors and and all the hidden inner surfaces of my cab this fall when it was still warm, and it just wouldn't come off... went back at it again in early decemember when it dropped below freezing and the stuff just popped off in large chunks with my putty knife... the one and only benefit to having a non-heated garage.
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Iron Beast with Tender Heart,
OUCH! Really bad memories of just how cold it gets back there. Granted, we do get into the low 30's and the 20's here in the foothills of the Sequoia National Forest in California... but 20 below? Man, I remember getting cabin fever so bad that I thought anything above 32 degrees Farenheit was OK to wash the truck in! No wonder the neighbors shot me a look as I tried to dry the frozen water off a chrome bumper in February... in Minnesota!!! I don't miss that #$%! one bit!!!!
So "chunks falling off at a time in winter".. I believe it!
C-ya,
Daryl
OUCH! Really bad memories of just how cold it gets back there. Granted, we do get into the low 30's and the 20's here in the foothills of the Sequoia National Forest in California... but 20 below? Man, I remember getting cabin fever so bad that I thought anything above 32 degrees Farenheit was OK to wash the truck in! No wonder the neighbors shot me a look as I tried to dry the frozen water off a chrome bumper in February... in Minnesota!!! I don't miss that #$%! one bit!!!!
So "chunks falling off at a time in winter".. I believe it!
C-ya,
Daryl
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