Dry Ice works really well. Freeze the stuff, then chip it off...
--- Holland Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > The wire wheel method will work ok, but will take > forever. I'd first > try a little chemical persuasion. > Go to your local home center (Home Depot, Lowes, > yadda yadda) and hit > the paint department. > Look for products by Jasco. They make various types > of chemical > strippers, which really work > well. You may have to try a few different types, > since I don't know > what the composition of VW's > undercoating is. Get a few chip brushes for > applicators, and a > couple of different sizes of putty > knives for scrapping. Once the stripper has removed > the bulk of the > coating, then you can go at > it with the wire brush to get the remainder. > Another thing you > could do is go to > http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp > and see what they have for this purpose. > > Have fun. Stripping undercoating/paint/wax/etc. is > ALWAYS fun! > > --Holland > [email protected] > > > On Mar 16, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Matthew Yip wrote: > > > I'm hoping that someone has a simple, sure-fire > method of removing > > undercoating from the wheel wells of an A2. This > was supposed to > > be my project last winter but I spent that time > trying rebuild the > > car after a chance encounter with a Rabbit and > then a tyre wall. > > Now that the car is back in one piece, I'm trying > to do all the > > things I didn't complete when I built it like > remove the tonnes of > > undercoating that was sprayed onto the car when it > was build. > > > > Dent Fix Supply (or whatever they're called) sells > a very nice kit > > that includes an air-grinder and three wire wheels > (of sorts, not > > your normal wire wheel, that's for sure) that > claim to cut thru > > undercoating and seam sealer without breaking a > sweat. However the > > price is $200!!! I'm considering buying a small > grinder anyways > > since I don't have one and using a knotted > wire-wheel since the > > knotted wire wheels look fairly stiff. > > > > Anyone ever try this method? I know it'll make > one helluva mess > > but I want to ditch as much undercoating and seam > sealer as > > possible as the car is currently 200+ lbs > overweight with me in the > > car. And no, I can't lose that much weight - just > my skeleton will > > cause the car to be overweight... > > > > Matthew > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > ______________ > > Be a PS3 game guru. > > Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and > previews at > > Yahoo! Games. > > > http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news
