Cleaning a Body

[Dwight Southerland]

Thanks everybody for the info.

John -
I appreciate your nuts and bolts perspective. I did find a place in Jackson, MS and a place in Ball, LA that do chemical stripping, but I cannot justify all the cost for this project. I am now gathering up materials to do a rudimentary rotisserie and plan on doing this by hand. I probably will do soda blasting after the undercoating and sound deadener are removed.

I have also done a few cars in my time, but this one has an unusually thick layer of undercoating and I was just looking for a easy way out.

[SSDiv6]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Thanks everybody for the info.

John -
I appreciate your nuts and bolts perspective. I did find a place in Jackson, MS and a place in Ball, LA that do chemical stripping, but I cannot justify all the cost for this project. I am now gathering up materials to do a rudimentary rotisserie and plan on doing this by hand. I probably will do soda blasting after the undercoating and sound deadener are removed.

I have also done a few cars in my time, but this one has an unusually thick layer of undercoating and I was just looking for a easy way out.

Here you go Dwight...an alternate method...

[Dwight Southerland]

Wow! I thought I had an original idea!!

[Dwight Southerland]

My rotisserie may be wooden circles cut from sheets of 3/4" plywood bolted to the bumper mounts on the car. Not exactly a rotisserie, but at least you can roll it over.

[John Duzac]

Dwight: I saw the picture of the gut welding under the turck and in my wildest days would not get undet that truck! But I gotta tell you, this guy has a lot of nuts, or another way of saying it is nuts... Any way you choose to remove undercoating, the end result depends on the amount effort you put into the project. Spending alittle more time in the hard to get at areas will pay off when someone looks under the car. I call it pride... Good luck.

[RJ]

What are you building Dwight?

[House of Darts]

I sell an American made tool that is specifically designed to remove undercoating. After doing several cars with a torch and steel wool and solvent, this is the best solution. The specialized wheel has done 3 cars and still works well. It will also take off paint although it isn't 100%.

[Dwight Southerland]

Originally Posted by House of Darts

I sell an American made tool that is specifically designed to remove undercoating. After doing several cars with a torch and steel wool and solvent, this is the best solution. The specialized wheel has done 3 cars and still works well. It will also take off paint although it isn't 100%.

Tell me more.

[JRyan]

Dwight,

Snap-On sells what they call the Crud Cutter. It's designed for the purpose of taking undercoating off. It's very similar sounding to what the other gentlemen was taking about. It has specialized wheels to remove the undercoating. I've been debating purchasing one but, haven't talked to anyone that's tried it yet.

Rick Ryan

[House of Darts]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Tell me more.

It's an air powered tool. The cutting end has a series of wire hooks at a specific angle. The tool runs at a lower rpm. You do not have to bear down on the tool. If you do, the cutting quality goes down. You have to be a little disciplined at let the tool work for you. It comes with a rubber wheel for removing decals and pin striping. Everything about this tool is USA made. The air tool alone will probably last 20 yrs. with good maintenance. Send me a PM and I'll give you all the details if you are interested. Thanks