I completed the
removal of the
undercoating on my '71 Camaro a few years ago. The car had tons of coating on it from not only GM, but Ziebart as well.
I initially started removing it by using kerosene, carb cleaner, mineral spirits, etc. but it was slow going. I asked around and got the absolute slickest advice...
...A guy at a restoration shop told to specifically use a few cans of "Mr. Muscle" oven cleaner and a pressure washer to rinse it off. He told me to resist the urge to use less expensive brands of oven cleaner just to save money......So naturally when I went to the Wal Mart and seen the difference in price; I bought a few cans of the cheapest cleaner I could......
Well, they didn't work any better than the solvents I was using. I went back and bought two cans of the Mr. Muscle and it was awesome!!!
Spray it on let it set up for few minutes and blast it off like mud!! The difference between the brands and their results are due to the fact that Mr. Muscle is the only oven cleaner that does not require oven heat to work...the other cleaners require that you heat the oven for best results.
You will have to go over a few spots here and there and use the plastic scrapers to loosen it up before blasting it again later. Once it was blasted with the pressure washer it actually exposed the factory primer but did not remove it!!! It looked great when I was done.
**Things you will need**
6-8 cans of the cleaner(keep the reciept to return uneeded cans)
If you don't already have a pressure washer; rent one from a Sherwin Williams/or rental store.
A few plastic paint scrapers in various widths
Saftey Goggles...not just glasses, they need to seal to your face.
Gloves, work shirts that cover every inch of you skin!!
Danger...Danger!!!
This stuff will literally EAT YOUR SKIN OFF!!!
Since I did this in the middle of Summer in a driveway on jack stands it was hot so I took my shirt off??? [img]graemlins/clonk.gif[/img] After I coated my car and was lying under it, a glob of this stuff dripped on my rib cage. It didn't even sting....well at first!! I got up a few minutes later and looked down at it and a long drip of blood was flowing down my ribcage....
Be very careful and enjoy! I COPY PASTED THIS
