lacquer thinner is also highly volatile and carcinogenic and is easily
absorbed into the skin. I really don't recommend your method if you are
using it to remove large amounts of undercoating.
Heat guns will only warp body panels, or anything else for that matter,
when used on the high setting and left in the same place for an extended
amount of time. I used heat to remove undercoating along with a scrapper
with no problems. I used paint thinner to clean up the residue.
I tried Gordon's method when it was cold outside to remove the sound deadner
on the floors.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel E McHatton" <hallosb@juno.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Heat Guns
> Heat may not be safe in certain areas (e.g. fender wells). It might warp
> the panels. It's funny you should mention undercoating. I've spent the
> last couple of days removing undercoating from inside my trunk. I'm
> using lacquer thinner and either a green Scotchbrite pad or plastic
> scrapper. It doesn't take long to clog up the Scotchbrite, so you have
> to replace them often. But... lacquer thinner is very effective on
> undercoating and cheap ($6.50 a gallon at Walmart).
>
> Could be very messy if you had to do the underside of the car, though?
> Maybe that's why those car rotisseries are so popular with the
> restoration crowd.
>
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:58:26 EST Eschcool2@aol.com writes:
> > Has anyone stripped auto paint, mainly the under coating with a heat
> > gun. Will that work? Any pro's and con's to it. Is their a specific
> > temp the gun needs to put out to melt auto paint.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jeff E.
> > (The restoration has begun)
> >
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