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Re: FW: Undercoating removal

To: Graeme Suckling <graemes@saonline.com.au>
Subject: Re: FW: Undercoating removal
From: Vicki Burrows <gregnvicki@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 20:40:37 -0800
The Julia Child of Roadster restoration... "Next, we baste the Roadster in a 
nice
butter sauce while it turns on our rotisserie..."
Greg "I've had too much turkey" Burrows

Graeme Suckling wrote:

> Steve, I have stripped a couple of 240Z cars on a rotisserie.
> Once you have scraped the bulk of the underseal off, you can use a 3M
> scotchbrite pad or similar dipped in kerosine.
> The pad will help polish up the body and the kero. will dissolve the
> remaining tar type coating.
> Use gloves and a dropsheet, but at least the kero can be hosed off
> with a garden hose.
> Just repeat as necessary and you will soon have a pristene under tray.
> Regards,
> Graeme Suckling
> 1965 SP310 - under construction
> 1971 P510 4 door - daily driver, original owner
> 1972 P510 2 door - in storage
> 1973 HS30/240Z - re-building
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steven
> Harvey
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 12:53 PM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Undercoating removal
>
> Hello,
> Finally got my 1970 mounted on my rotary fixture. I flipped the car on
> it's
> side and removed all of the undercoating with a paint scraper. There's
> still a
> small amount of tar on the metal and am wondering what is the best
> product to
> use to remove it? No explosive chemcials please. My parts cleaning
> days by way
> of gasoline are long gone.
> Steve Harvey

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