[Mgs] question about paint prep

[Clayton Kirkwood]

So, I suppose part of the question remains unanswered: how much work should
I go to repaint the interior given that it is covered by carpet and panels
and are pressurized blasters better than suction blasters or is a quick
rough up with a blaster and then primer a better suited route?

 

TIA,

 

Clayton

 

From: Mike Eldred [mailto:redscirocco at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 12:25 PM
To: barneymg at mgaguru.com; crk at godblessthe.us; mgs at autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Mgs] question about paint prep

 

Heat is the answer to softening most adhesives - try a hair dryer or
(better) heat gun.  
Steam is also helpful with some water-soluble adhesives.  
 
-Mike Eldred
Wilmington, VT
 
 

> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:08:32 -0500
> To: crk at godblessthe.us; mgs at autox.team.net
> From: barneymg at mgaguru.com
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] question about paint prep
> 
> I'm sure it depends on the type of adhesive. I install carpet 
> padding and a lot of the carpet in my MGA with "carpet adhesive" 
> bought by the gallon from Home Depot. I think it is latex based, and 
> fairly slow drying. I have remove old carpet and installed new 
> carpet a couple of times by now. I settled on soaking it with 
> gasoline, scraping out the bulk of it with a gasket scraper, and 
> rubbing it with steel wool to wash it clean. I was at first sort of 
> surprised that gasoline was a solvent for the glue, but whatever 
> works. Use rubber gloves, and no smoking please.
> 
> 
> At 05:19 PM 10/2/2011 -0700, Clayton Kirkwood wrote:
> >.... the interior is tougher. .... I have had poor performance 
> >removing the glue used to keep the carpet down .... I would like to 
> >get the glue off. Any suggestions???? ....
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