[Mgs] question about paint prep

[Hans Duinhoven]

Well Max,

I have driven diesel fueled cars for decades from 1978 on when I got my 
first leasecar - a VW Golf 50 BHP, but hate the smell of diesel!
Once items are touched by diesel, it is very hard to get rid of the diesel 
fumes.
Personally I would opt for an alternative solution.

Cheers,

Hans

71 BGT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim at sonic.net>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] question about paint prep


> Diesel fuel is an equally available and comparably priced solvent with the
> advantage of not being flammable at all, for all practical purposes.
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Menlo Park, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
> on 10/3/11 3:32 PM, Barney Gaylord at barneymg at mgaguru.com wrote:
>
>> Much truth there.  But gasoline is a very good solvent for many
>> applications, and much cheaper than many other solvents.  I commonly
>> use it to wash down an engine to remove grease, oil and dirt, then
>> follow with a good rinse with lacquer thinner to remove the residue
>> left behind by the first wash.  Lacquer thinner not only removes the
>> fuel slime but may also remove a lot of paint that may remain, and it
>> leaes nothing behind when it dries (rapidly).  Lots of solvents are
>> flamable, so treat accordingly. What else do you have that will
>> remove glue and oil, is NOT flamable, and will leave a pristienly
>> clean surface for painting?  Gasoline is not so bad to work with as a
>> cleaner if you treat it with proper respect.
>>
>>
>> At 02:40 PM 10/3/2011 -0700, Richard Ewald wrote:
>>> Gasoline is a very poor item to use as a cleaner.  Besides the fumes
>>> being explosive, it leaves a greasy residue that will have to be
>>> cleaned up before paint can be successfully applied.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Barney Gaylord
>>> <<mailto:barneymg at mgaguru.com>barneymg at mgaguru.com> wrote:
>>> 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???? ....