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May 19, 2004
From: amukdigiphoto [mailto: amukdigiphoto@... ]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:18 AM
To: midgetsprite@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Reply - Re: [midgetsprite] Re: Tub interior restoration
Duncan
One of the jobs I hated most on the car (and there were plenty of
them) was scraping all the underseal/bitumen off the inner
footwells and fronts of the inner footwells. I'm not small (no
comments needed on that one thanks Ed) at 6 foot and getting
inside those footwells and scraping, scraping, scraping was very
uncomfortable!
Regarding carpet glue and fluff, I found Cellulose thinners
worked really well. Apply it with a brush, leave for a few minutes
and it just scrapes off, once you've got the majority off - go over it
with an old rag moistened with Cellulose thinners and it comes
off clean (as well as some of the top coat!). I then went over this
with Nitromors paint remover and took off all the paint.
Forget trying to remove underseal/bitumen/carpet glue with
Nitromors - it doesn't work.
I painted the footwell areas in etch primer/high build primer/top
coat - the same as the rest of the body. I did use seam sealer on
all the overlapping joints/weld seams beforehand.
Nigel
"Duncan Sinclair" < duncan@... > 32163
Posted on May 19, 2004 09:40 AM
Posted to category(s) Body | Exterior | Interior | Restoration
