[DeTomaso] Undercoating removal?

[Will Kooiman]

It was very easy for me.

Apply heat with a propane torch, follow with a putty knife.  You can get
most of it this way.  Once you get the heavy stuff, use light spirits
(thinner, B-12/ether, even gasoline) on the rest.  Just use normal
precautions, both with the torch and with the vapors.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of JDeRyke at aol.com
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 9:51 PM
To: clarkwgriswold2nd at gmail.com
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Undercoating removal?

Years ago, there was an article on undercoat removal that used dry ice, 
held in place against an area maybe a foot square with heavy blankets for a 
while. Then a sharp blow with a hammer shattered the frozen undercoat and
you 
moved on to the next area. Might be complicated around tight curves etc. 

But as in all such things, there are safety aspects to this, too....   
frostbite! And I wouldn't work very long in a nicely sealed-up garage,
either. 
Asphyxiation can occur with dry-ice-going-to-gaseous-CO2. No matter how its 
done, you'll likely need solvent on a rag for each of the hundreds of 
spot-weld dimples before paint will reliably stick. Its just a miserable,
dirty, 
labor-intensive chore no matter how its done. Good luck- J Deryke
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