[DeTomaso] Need Collective Wisdom: To Undercoat or Not?

[Mike & Elizabeth]

I will have the same question when 6328 nears that point in her restoration as I have decided to have my guy take it down to bare metal.  One question I would think is what do you intend to do with the car when it's back together?  If the (correct) answer is drive it, as I intend to do, I'll likely have some form of undercoating/rust/noise/moisture protection put back onto the bottom of the car and in the wheel wells.  We'll see what the recommendations are.  Right now I'm leaning towards a bed-liner type product for the engine bay, a fine-texture variety such as what Larry Finch had on his car (Larry?), so may carry that over to the underside.

Mike Thomas

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Corey Price
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 12:36 PM
To: Detomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] Need Collective Wisdom: To Undercoat or Not?

All,

Please give me your opinions and wisdom on undercoating: should someone re-undercoat after a complete strip down and removal of all old undercoating and subsequent painting? Why or why not? How about replacing undercoating with a bedliner product?

I'm stripping undercoating off the bottom of my car and I can't stand the stuff. I have to admit that it isn't hiding stuff on my car and appears to have done an okay job of rust prevention.

Corey