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

[Joseph F Byrd, Jr]

This is one area that I haven't discussed for 5177's build.

The plan is a driver.   However the bottom has been cleaned/smoothed and
painted 60% black already

I'll go with what ever the builder recomends

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From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Mike
& Elizabeth
Sent: Friday, September 18, 2020 8:55 PM
To: 'Corey Price' <coreyjprice at gmail.com>; 'Detomaso'
<detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Need Collective Wisdom: To Undercoat or Not?

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

-----Original Message-----
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

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