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| | | | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 87 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 87 | Well i am off for the weekend to go pick at my trucks. but before I leave i hope someone can answer my question. At one time someone got carried away with spraying undercoating on my frame and pretty much everywhere else. I need to clean this stuff off, and what I have done so far is a pain. I am using an angle grinder and a wire wheel. which seems to just move it around, and mostly on to me. Is there a better way? can you burn that S**t off? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | This might help. Google is your friend. 
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,733 | I have some luck with an electric heat gun, looks like a heavy duty hairdrier, and a putty knife or gasket scraper. Torches are too hot and fire is a problem you don't really need. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 138 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 138 | That and you don't want to burn that stuff... Many types can form a caustic acid when burned that can eat your frame alive...
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | easy off oven cleaner maybe
that came to mind
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,544 | I've been working on a '50 Chev that was undercoated when it was new. I've had good luck using carb cleaner spray. I spray the area that I want to work on with the carb spray and let it soak for a few minutes, then take a screwdriver or scrapper and it will come off and expose nice clean metal. I've found that once you get a small spot cleaned off, then spray the edges so the carb cleaner can work its way in it helps. I've had great luck, getting brake lines off, brake hoses, backing plates, splash shields ect. The bottom line is it takes time and patience to do a good job, and its messy no matter what method you use.
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