[urq] removing the pvc coating

[Jim Haseltine]

I find that a twisted wire cup on an angle grinder really shifts the stuff. 
It also sprays the stringy half-melted debris everywhere but it's a lot 
easier to clear that up than to remove the coating by hand.

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Carlier" <p.carlier at pandora.be>
To: "'urq Audifans'" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:07 PM
Subject: [urq] removing the pvc coating


> Pvc coating , or whatever they used in the 80's . I don't really know what 
> it is exactly .
>
> Been scraping and scratching and tapping all day with a hammer and a blunt 
> screwdriver
> and all kinds of tools to get rid of the white coating used on the 
> underbody and wheel arches  .
>
> So I was wondering
> Is there  a more decent way to get it of ?
> A solvent maybe or a heat gun .
>
> Especially once I get the majority off , there are usually some remains .
> Would be nice to be able to wash them off .
>
> Most of the time the sheetmetal is in very good shape if the coating 
> hasn't cracked  .
> Pity they didn't apply a layer of zinc or chromate primer first . That 
> would have protected
> the steel even if the pvc coating wwas damaged .
> Oh well , can't complain , all in all for a 30 year old car ,  the body 
> work is minor .
>
>
> Pat
>
>
>
>
> .
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