[urq] removing the pvc coating

[Steve Mills]

I haven't used it myself, but other people have used dried ice to freeze the coating- hitting it with just a mallet then shatters it, and allegedly there's minimal cleanup. 

On Dec 15, 2012, at 12:07 PM, "Patrick Carlier" <p.carlier at pandora.be> wrote:

> 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 . 
> 
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> Pat 
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