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Nick57
Joined: 09 Dec 2013
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Location: Leicestershire
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 Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 2:10 pm Post subject: Removing underseal |
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I have to get some welding done shortly on the floor/chassis of my Renault 4
The person who did the job before did a bodge job and then covered it with underseal of some sort. The welds are splitting so i need to clean off the areas to be repaired
I think the underseal is 2/3 years old
Does anybody use something to soften underseal so that it can be wiped off or recommend another method 
Nick
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D4B
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| Cellulose thinners and lots of rag, but wear gloves / goggles, very messy |
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Phil - Nottingham
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Better and safer to person to use a heat gun to soften it and scrape it off and then use thinners/white spirit/paraffin to clean it up
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D4B
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| Phil - Nottingham wrote: | | Better and safer to person to use a heat gun to soften it and scrape it off and then use thinners/white spirit/paraffin to clean it up |
Actually you're right Phil, and this was exactly how I did mine..... |
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Nick57
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the replies.
I had not thought of the heat gun and will use that to start with and see where it leads me.
nick
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colwyn500
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| You're going to need bare metal for the welding so if you have some paint stripper that would work wonders. |
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MikeEdwards
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| Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, heat gun and scraper is the way, though if it's been worked into bad welds that haven't been planished or tidied up, you'll have to get the wire brush on it. Don't heat it too much, just so it gets soft enough to scrape off - if it starts bubbling, back off a bit. |
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Nick57
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Thanks for the tips guys, just got to wait for it to stop raining !
Nick
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