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Posted by: Thorshammer Feb 26 2004, 12:20 PM

I removed all of the tar paper from the floors of my racecar the past couple days. Anyone know the best way to remove the residue from the adhesive. I would like something fairly easy that I could prime over, Any ideas.

Thanks,

Erik Madsen

Posted by: brant Feb 26 2004, 12:29 PM

try a few cans of spray brake cleaner.. and a bunch of rags to wipe it off before it dries...

worked pretty well for me.

(any pictures or details of the race car?)

brant

Posted by: Brad Roberts Feb 26 2004, 04:10 PM

Erik,

Dont wipe in the same spot on the rag. You have to flip it over constantly. Spray.. wipe..flip..spray..wipe..flip.

Then grab another rag. The build up happens quickly on the rag and you will end up smearing it if you dont change rags or flip it to a clean spot.

B

Posted by: Thorshammer Feb 26 2004, 05:10 PM

Thanks Brad,

Sorry to bug you at lunch, how was the Buritto, MMM my favorite.

Tried that method its okay. Here's what I am trying now:

Propane torch to get the majority of the goo onto a scraper, then a can of 3M general adhesive remover, I hear it's the nuts. Will know late tonight.

Erik.

It's not win ,Place or show it just plain WIN

Posted by: Jeroen Feb 26 2004, 05:39 PM

Yep... what Brad saiz...
Use toilet paper, works like a charm

cheers,

Jeroen

Posted by: Brad Roberts Feb 26 2004, 07:12 PM

Therein lies your biggest problem. DONT use the propane torch to remove the tar paper. It gets too hot. It turns the tar paper to GOO and makes a big fat mess. When I say heat gun.. I mean it. The heat gun doesnt get anywhere near as hot as the propane setup. I barely run over the entire area with the heat gun and use a puddy knife just in front of my heat source.

B

Posted by: swood Feb 26 2004, 10:18 PM

Mines been peeling right off by itself. There is that residue though...

Posted by: Thorshammer Feb 27 2004, 11:17 AM

Thanks Brad,

I did notice the paper got gooey when I overdid the heat with the torch, but mostly it all came up in big strips. The 3M adhesive remover worked like a charm with all of the adhesive coming off. After letting it sit for a few minutes just a light scraping to pile up the adhesive. And the floor was all clean, nice stuff. A little scuffing with a stiff brush some pre prep wipe down and I was able to paint the floor. I weighed the tar paper and I took almost 18 LBS off of the car. HMM!

Erik