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| Elliot_Cannon |
 May 20 2003, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None  |
I've been reading alot about removing the tar on the floor pans lately. My floors look great inside and out. Can't see any rust under the car. I would like to get by without scraping the tar off. Is there any way you can determine if there is rust under the tar without scraping it all up? It looks like a very labor intensive job. I try to avoid hard work whenever I can but I am finding that to be impossible when working on a 30 year old car.
Cheers, Elliot |
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| Jenny |
May 21 2003, 12:53 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,060 Joined: 6-January 03 Member No.: 96 Region Association: None |
Seriously, it's a 2-3hr job to remove the tar if you have the interior stripped already, have a heat gun and a putty knife. I did it in a little over 2hrs, and I'm an amateur.
The hard work comes after that. The clean up. But it's really worth it if 1. you find out there's no rust in your floor pans, or 2. you find there is rust, but you caught it in time to repair it. Catch 22. Sorry. I'd vote foryou do it. Jen |
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Elliot Cannon floor pan condition May 20 2003, 09:43 PM
GWN7 Do you have a crystal ball? If so, tell Muller the... May 21 2003, 12:38 AM GWN7 See...the voice of one of the 99% :) May 21 2003, 01:06 AM jridder So what is the recommended treatment after taking ... May 21 2003, 03:58 AM Jenny I've started going at the rust areas with a wi... May 21 2003, 09:35 AM SirAndy after the cleanup, make sure you put "Metal-Ready"... May 21 2003, 11:50 AM Jenny What's that??
Jen May 21 2003, 11:58 AM Elliot Cannon Ah rats!!! I guess I knew what the a... May 21 2003, 11:59 AM SirAndy vortrex use a $5 plumbers torch, works great. May 21 2003, 01:18 PM Gint QUOTE
Elliot Cannon So far so good! I used my butane torch and sc... May 21 2003, 07:40 PM Brad Roberts 12$ heat gun from Harbor freight... when you ... May 22 2003, 12:54 AM
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