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Re: Undercoating

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Subject: Re: Undercoating
From: Jerry Barr <jbarr@doorpi.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:13:31 -0600

Jaral48462@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/21/99 5:29:10 PM Central Standard Time,
> tmccis@revealed.net writes:
>
> << Hi, any helpful hints on removing the tar-like undercoating from my
>  TR-4's wheelwells?  I'm considering warming it up with a propane torch
>  to see if I can scrape it off... >>
>
> You might want to use a Heat Gun instead of a Propane Torch.  Less chance of
> starting a disastrous fire.
>
> Ron
> Ortonville, MI

This conversation reminds me of the time I cut the floor pan form an Austin
Healey Sprite.
I started a small fire under the car and thought to myself, no matter I will
just reach up under the
car and pat it out with a wet shop towel. Well I missed with the towel and stuck
my arm in the
HOT!! tar under coating. That stuff sticks like crazy on bare skin!! I had third
degree burns and
still have the scars to prove it. Just because I teach people how to repair
Heavy Equipment doesn't
mean you can't have a brain fart now and again when playing at home in the shop.

Jerry



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