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Re: Removing carpet glue

To: <6pack@autox.team.net>, "Shane Ingate" <madmax_xx@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Removing carpet glue
From: "Brooks Bullock" <airsmyth@covad.net>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:15:16 -0400
shane:

I used a paint stripping heat gun and scraper on the sound deadning mats
which makes a whole lot less mess.it also worked alot cleaner on the paint
as well just more elbow action with a small brush in the nooks and crannies.

Brooks
Atlanta GA
74 & 76



----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Ingate" <madmax_xx@hotmail.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:58 AM
Subject: Removing carpet glue


> Hi All,
>
> I've gutted the interior of the TR6, but am still left with the
> glue (and pieces of insulation stuck to the glue) from the carpet.
> How does one remove this completely?  I have scraped most of it off,
> but seeing that I am going to spray the interior with zylatone, I would
> like nothing but metal remaining.
>
> What sort of tips to folk have to offer with regard to removing the
> glue?  I note too that there are thick tarry sheets glued/tarred to the
> rear floor panels.  How to remove this?
>
>
> For folk interested in where this is taking me, the car has been
> the long-suffering patient of a large weight-reduction program.  My
> TR6 is not being built as a race car, but a lightweight roadster.
> Now that the interior has been stripped, there is nothing else to pull
> off that car but start replacing panels with alloy/carbon fibre.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Shane Ingate in Maryland
>
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