I'd be tempted to try an orange based solvent that I found at the local
Ace Hardware store. It is called "Contractor's Solvent" and claims to take
anything off! I didn't believe it, but thought it would be good for some
things. While cleaning up the shop I found the puddle of 3 year old
Permatex #3 that had been ignoring in the bottom of one of the bench
drawers. Kerosene doesn't do a very good job on this stuff, so I didn't
expect anything out of the Contractor's Solvent. Sprayed it on and pretty
much wiped it off! I've never seen Permatex come off that easily even when
fresh!
Next time I pull parts off that had gaskets installed with Permatex I will
try this stuff on that too!
Peace,
Pat
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University of Texas, 1 University Station C0500,Austin, Tx. 78712-1188 USA
voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Steven Harvey wrote:
> Hello,
> Finally got my 1970 mounted on my rotary fixture. I flipped the car on it's
> side and removed all of the undercoating with a paint scraper. There's still a
> small amount of tar on the metal and am wondering what is the best product to
> use to remove it? No explosive chemcials please. My parts cleaning days by way
> of gasoline are long gone.
> Steve Harvey.
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