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>alpines-digest #506 Mon Nov 17 04:05:00 MST 1997
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>Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 17:38:38 -0500
>From: Tom Yang <TYang(at)compuserve.com>
>Subject: The worst job in restoration
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>Hello sunbeamers,
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>As I was laying on my back scraping old undercoating off my Alpine, I
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>thinking that this is the worst job to do on restoring a car. Here are
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>1. I don't think there is an easy way, but to scrape away at it. Maybe
heat
>it up, but not much else.
>2. I don't own a lift, so you have to lie on you back to do it.
>3. Even if you own a lift, you still have to get under it to get good
>leverage.
>4. Because of reason #3. you get it in you eyes, nose, ears, and down
your
>shirt.
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>Anybody can think of worse thing to do?
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>Tom
>covered in rust and undercoating
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Tom, You got the easy life! I am doing a restoration on a 1967 Honda
S800 convertible. The owner wanted all the undercoating off the Inside
and Outside. The inside has undercoat (sound deadening) which is laid
down in sheets - melted or glued on. Plus it had huge rubber mats glued
to the tunnel and was undercoated completely on the bottom.
Since this was a complete restoration, the body was off frame and was
easy to flip the body over. After the stuff was chipped off I used a
big 7" grinder, like a heavy buffer, to remove the stuff to bare metal.
It took a week to completely clean off the bottom. Then the inside and
bottom was sand blasted to get the residual areas.
The last time he came over to inspect progress he complained that there
was still seam sealer inside on the floor. Arggghhhhhh!!!!!!! I told
him if....
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Miles in California
Series II
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