38 years of road grime and other stuff! - update - now with paint!

[CUDA JAS]

SO... any cleaning tips???

I am in the process of rebuilding my front suspension.

Here are some pics of all the road grime, dirt and junk from 38 years of enjoyment.









I think I will scrape most of what I can off with a putty knife and razor blade scraper. the hit all the undercating and paint with a scuff pad soaked in thinner.

Then I will touch up the undercaoting where needed and paint everything black.

Any other ideas??

Oh you should see the crap in the K-frame too, but I am replacing that so that should be easier.

Oh and the LCA and UCAs, man are the greasy and grimey, I have them sitting in a bucket of simple green, dishsoap and water to sut through the grease etc.  Seems to be workign too!

Oh what fun!!

Jason

[CID440]

A good Pressure washer would probably dig a bunch of that off.  I used a metal stripper wheel on my car when I restored her a few years ago,  it had metal wire fingers on it and it worked real good.  It's called dynazip here's a vid link on it.

DynaZip Wire Wheel Paint and Rust Removal #1

[1970A66D21]

Your car is in better shape than most..I used a scraper, flat tip screwdriver and 80 grit sandpaper to clean the suspension and underside of my car.Did all this laying on my back under the car.Looks like new.

[BIGSHCLUNK]

Hey at least everythings looking solid! 

[HP_Cuda]

I use a pressure washer with a cleaning agent and it will take that stuff right off, then you can decide what you want to do from there.

[brads70]

Hey at least everythings looking solid! 

       I'm going to go to Princess Auto and see what they have in the way of a wire wheel that goes on my die grinder prefereably or  disc grinder or a electric drill? I have to get some of that ruberized undercoating off to weld in the US car tool braces.

[CID440]

Nothing ever says no to my grinder lol

Try one of those stacked sand paper discs Brad, not too aggressive but still cuts good.

[brads70]

Nothing ever says no to my grinder lol

Try one of those stacked sand paper discs Brad, not too aggressive but still cuts good.

I would think they would plug up quick with the rubberized undercoating? No? 

[CID440]

How about a blow torch and a scraper first?  That wheel I posted about earlier would take care of that problem easy,  the shop that my car was done at uses them primarily to strip the underside of cars they restore.

[72cudamaan]

Yellow can of Easy off works wonders.  Other choice is the pressure washer.

[Topcat]

How about a blow torch and a scraper first?  That wheel I posted about earlier would take care of that problem easy,  the shop that my car was done at uses them primarily to strip the underside of cars they restore.

I used this on my inside wheelwells. Worked really well. Take your time so you don't overheat.
Be careful with the setting. Too much and you'll singe the hair off right off you when the flame rolls back.

http://www.harborfreight.com/propane-torch-with-push-button-igniter-91037.html

[CUDA JAS]

Yellow can of Easy off works wonders.  Other choice is the pressure washer.

Car is in the garage and its cold, so no presure washer!

I like the Easy Off idea....any more details.  Just spray it on and leave it, or do you house it off?


Jason 

[Topcat]

You'll go thru a ton of cans and be waiting around too long. 
Not too mention it's a caustic mess with bad fumes. 

[72cudamaan]

Car is in the garage and its cold, so no presure washer!

I like the Easy Off idea....any more details.  Just spray it on and leave it, or do you house it off?


Jason

You would normally hose it off. I don't know how it would work if you sprayed it on and let it drip onto some cardboard. But
you really need to get the large debris off first. And Topcat is right, you need rubber gloves because it is caustic. But it sure cleans up
undercoating real well.

[Topcat]

If you insist on doing removal this way, have a high volume air moving fan. This stuff is not Little League fumes to be messin around with. It'll make you cough and gag!

I removed my anodizing off of my top door trim with it earlier this year.
It barely worked. Took numerous times re spraying and let sit.
If it can't cut thru a thin anodize;  how will it do on undercaoat?

It's not a wonder fix all.

Wear a suit if you do it this way. You don't want it going on your skin or you eyes.
I seriously don't recommend this avenue of undercoat removal!