Started stripping the undercoating off the bottom chemically. Man, this is going to be a long and painful process. There is a lot of goo underneath this damn car. Pics to come later on in the week as I make more progress.
And you're gonna post the pictures before you clean up,.....Mr. OCD?
We'll forgive the mess,..... honest. It'll be the only way you'll convince me that you dont have a (How did Dave put it?.........a "Shirtless Malaysian kid getting paid .50 a day" to do the work.)
Rubberized undercoating SUCKS. There really is no easy way to remove this gunk. I started doing it chemically, and then realized all that does is make it a tacky mess. Wire wheels get gunked up within minutes. I finally resorted to using a oscillating tool with a scraper blade on the end to scrape up the majority of the mess. It's making quick work, in my opinion. I'll follow that up with a knotted high-speed wire wheel and then a paint removing disc. Should hopefully get the job done.
I also bought some POR 15 Marine Clean and Prep and Ready to give the underside a final cleaning before paint. I hear their prep products work very well. We shall see!
Camera is away on warranty repairs, but I'll have more pictures once it's back.
which brings me to ask, if you scrape the coated wheel wells clean of their sound deadening, what are you gonna do to counter the noise that will come as a result of it being gone?Booyah! Nice.
And madmike1157, I did consider using the torch and scrape method, but I'm personally not sure how I feel about melting what could be PVC undercoating. Toxic fumes are not a part of my daily diet. I know that I will be forced to hit some areas with a flame because I won't be able to get in there with power tools, but I'm going to try to remove as much as I can mechanically. I'm definitely making it harder on myself, but oh well. That's how it goes sometimes! I was working on for a bit today. That oscillating scraper really does a nice job of scraping the coating away. Hitting what's left with a knotted wire wheel brings it right down to the metal.
The only thing that has me stunned is why Ford put an incredibly thick layer of what looks to be seam sealer all over the wheel wells. They must have done it to for road noise, but jeez, this stuff is caked on!
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