you know the stuff, that hard tar like stuff they cover the inside of the floor with. Anyway i need to get it off, to do some serious floor welding! Does anyone know of any easy way to get this goo off??

 

Cheers

95% of the stuff on my floor was really flakey. I just tapped it with a hammer and it would crack and fall apart. More stubborn areas I chipped away with a wide flat screwdriver and a hammer.

Break it off with a hammer on a really cold day.

 

*Edit* On second thought, you probably don't get many cold days in New Zealand.

Break it off with a hammer on a really cold day.

 

*Edit* On second thought, you probably don't get many cold days in New Zealand.

 

right, I guess the tar won't be too flakey when its 30*c outside.

 

Pour liquid nitrogen on it, or find a meat cooler you can drive into :-p

*Edit* On second thought, you probably don't get many cold days in New Zealand.

 

Depends on what you call cold. It certainly aint 30*c at the moment! We might get 10 days each year that hot!

But it isn't cold enough to flake it off though (not all of it anyway). Winter is coming though, maybe i could wait till then!

Pour liquid nitrogen on it...

 

You laugh at this, but the rally guys do this when seam welding a new shell.

 

Some pics here: http://www.gr8wheels.com/Rallyprep.html

 

And go here and search for "Death Ray" (I think the search is down right now):

http://www.specialstage.com/dc/dcboard.php

 

Gary

Im sure its the best way to do it, but have you looked at the price of liquid nitrogen lately? I think ill wait till winter!:cool:

you could always try using a torch at a safe distance to heat it up and scrape it off with putty knife, or drive it into a meat locker.....lol thats funny.

 

 

 

 

~Josh~

I used the widest flat screw driver and a hammer and just tapped away at it. Alot of it came out in good size chuncks once I got a piece going. Now I'm going to use Breaklean to get off the residue before I bed line it. It did take me several sessions to get it all out, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Later, Tim

Thanks guys, i think ill have a go at the screwdriver and hammer thing this weekend, hopefully the weather wil be cold enough!

Looks like most of the inside of the floor has already been replaced, its just little bits i need to do. Then ill have to fabricate some form of a rotisserie so i can do the underside.......

hey ross i had the same problem when i had an old toyota corolla the best way i found was a heat gun and paint stripper it takes a while but it does the trick