[T2] Undercoating removal tip

[Dan Bessom]

Ive used the zinc spray, It works great.


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 9:32 PM, David Kelly <volknstein at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I did it the hard way. I used a hammer and a flat screw driver. I chipped
> it away with that. I had already removed all of the suspension parts, the
> engine and the trans. I had thought that undercoating caused the rust
> problems like you mentioned, but I discovered the opposite. Where there was
> undercoating, there was bright beautiful paint underneath, even under the
> loose undercoating. I did find that people have the bad habit of spraying
> undercoating over rust to hide it before they sell the vehicle.
> Undercoating is very oily to start with, which is great for rust
> prevention.  I'm using POR15 chassis black to repaint the underside of my
> bus and then I'm using plain ole undercoating in the wheel wells over that.
> I am going to contact POR15 before spraying undercoating over their product
> first to make sure they play well together.
>
> Also, Eastwood makes a zinc based product in a spray can that is made to
> go inside body cavities and hollow frames. It is a internal frame coating.
> It comes with a 2 foot straw that sprays in all directions at the tip.
> Insert the straw in a hole in the frame, pull the Trigger while slowly
> pulling out the straw. It is suppose to neutralize existing rust and
> prevent new rust. Cool stuff. I'm definitely doing this.
>
>
> David Kelly
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 27, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Joe Average <joeaverage at frontiernet.net>
> wrote:
>
> > - - - Since you have the undercoating off, are you going to put it back
> on...
> >
> > ...So any good pointers on things I could differently? Missing ideas or
> thoughts?
> >
> > Chris in TN
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