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#1 1275MIN

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 04:22 PM

So how do you pro's remove all the oil and mud from under the car and also the glue and stuff from the carpets inside before you paint them?? :lol:

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Posted 04 August 2007 - 08:04 PM

So how do you pro's remove all the oil and mud from under the car and also the glue and stuff from the carpets inside before you paint them?? :lol:


Scrapers, Chisels, Heat guns, Celly thinners... and lots of time and patience

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 10:44 AM

Wire cup on a grinder works too,

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 10:42 PM

Wire cup on a grinder works too,


except on wet underseal or mud as it just clogs them straight away and there a bar steward to clean :wub:

as above i find scrapers and chisels good

my favourite new stuff though is 'Pro clean' you hose the surface down, spray on the pro clean leave it for 5 minutes and then hose it all off,

its non harmfull is non accidic so doesnt kill the alloys etc only problem i have got with it is im running out of the stuff and i cant find some more of it anywhere :huh:

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Posted 06 August 2007 - 11:27 AM

if you can get access to it a either a steam cleaner - (good for getting an adhesive stuff off) or a pressure washer, just make sure you dry the whole car properly after or the shell you've just got red to paint will simply rot again ( then again if the budget will stretch you could get the whole thing acid dipped but sometimes that only reveals more problems)




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