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Old Jan 20, 2018 | 04:40 PM
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Getting ready to remove old dried curled up under coating. Best method without damaging floor pan/body? Thanks for the help.
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Old Jan 20, 2018 | 04:56 PM
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Getting ready to remove old dried curled up under coating. Best method without damaging floor pan/body? Thanks for the help.
Paint thinner in a spray bottle,messy job. It works though.
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Old Jan 20, 2018 | 05:15 PM
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Hi,
As JB says...paint thinner...and plastic putty knives/scrapers of various sizes and shapes.
If you're to not paint the underbody you don't want to damage the fiberglass surface.
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Heat gun will work quite well also. Give it a try...you might be amazed. That is how I get the major thick areas off. And this is due to I am not wasting thinner..and i do not have to worry about the vapors.

Then I will do the rest...if needed... with the lacquer thinner.

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first heat gun and scraper, then wipe/remove with thinner.
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I used brake cleaner and a plastic scraper on my 68. It worked about as well as could be expected. it just wasn't a very fun job...
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