If you assume that product is not working properly, try it to your hand before using it to your Ford's priceless floor.


...or did I read right?


Hyvinkää, FI

Did it say to use it for that in the instructions? Ouch.

Very good machine when you have scrape stuff. Coating, paint, skin...




Hyvinkää, FI

I'm so glad I don't have any undercoating on my car. I do have some old caked on grease on the front suspension. A heat gun and various flat tools has made the removal process fairly easy.

~DJ~ AKA "Bleach"
1956 Ford Fairlane Town Sedan 30K original miles

back to this topic, I've stumbled across a workable solution.

torch attachment that screws on the little propane bottles used for Coleman stoves and lanterns!

turns the undercoating, and in our case, probably some roofing tar, into soft peanut butter-consistency goop that scrapes off with a paint scraper.

still a messy job but works well. this thing had it on the reverse side of both bumpers and all over the undercarriage...

what a mess!!

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

I second that. I've had best luck with an electric Wagner paint scraper... the original undercoating (1955) is so brittle that it comes off in chunks when the power scraper is at the right angle, exposing the paint underneath. For tighter areas, I use a small air powered needle scaler. The needle gun will chip the paint, however.

I used a right angle, front exhaust die grinder with coarse abrasive discs and that worked really well. Wear safety glases and a dust mask.

Rono.

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

Go on ebay and buy a cheap air powered gasket scraper . The combination of the brittle old undercoating attacked with that vibrating scraper causes the stuff to come off in big chunks revealing clean metal underneath. I did that on my 55 Tbird and it worked like a champ

Pete

Heat gun and sharp putty knife. Also works for stripping paint. Would not use open flame. Have to be careful with heat gun because you can catch car on fire with it also.

Definitely a paint heat gun. I did the underside of my56 Tbird and it softens up the undercoating real good.

54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ