Dave Rich update
Hi Ann!
We did get the remaining undercoating off the car this past weekend. It was a slog but the body, fenders etc, are now ready to move forward as soon as I finish vacuuming and blowing everything out of all crevices.
I will have a few square feet feet of the underside of the hood to hand strip as the blaster was very concerned with warping the metal with the amount of time it would take to get the undercoating off. I'd leave it except the painting process will be much better with it removed.
We discovered a bit more rust in a few areas but again, given the age, its to be expected. We likely would have missed some of it had we not fully stripped the car.
All told, the woody took over 3700 lbs of recycled glass media to remove undercoating, paint and corrosion. That is more than 2X his previous high mark...
Here are a few pictures.
Now begins the process of metal repair...
As always, best regards
Dave
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I will have a few square feet feet of the underside of the hood to hand strip as the blaster was very concerned with warping the metal with the amount of time it would take to get the undercoating off. I'd leave it except the painting process will be much better with it removed.
We discovered a bit more rust in a few areas but again, given the age, its to be expected. We likely would have missed some of it had we not fully stripped the car.
All told, the woody took over 3700 lbs of recycled glass media to remove undercoating, paint and corrosion. That is more than 2X his previous high mark...
Here are a few pictures.
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As always, best regards
Dave
Email comment from Sam:
ReplyDeleteThat was a VERY Durable and Protective Undercoating!!
Good thing the Woody body was heavy gauge metal ... doubt than today’s light weight sheet metal unibodies would have survived that much blasting - most likely would look like Grams ruffled lace (including the holes)!
Take care, Sam