Guest Anonymous Posted October 18, 2000 Share Posted October 18, 2000 It works awesome! I just put a layer of dry ice across the floorpan and let it sit and cool for a few minutes. Whacked floorpan with a dead blow hammer from underneath and was mad that it wasn't breaking into pieces. I could hear it cracking, so I scraped away and off it came! Rock hard, not sticky, no residue left behind, and it came off in flakes as big as my hand! I could even lift it off with my bare hands in big pieces once I got it started! It took me about 2 hours to do both footwells and 1/2 of the transmission tunnel on the passenger side(Ran out of ice damnit!) compared to about an hour to do JUST the tiny area under the driver's seat yesterday. Definately the way to go! I can easily de-tar the rest of the body in another hour or two. Scraping is for the birds ------------------ Morgan morgan@z31.com http://carfiche.com http://z31.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted October 18, 2000 Share Posted October 18, 2000 Morgan, that's pretty cool . Does it remove the stuff on the underside of the car too? That's what I thought you were referring to at first. I hate that stuff they put on the inside of the floors, etc. It wasn't put down real well in alot of Z's I've seen and a little bit of water gets under it and Whammo! You've got rust BIG time. That's how my floors went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted October 18, 2000 Share Posted October 18, 2000 No, the undercoating was left undamaged. I have just the transmission tunnel and hatch area left to go now I'm gonna try liquid nitrogen this time, just point the hose at it and let it spatter on and see how that works. With some luck it'll be so cold it'll just fall off instead of me having to pick the pieces up ------------------ Morgan morgan@z31.com http://carfiche.com http://z31.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted October 18, 2000 Share Posted October 18, 2000 Cryogenically treated floorboards and tunnel?! Pretty high tech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jason Posted October 20, 2000 Share Posted October 20, 2000 Liquid Nitrogen? Be careful you don't shatter the metal like in the movies. I had a chem teacher who claims she broke a bike U lock that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted October 20, 2000 Share Posted October 20, 2000 Very clever! where does one get ahold of liquid nitrogen - or for that matter, just dry ice???? I just completed my car's de-tarring. Took about a week with a chisel and hammer to do the whole floor and hatch area, and there's still a "residue" left. Lots of cursing and dozens of cuts on my hands. Pete's right - there is rust hiding underneath that tar, even if the top surface looks dry and pristine. The worst places are where the sheet metal panels join, and are covered by rubbery white glue. Rust wants to form at those joints. Of course, the metal is unpainted in those areas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RisqueRace? Posted October 20, 2000 Share Posted October 20, 2000 That is a good trick, I like it You guys are full of it Good information that is Thanks Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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