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| VaccaRabite |
 Mar 1 2007, 08:43 PM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,637 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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I have the under-pans cleared. The last body area that I need to glear is the super grimey area where the engine and tranny used to be.
Is there anything that I can put on it to clean off the grime easily? I don't want to have to rinse off the metal with water. The entire car right now is bare metal until it gets warm enough to paint. Adding some chemical that I have to rise with water would be a nightmare. I'd rather lightly sand the body to clear flash rust then introduce water in my garage and really have rust start growing. But I also can't paint over greasy metal, either. Zach |
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| Chris Pincetich |
Mar 2 2007, 01:42 PM
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B-) Group: Members Posts: 2,082 Joined: 3-October 05 From: Point Reyes Station, CA Member No.: 4,907 Region Association: Northern California |
I just dropped my engine yesterday and am cleaning today. I have a new can of brake cleaner if needed, but really prefer the NON-TOXIC (mostly) water soluable Simple Green. I have lots of old T-shirts to use as rags. First a good double soak spray, then get all the grime off, removed tins hosed. Then second pass with cleaner shirt, third pass with clean shirt if needed. Sanding rusty bumpy parts smooth followed by primer then black. Phosphoric acid stuff if it is really rusty, wait 24 h, sanding smooth etc.. .I plan to use most of the rest of my gallon of QuietCar on the firewall, followed by the rest of my can of Wurth Undergaurd - both have bumpy bits that insulate against sound.
My speedy side-shift conversion turned into a engine bay rustoration (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Attached image(s) 
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Vacca Rabite Degreasing my engine area Mar 1 2007, 08:43 PM
SirAndy
I have the under-pans cleared. The last body are... Mar 1 2007, 10:11 PM
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