Outer Limits 4x4 Board

I have just spent most of the afternoon trying to strip bitumenous body deadener off the floor of my new cab. I only got a really small section done and it still has a fair bit on it. I tried scraping it off which took forever with the corrugations then stripping what was left with petrol. This kind of worked but not really. I also tried a rust wheel on a grinder but this just liquified it and spat it everywhere lol.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I cant see guys working in repair workshops sitting there like me all day.

John

Hybrid wrote:I have just spent most of the afternoon trying to strip bitumenous body deadener off the floor of my new cab. I only got a really small section done and it still has a fair bit on it. I tried scraping it off which took forever with the corrugations then stripping what was left with petrol. This kind of worked but not really. I also tried a rust wheel on a grinder but this just liquified it and spat it everywhere lol.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I cant see guys working in repair workshops sitting there like me all day.

John

That stuff is a PITA. Try chipping it off with a hammer & cold chisel. You'll still need to clean up the metal with some solvent though.

Worked for me.

I had some luck removing mine by heating it with a heat gun and then using a paint scraper to scrape it away.

air hammer with a big flat tip dont go on too much of a angle or you will cut through the floor

cheers
pcman

use stripper leave it one for bout 30 mins
that softens it up a bit then scrape it off
for the harder bits use a cold chisel it should just chip off
or use a wire wheel on a drill

grimbo wrote:I had some luck removing mine by heating it with a heat gun and then using a paint scraper to scrape it away.

That is wat i do at work (panelshop) warm it up either with a hot air gun or the oxy/accetelyne torch on a soft flame (if you know what i mean)and then scrap it off with a scraper like a bbq then either prepsol or thinners on a rag and wipe the rest clean .

Another idea is to buy a couple of kg's of dry ice. This is pretty cheap, and available from BOC Gasses. Tip it onto the floor, let it sit far a while, and then give the floor some light taps with a mallet. The dry ice freezes the bitumen and it falls off.

I believe this is a racecar trick.

I have only ever done the cold chisel/turps/wire wheel/swear/see little pink elephants method and I am not eager to do it again!

The heat gun worked for me, but get it really soft (heaps of heat), then its easy to scrape it off, clean the rest off with prepsol. If you are removing it from inside the cab allow PLENTY.....HEAPS!!!!! of air flow.......

burn it as they said heat if u got a bare carb you could burn it off as it burns very slow and controlabl and pels off but lots off fumes also a wire brush on an air machin we have at work is really good

Thx Guys

I'll be getting back into it tomorrow. I dont have a heat gun and the rented oxy cylinders have been sitting empty under the house for as long as I can remember lol. I'll try the paint stripper or dry ice trick. I was thinking how I could get it cold to chip it off cause I noticed it came off easier in the morning.

If dry ice works it sounds like the best safest way to get it off.
Let us know if you do try useing it.
Evan