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02-22-2008, 08:06 PM   #1 (permalink)
FATNFAST
 
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Unsightly Under Coating

If your car has undercoating that is visable
and quite old and Nasty looking, here's what to do!

Use truck bed coating to give your fender wells a good clean look.



Here's the materials you'll need.
Dupli-Color Truck bed coating $7.97 per can

* Scraper
* Drill
* Wire wheel
* Respirator
* Rubber Gloves
* Masking tape/painters tape
* Old Newspaper
* Saftey Glasses(Very Important)
* Asprin

First, Get your car up on jack stands and remove wheel. Please use Saftey Glasses! Begin scraping off the undercoating. With your first few scrapes, you'll realize what your getting into. This part is very teadious. But, the more undercoating you get off at this point, the better the results.



I know,your thinking why not use stripper? Very messy.
Here's a tip. Take your scraper over to the grinder and sharpen it up.



Continue scraping off undercoating. Try not to pry out factory seam sealing.
If you do, just re-seal before applying Bedliner Coating.






Once you have removed all of the undercoating, use a wire wheel and drill to remove undercoating left from scraping. Make sure you get into the nooks and crannies.



Next, Use painters/masking tape and old newspaper to Prevent overspray from getting on your paint/floor/frontend.



Now, Put on your respirator and rubber gloves and begin spraying on the bedliner coating. Note: Use light coats. This coating will build up to desired thickness. Again use light even coats with a few minutes between coats. Use in a ventilated area.






Finished surface is much more pleasant to look at yet just as protective, if not more so.



The before an after results are amazing!





You will be pleased with what you've done. It really makes a diffence! Compare both sides once you have completed one side. You won't believe how nasty it really did look!
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Rick in Indy "408 Clevor" 10.185@128.76

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