I just finished stripping this **** with Dry ice and scraper with a rubber mallet. I used this adhesive remover for the left over adhesive but only to find that it worked So-So. What other suggestions do you guys have on how to get it as clean as this guy did in his write up?
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=525936
Example of his work:


My work. LOL:


Also what could i do about those long Strips of tar without scraping up the metal too much? Its so thick and caked on there. Im trying to find out what type of chemical i could use on there to eat at it and make it soft and easy to scrape off.






This stuff was pretty strong, burned my skin if it was on there for like 30 secs or more. Still not strong enough to eat through that tough tar.


Also when i did the back seat portion(look at the second or third pic) of the sound deadening these caps came off the chasis, they were like glued in from what it looked like. What do i do now? Has this happened to any one else using the dry ice method?


Let me know what you guys think. Im going to attempt next week to clean off the tar completly so its smooth. I plan on having my whole car repainted this summer thats why i stripped the sound deadening. Trying to save some money when it comes to labor when the time comes.

Im a very neat and tidy person so this type of **** Erks me

 

try dry ice

 

Acetone/mineral spirits/linseed oil.

 

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homie if you would have read the first sentences of my post instead of looking at the pics you would see i already tried dry ice. LOL
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So this type of oils would soften it up for me?

 

I dont know about softening it up, but it should help loosen the adhesive. Never removed that stuff before, but if you really soaked down some of the adhesive with that stuff, it *should* wipe right up once its been saturated.

Could try some "Goo-gone" or "Goof-off" whatever its called, worked wonders on my side molding double sided tape on another car of mine.

 

Yea man but this isnt your normal double sided tape type adhesive this **** is tar. LOL

 

Anymore suggestions? I did some searching and came up with probably using a heat gun to heat that **** up.

 

bump also like to know i'm doing the samething at the moment, I think i'm going to use aircraft stripper, if that does not work i'm going to try pennutbutter...... pennutbutter worked on my skin when I would surf( in cali ) and get tar on me it's worth a try

 

Damn I give props to everyone who does this cause this is a PITA removing this ****. It's something that once you start there's no turning back. I've got my hatch stripped and now have to do this next.

 

you gotta run some sanding discs to buff em all off.. Thats what I did before I rattle canned it all black.. Acitone didnt do anything, heat gun made it spread all over, but was working with alot of time and scraping and rubbing..
Thats my experiance.....

 

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Yea bro its a big *** bitch but i just gotta do it. LOL
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Thats my experiance.....</TD></TR></TABLE>
Thats what i was thinking, what grit do you think would work best? Im probably going to use a sander and some hope.

Also i have a feeling when sanding it im going to penetrate the metal, you guys dont think it will rust right away do ya?

 

Up for more suggestions.

 

Is it really worth all that effort?

 

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Why do people take out this tar? Does it really weight that much?

 

I would try diesel or gasoline

 

my car actually looks exactly the same. i thought it was my car for a second. i used dry ice. i still have some cleaning up to do but none the less 30lbs of dry ice on a cold day will do it!

 

Im also removing the tar and wondering how to get that hard glue stuff off. Also my caps came off the chassis on the front passenger side floor, now I can see the ground.

 

Use gasoline...and no I'm not joking! I use it all the time when I'm detailing cars

 

clean up the caps with a wire wheel on a bench grinder and glue them back in with urathane.

 

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only 15 lbs. definately not worth it. if your that much into weight YOU could lose 10lbs or so in a couple of weeks. and plus that keeps all the road noise out so now the car will be hella loud and annoying

 

The walmart brand of goo-gone, it's in the aisle with the automotive spray paints and car scents. It works A++! Just make sure you have plenty of clean rags, it takes a lot.

 

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Why do people take out this tar? Does it really weight that much?</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL For piece of mind. Im getting this car repainted this summer so i think the way im going to have the car gutted its going to look ugly too if i get the sound deadening repainted also. So i said **** it im gutting it and going all out with weight reduction LOL
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Yea going to try that, out of curiousity what else do oyu use gasoline for to clean?
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2point2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">clean up the caps with a wire wheel on a bench grinder and glue them back in with urathane.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yea im keeping a couple but i lost one i think So when the time comes im going to just get a plate welded over the one i lost and voila i should be striaght.
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I might give that a shot but im going to take a sander probably to the really damn thick chunks.

 

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Yea going to try that, out of curiousity what else do oyu use gasoline for to clean? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I use it to clean up ANY type of hard to remove grease or tar. Put some in a spray bottle, spray it on the tar, and you will start to see it dissolve within seconds

 

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I use it to clean up ANY type of hard to remove grease or tar. Put some in a spray bottle, spray it on the tar, and you will start to see it dissolve within seconds </TD></TR></TABLE>

I see. Well i think im going to give that a shot and take a match to it if all else fails.

 

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I see. Well i think im going to give that a shot and take a match to it if all else fails. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Let me know how everything turns out! I look at it like this...pay lots of money for adhesive remover or pay $2.00 for a big-*** gallon of gas! You'll need to use a bit, but I'd be interested in how it works for you