Well a friend and I started to remove some of the tar yesterday, went out and got about 40 Lbs of dry ice. We did most of the front, but it was an ozone warning day yesterday and we started feeling tired.

So today we start again, and it seems some of the tar just doesnt want to come up. So people you have stripped out their front tar (this is a VX), any tips. I need to buy more dry ice, but i have no money for it. Also how long do you usually keep the Dry Ice on the tar before removing?

And the black thing behind the pedal assembly - do you have to remove the dash to take that black thingy out to get to more tar? Ahh the joys of removing tar..

 

i would recommend an impact hammer wiht chisel atachment y0!

 

have trouble geting the tar of the little plug things and near the edges



how do you get the black residue crap off?



more tar on the little plug thingyies..


ANY help is appreciated..

 

go get some stuff called air craft removal, it will take it right off, its a spray can

 

Really? I have some sitting at home

 

what is it and where can i buy it? and how much?

 

How much weight exactly does removing the tar contribute to?

 

at least 20 or more....

 

for a VX/CX not that much - I just want to get my car painted one color inside and out.

 

2 words.

DRY ICE


Crush it and spread it all over the tar. Wait a few, and chip away.

 

used Dry Ice, that crap still didnt want to come up. There was some sort of yellow substance holding it down. Im using a chisel and hammer, and it still isnt coming out that well. I think i need more dry ice...

 

heres the secret...crush the dry and with alcohol (slushy) and apply to tar.....you'll see

 

I got mine out with a blowtorch, only problem was, I melted the glue around those plug this, and the plugs themselves STILL have tar on them. The other thing I cant figure out, is how to get the tar off that glue seam in front of the firewall mat, without killing the glue itself..

 

Try using lighter fluid. Don't laugh, I'm serious. When you are done, be sure to wipe up with soap and water.

 

care to explain more - so i have to crush the dry ice into pieces and put alchol on it? your directions were vague

 

what exactly is dry ice?

 

basically solid ice, i think CO2. It is basically -119 degrees. Yep.

 

I kept every last piece out of my 88 Si to weigh it, and it was right around 12-13 lbs.

 

lighter fluid does wonders man...works for everything!

 

best time to do it is in the winter early in the morning!

 

its just too bad that i started in summer

 

will a fire extinguisher werk, if me and navin just spray that junk on it, let i sit then take it up?


[Modified by WannaBFast, 11:08 PM 6/12/2002]

 

the way we took all the tar out of my friends crx was by getting a chisel and a hammer and just banging it all out.. we did this for like a week in autoshop class it was pretty fun haha. but yeah it worked well with a chisel and a hammer just hitting it out.

 

i scraped the tar out of my rex, with blow dryer and gum scraper took me 3 hours and i still gotta do the driver side.

 

Sup ht peeps I did mine in just one afternoon with dry ice, mallet, and chisel and worked out fine .

on this pic you'll see that there is still some stubborn tar left from the dry ice. So I used (Goof Off Stain Remover) and A scouring pad and the stains literally lifted off, just follow the directions on the bottle.

I used a painters brush and brushed Goof Off on the stain and waited for a minute, after that I used the scouring pad and scrubbed until it was clean.

here's the finished result


that yellowish crap actually holds these drain plugs to the floor panels ,that is why I just left it alone.

this is a 10 gallon bucket full of tar My coupe is now 22 lbs lighter
hope this helps
Sione


[Modified by SioneSi, 9:57 PM 6/12/2002]