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sax Insano Dub Head

846 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#265273
I've removed all the interior from the beetle and found all the carpet, headliner and stuff glued to the metal . The area around the front firewall is the worst, there is shitloads of really hard and thick dried contact cement everywhere.

Is acetone the stuff to use on this or just thinners?

It's that hard even the wire brush on a drill is having trouble shifting it.

Cant believe the amount of old hessian, tarboard, cardboard and other crap in an original interior.

You can literally get tar and feathered cleaning it all out:P
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low55 Seriously Crusin Dubber

173 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#265286
thinner,s and accetone will both work and youl pass out as well in that space so i use good old petrol its not much better butt works quicker so thats less time you have to sniff it up and its a bit easyer on the lungs and nose

travis
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sax Insano Dub Head

846 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#265289
Petrol works huh? Premium or standard?

No worries sniffin da petrol ay brudda.
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low55 Seriously Crusin Dubber

173 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#265346
yer sniff it up there boss make shore your haven a smoke there bloke when ya doing it
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warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#265351
citrus stuff... cant beat it,

it will smell like orange tho...

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#265480
I used a paint scraper & razor blades....
Not an easy job.....

Lee
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carisma Officially Full-On Dubber

263 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#265481
get a heat gun or hair dryer and soften the glue and wipe it off with prepsol .CARGROOMERS at yatla in brisbane sell a glue remover called tint glue remover its pink and it removes any glue good stuff.use it on tint stickers and glue i used it under my carpet and roof.....colleen

PurpleT3 Fahrvergnugen

880 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#265523
I have found that turps works reasonably well. Wipe it on liberally, wait a few minutes for it to soak in, then scrape the glue off with a paint scraper. Don't leave it too long or the glue just goes hard again.

It is a pain in the arse job what ever you use and takes alot of scraping.
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barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem

9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·

#265664
wax and grease remover works well just let it soak in to the glue and it melts
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