TexasLandCruiser
SILVER Star
I found myself sitting in the living room in silence at a crossroads. Doing a rolling resto and first order was pulling oil soaked undercoat neglected by previous owner. 80% of the restored undercoat held well but near transmission, pinion seal and motor the coat let go. If that wasn’t bad enough when TLC restored it they matched the coat with body, previous owner tried to hide all the stains and soaked oil spots with cheap black rubber, but only in areas that were bad. Can’t do this so it was to get all the petro soaked out of what’s there and go back with something like Raptor Bedliner and just move on. Or....blast it so spent a week gathering supplies and the moment I started flowing Black Beauty at 25cfm it just bounced off the coating, energy absorbed. Grown men don’t cry right, so strip it, massive mess not having a lift, $200 angle grinder ate thru knotted head wheels like crazy and all of it is a mess. Last thing I did was degrease test area numerous times then used Rustoleum Pro Liner, looked ok but then the soaked areas continue to bleed out of original tan undercoat and Rustoleum Pro never cured and now I’m stumped what to do. Do I abandon and take to local shop and pull body and start over or somebody have an idea how to strip this stuff clean. Up note areas I was able to clean to body they applied epoxy seal to entire body and zero rust. Sorry but had to talk it out. 5k psi boiled water pressure wash at 2”, take it to shop, aircraft stripper or what.
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if you have something constructive please share. I could use some direction. If you troll with negative comments with no solution I’ll call your mom
