Stripping Waxoyl

[Silverback]

Anyone here got any tips on how to remove the stuff from hard to get areas. Slowly getting there with cleaning the underside of the Escort off but there's only so much you can get to with a knotted wire wheel.

 

Got to the chassis rail/wheel well area last night and quite frankly it's stumped me on how I was meant to get anything in there....

 

[Fishtailparka]

It washes off quite well with panel wipe or thinners. I use panel wipe because it doesn't smell anything like as bad.

Scrape off what you can first.

[Silverback]

Cheers for that, I've got a little scraper in my box somewhere so shall root that out and stuck in then!

[baz105e]

if that fails then burn it off

[Andrade]

My dad damaged a nerve in his wrist when he was removing the underseal on his lotus. He actually had to get it operated, keeping that in mind i decided to sand blast mine

[john_3.0s]

i use an old electric hot air gun,gets it nice and soft and comes off a treat doing less damage to the paint work underneeth

[tim]

high pressure steam cleaner

[mk2dk]

I used a heat gun, and went over a small area each day. Was'nt the funniest job.

[Silverback]

...keeping that in mind i decided to sand blast mine

 

I did get a quote to have mine done (albeit the whole car), almost dropped my phone when he said it would be £1200.....

 

I'll give the heat gun a go tomorrow too, see if that helps any.

[radjay mk1]

use a heat gun & scrapper then clean it with jizer.

[BIGKEV]

rent a portable sand blaster and it wont cost much - Wish I had done that!!

[bortaf]

soak it in diesel, cheapest and safest way

i spend a few days spraying it on with an atomiser then wipe it off

[tom28]

hi mate,

 

use a blow torch works a treat

 

 

[Smudger105e]

And you are removing underseal, not Waxoyl Both very different beasts!!