Gravel Guard and Hood Insulation
03-17-2008, 07:52 PM
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Gravel Guard and Hood Insulation
Guy has anyone figured out an EASY (key word) easy way to remove the side gravel gaurds and the film left behind under the hood of the remnant insulation glue?
03-17-2008, 08:19 PM
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great work Luis...it looks messy but a very promising enterprise. What adhesive remover did you use?
Anyone have an idea on removal of the gravel guards on the sides?
Anyone have an idea on removal of the gravel guards on the sides?
03-17-2008, 08:54 PM
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Do a search using the following words: "AAAAAAHHH" or "Son-Of-A-@#$%*-I-Can't-Believe-That-****-Is-Still-There."
Seriously, I used "Prep-All" by Klean Strip. Bought a quart bottle for ~$6.00, at AutoZone??, and put it in a spray bottle. Let it soak in as long as possible then scrape with a plastic Bondo spreader....repeat....repeat....repeat. I was still left with a slight film that, oddly enough, polished up well with a rotary buffer. Do yourself a favor and cover the engine bay with something before removing the goop that will come off.
For the "gravel gaurds," I held my 500 watt halogen worklight about six inches away, then scraped off with the same plastic Bondo spreader. Cleaned the leftover glue off with 3M Wax and Adhesive Remover. Do at your own risk. Note: darker paint will absorb heat quicker.
Seriously, I used "Prep-All" by Klean Strip. Bought a quart bottle for ~$6.00, at AutoZone??, and put it in a spray bottle. Let it soak in as long as possible then scrape with a plastic Bondo spreader....repeat....repeat....repeat. I was still left with a slight film that, oddly enough, polished up well with a rotary buffer. Do yourself a favor and cover the engine bay with something before removing the goop that will come off.
For the "gravel gaurds," I held my 500 watt halogen worklight about six inches away, then scraped off with the same plastic Bondo spreader. Cleaned the leftover glue off with 3M Wax and Adhesive Remover. Do at your own risk. Note: darker paint will absorb heat quicker.
03-17-2008, 09:16 PM
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reminds me of a funny story . I was working under my car with my halogen flood ( great for in the garage ) I was happily working away until i could smell something burning .. that freakin light melted my tire ... :-)
03-17-2008, 09:19 PM
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3M Adhesive remover in a spray bottle for hood insulation with a plastic scraper. ****Use in a well ventilated area**** and be sure to put an old sheet over your engine bay, Spray and scrape.
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03-18-2008, 12:06 AM
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The side guards are a mind munbing exprience. I used heat gun+scraper, then 3m adhesive remover for hours on end. After that I would take the 3m and use a soft eraser to really loosen up the remaining skin of glue then clean off.
03-19-2008, 03:11 PM
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It's been covered often.
-Heat gun and plastic putty knife, get a few so you have a sharp edge to work with.
-Strip eraser in a drill, just like erasing pencil from a paper.
-Heat gun and plastic putty knife, get a few so you have a sharp edge to work with.
-Strip eraser in a drill, just like erasing pencil from a paper.
03-19-2008, 04:29 PM
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I used a heat gun first then some left over xylene I had from a recent gas mix to get the left over glue off. I did use the xylene very sparingly though with a mask and thick gloves to avoid the lead poisoning. 
Worked great! That stuff has so many great uses, too bad it's so toxic.
I removed the hood for this job, made it so much safer and easier. I didn't want any xylene dripping into my ear. hehe.
Worked great! That stuff has so many great uses, too bad it's so toxic.I removed the hood for this job, made it so much safer and easier. I didn't want any xylene dripping into my ear. hehe.
03-19-2008, 04:34 PM
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03-19-2008, 10:54 PM
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These cars are always a surprise, I went to pull the stone guards on my older car - expecting a real headache. But with just a little bit of heat (maybe 10 seconds), I got an edge up and with slow steady pressure it pulled off in one piece. Two of the other three went the same way. I think the trick is to keep even pressure across all of the vinyl as its pulling up and try not to let small tears get started. The last was oversprayed so we won't talk about it. Sorry no pics (dumb)...Bruce
