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05-20-2013 | 12:04 AM
#31
Burning Brakes
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From: Williamsburg, Virginia by way of Garden City, New York
Bob:
The cosmoline on my '89 is so tough to remove after having been on the car for 24 years. I'm finding that the only solution is disassembly of the underpinnings, and cleaning with degreaser and a stiff brush.
Sounds like the Tarminator was the deal, though....?
Bob
The cosmoline on my '89 is so tough to remove after having been on the car for 24 years. I'm finding that the only solution is disassembly of the underpinnings, and cleaning with degreaser and a stiff brush.
Sounds like the Tarminator was the deal, though....?
Bob
05-20-2013 | 12:16 AM
#32
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From: Saco, Maine/ Scarborough, Maine
Actually, I used the Turtle Wax bug and tar more since it was a foam and didn't run down the sides. Also the tarminator had a much stronger smell and I was in the garage. The key was the brass wire brush, that helped cut thru the cosmoline.
05-20-2013 | 12:26 AM
#33
Burning Brakes
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From: Williamsburg, Virginia by way of Garden City, New York
THIS JUST IN!
My PC decided that it had to restart itself, so while it rearranged it's electron flow, I shuffled out to the garage and cracked-open the gallon can of Kerosene I bought at HD yesterday.
Way back when, I bought my first car (a '71 VW Beetle) from a neighbor who bought it as a European delivery car, and brought it back to the States once he'd toured Germany with it. The undercarriage was coated with Cosmoline for the ride back to the States and I used (decidedly inadvisable these days, but who knew back then?) gasoline to effortlessly removed it.
Kerosene is not unlike gasoline, so I wet a scotch brite pad and the cosmoline just disappeared! Just like I did 42 years ago... The sun will shine just a bit brighter tomorrow....
Bob
My PC decided that it had to restart itself, so while it rearranged it's electron flow, I shuffled out to the garage and cracked-open the gallon can of Kerosene I bought at HD yesterday.
Way back when, I bought my first car (a '71 VW Beetle) from a neighbor who bought it as a European delivery car, and brought it back to the States once he'd toured Germany with it. The undercarriage was coated with Cosmoline for the ride back to the States and I used (decidedly inadvisable these days, but who knew back then?) gasoline to effortlessly removed it.
Kerosene is not unlike gasoline, so I wet a scotch brite pad and the cosmoline just disappeared! Just like I did 42 years ago... The sun will shine just a bit brighter tomorrow....
Bob
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05-20-2013 | 01:09 AM
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From: Saco, Maine/ Scarborough, Maine
Once the car is clean, it's easier to keep it That way. I use the car to go to work on nice days and go back and forth to our house in Maine every weekend in the summer (min 250 miles a weekend).
I had done same for my 89 S4, and have 98k miles on it, and it doesn't look too different than the 91 GT.
It's the first time that takes an effort, then not much to maintain it.
I had done same for my 89 S4, and have 98k miles on it, and it doesn't look too different than the 91 GT.
It's the first time that takes an effort, then not much to maintain it.
