Claudius

Been doing this for the last hour, removed all this tar-like shït from the boot underneath the carpet / wooden panel, removed spare wheel and scraped the stuff underneath there, too. Put all of it in a plastic bag, weighed in at 3 kg.

Now the question: what's the easiest way of cleaning out the remainders of that?

mark@wrx

Sounds like we've both had an exciting evening. I've been under my mates rally car scraping underseal off! There must be something better to do....

Claudius

Like... what?

I guess I'll try one of those household cleaning alcohol things...

Pavlo

petrol is quite good and cheap for removing that sort of stuff.

Paul

MorayMackenzie

wouldn't petrol hurt the paint?

Pavlo

not especially moray.

Claudius

You're right Pavlo! Thanks for the idea.

Although it may smell as though my tank is leaking afterwards...

Mind you, I had wet ski clothes in there and the boot smells totally rotten!

I'll give it a try...

Cheers

Claudius

I was thinking of getting my friend the painter to spray a little paint in there afterwards to make it look cleaner, but then again, that would add weight...

I dont want to make the car look shïtty by removing the interiour, but I'll have the ABS taken out and change the battery. I am already on a diet btw (low carbs)

Pavlo

I use petrol to remove the worst, then follow up with something a bit cleaner as there is aways a residue with petrol. Carburettro cleaner often attacks the pain so I don't use it, but lately I have used citrus based sovlets, they don't attack the paint and leave it smelling of oranges.

paul

RON

Try White spirit aswell, that works!

Claudius

Yes, I tried it, white spirit works well! Thanks!