Bagged Bunny

[SpeciP3]

Good work mate! how'd you go getting all the deadener and crap off the floors?

This has basically been the story of my summer haha!

[GeorgeMK1]

Good work mate! how'd you go getting all the deadener and crap off the floors?

This has basically been the story of my summer haha!

Sound deadener was pretty simple really, heat the crap outta it with a heat gun for about 2 minutes, the scrape it off with a chisel. As for the rest of the paint and all, well thats just days and days of grinder with a flappy disc and a drill with a wire brush haha.


I've also decided, to hell with it, im cutting off the rain tray for a better shave I have to think of a way to block off the vents on the bonnet so no water gets in, and have thought of another way my heater to get air (this will be a daily) but its not fool proof just yet. Anyone got any ideas on that?

[GOLFBALLS]

Goin great guns there matey. I love these threads where novices just get stuck in and arent ashamed to share their possible failures!! I felt the same when doing my mk2 1.8t swap.

I'm about to do the same on my mk1. You can treat the bare metal with phosphate which will neutralise any rust. I think you can buy it from bunnings? Its obviously too late with the floor, even though you should be right, but you could give it a bash in the other areas?

Also check out the product from the UK called Dinitrol.

Do you find the flap disc takes a fair bit of the metal off, or are you using a super fine grit?

[GRN_VAGN]

Can also use some Zinc 2 in one primer stuff. We used after welding a new chassis brace into the Hilux. comes up great and prevents future rust

[GeorgeMK1]

Cleaned up the garage, its a shame its only been 2 hours and its filthy again lol. Also the paint has dried and looks really nice.

Rain tray cut out too

[GeorgeMK1]

Exhausted is an understatement lol


All surface rust gone baby !

[Peter Jones]

Have you tried a Brumby strip it disc?

They're a lot easier than a flapper disc.

Much faster, don't clog up and don't gouge the metal.

Bunnings have them. I use them all the time for paint stripping, they're really quick.

Josco | Brumby Strip-it Discs

[GeorgeMK1]

Yeah pete i've seen them. However i naturally assumed that they wear really quickly? But then was quick to realise that the flappy disc actually clog up even quicker haha. Well the rear had alot of surface rust, so i thought the flappy disc was more suitable to remove paint and surface rust in one go. How does the brumby strip disc work with surface rust, any idea?

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Goin great guns there matey. I love these threads where novices just get stuck in and arent ashamed to share their possible failures!! I felt the same when doing my mk2 1.8t swap.

I'm about to do the same on my mk1. You can treat the bare metal with phosphate which will neutralise any rust. I think you can buy it from bunnings? Its obviously too late with the floor, even though you should be right, but you could give it a bash in the other areas?

Also check out the product from the UK called Dinitrol.

Do you find the flap disc takes a fair bit of the metal off, or are you using a super fine grit?

Hey mate, sorry i didnt notice this. Haha thanks, i like to learn as i go, i've had people explain something to me a million times, but until i do it myself i'll never understand it haha. I also like the idea of being able to tell the people that i've restored the car myself, rather than a body shop, when people find out i did the orange one myself they are astonished as im young haha.

Anyway to answer your question, i actually find the flap discs really good, i get 120 grit, which is a bit more expensive, but takes off the paint, and only skims the metal so that if there is any rust it only gets to that and nothing else. Dont get me wrong though, if you hold it too long on one spot it would start eating it away. However for stripping paint only i would recomend what Pete said above ^ .

[GeorgeMK1]

Ok this is the part i need help (wink wink pete jones ) I have a rust issue, however its in a tricky place.

There is a few small holes, but nothing crazy, however the metal is stained deeply with rust. Should i be afraid if deeply stained rust, even if i rust converter it?

This is what im speaking of in particular, so it wont be easy to cut/weld a new body part, nor will it be easy to repair, as i dont want the rust to bite through the paint a year or two down the track PLEASE HELP GURU'S

[gecko2k]

I can't help you here, but just wondering if you are gonna apply that red suff (rust converter?) also to the outside or just to the inside of your mk1?