[T3] Undervoat question

[charles tupper]

Undercoating was done by the dealer.  Could be the areas where it did not stick, are areas where the factory applied cosmoline (waxy material sprayed on to protect the paint in-transit) was applied heavily and thus the undercoat would not adhere.  In our Southampton NY dealership (68-75 hen I worked there) we used a 3-M undercoat product.  Having scraped it from 2 VWs from that era (my SB was probably undercoated by me in 1969) ... it really did not work so well.


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From: David Sanderson <djsanderson at telus.net>
To: type3 <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:03 PM
Subject: [T3] Undervoat question

Hi All
I have been working on my fenders, repairing where necessary and  getting them ready for paint.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5648228#5648228

One of the fenders has some undercoat. What is curious is that some of the undercoat obviously did not stick well because I was able to simply scrape it away and it came off in flat sections. On other spots, however, it was stuck firmly and I had to use a heat gun to soften it before I could scrape it off. I am wondering what the consensus is on spraying undercoat on these cars. I live in the Pacific Northwest where we have lots of rain. Also, I wondered why the stuff did not stick so well in some spots. Was undercoat something the factory sprayed on or would it have been done by the dealer?

Thanks in advance.

Dave
1977 911S
1965 Sunroof Notch
http://www.sandersonmotorsports.com/
Notch build here: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5600139&highlight=#5600139_______________________________________________
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