She's getting naked boys...

Now dig you sick filthy mind out of the gutter. This is a car forum after all.

I'm talking about the Roadmaster. I got sick and tired of the wood grain sides so it had to go.

I'm a little pissed about how GM colored the door handles and gas door. I guess I have an excuse to paint it now.

Now for the question. How to get off the adhesive residue. Lacquer, naphtha, mineral spirits, and goo be gone won't touch it. Any ideas.

Turtle Wax Bug and Tar remover's always worked for me.... or take a clay bar to it.

Or you could use that awesome cat.

Speaking of her naked... aircraft stripper?

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If you're going to paint it anyway, might as well go with the nuclear option.

NAPA has a solvent that's intended to be used for that purpose. Or at least they used to. Haven't needed any for years so I don't recall what it's called.

Ha ha. You got a big project ahead! I'm tied up for the next.... forever.

The only thing I know of that will remove that glue is 3M's 8984 Adhesive Remover. It's not cheap but it does a great job. Warning: the stuff dries quick so you need to do it in the shade and have a LOT of rags, they will quickly get coated with the goo. Don't bother with the spray bomb version, you will go theough it QUICK and waste most of it. For a job that size you will probably need two cans.

For that paint around the fuel door, don't laugh but before going nuclear try that Nevr-Dull cotton wadding polish. It does a pretty good job of removing stuff like that.

That DuPont 'red' (coarse) rubbing compound might work too. Stay away from any type of sandpaper!

The cat's like "you're past the point of no return, bro!"

The spray paint on the handles/gas filler seems really ghetto to have come from a factory. I mean, it makes sense in terms of practicality, but wow--ghetto.

There's a big difference in meaning between

She's getting naked boys & She's getting naked, boys

carguy123 wrote: There's a big difference in meaning between She's getting naked boys & She's getting naked, boys

Big, big difference.

There is also a huge difference between the following.

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And

berkeleying A Man!

Have you tried reducer to remove the glue?

Maybe time for a roll-on paint job, and some 5 on 5 stock car rims.

David S. Wallens wrote:

carguy123 wrote: There's a big difference in meaning between She's getting naked boys & She's getting naked, boys

Big, big difference.

Two men walking abreast.

Two men walking a breast.

Really, though, why are you getting rid of the wood trim? That's half of what makes those cars cool!

I like keeping the wood.
Even bigger issue than glue, doesn't the removal of the trim pieces leave a lot of holes in the body?

I want to see it in gloss black, dropped a couple inches, dark windows, nice wheels, fat tires, Flowmasters. Kewll.

cwh wrote: I want to see it in gloss black, dropped a couple inches, dark windows, nice wheels, fat tires, Flowmasters. Kewll.

This. Before I got my Elky, I was looking for one of these as tow pig. Heck, even the white if it's salvageable after the removal, with the dropped look mentioned and flowmasters would totally rock. To finish the look, a set if old school Vette rims.

I had one of these and the define the word pig when talking about a vehicle.

The high quality wood grain will begin to come loose around the edges and make it look even worse that it did before. Where do you get a replacement? And then there's the getting it clean enough to lay down flat if you do find replacement material. Plus the work to get rid of the bubbles if you do find the material and get the surface smooth so yeah, I can see why he's removing it.

Looking at it again, I'll bet you could do a wrap fairly easy. No compound curves, flowing lines, even a caveman could do it. Satin black?

Seems like it would've been easier to trade the Roadmaster for a Caprice wagon if the goal was to get rid of the wood. Of course you'd lose the Vista cruiser sunroof.

Looks like a lot of work on your plate.

cwh wrote: Looking at it again, I'll bet you could do a wrap fairly easy. No compound curves, flowing lines, even a caveman could do it. Satin black?

Have you ever wrapped a large surface? Even applying large vinyl letters on a window can be a challenge. It's amazing how many specks of dirt are left on clean glass. Each speck leaves a bump and a bit of an air bubble. The air bubble will eventually fade away, but the bump doesn't.

A car's surface, much less one where you've removed tape already, would be less smooth than glass.