how do i get underseal off

hi, im looking for a bit of advise, got my 90 a few months back, and set about under-sealing it, now looking at it i dont seem to have done a very good job, so what i want to do is take it all off treat with red oxide and then use black hammerite, but whats the best way of getting under-seal off
regards

Warm it up carefully and use a strong scraper or bolster chisel.

I had the same idea, get all the bodged job paint off. Horrible job. Did some then just dinitrolled it. It's hard to get everywhere unless you have a bare chassis.

no, its not a bare chassis and Ive got to do it on the drive, garage isn't big enough, id better get to work

White spirit - but it will make a hell of a mess.

well if it's a bare chassis you don't have to go as careful with the heat, use a wire brush attachment too

i had the same idea about painting the chassis, but found it was completely impossible. eventually just used a combo of waxoyl, underseal waxoyl and clear waxoyl to do it instead. much easier, and forgiving. also easy to touch up.

mikeh501 said:

i had the same idea about painting the chassis, but found it was completely impossible. eventually just used a combo of waxoyl, underseal waxoyl and clear waxoyl to do it instead. much easier, and forgiving. also easy to touch up.

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yer but waxoil can still trap moisture and rot your chassis.

I used a couple of wire wheels on a drill and angle grinder along with a chisel, paint scraper. It was still original underseal on my 1996 D90 so not too bad.

but it took a lot longer to do than I expected. I took 2 weeks off work and it nearly took me all of that to do it. (I did do all the bushes and paint everything else along the way though). So I basically spent 5 days cleaning it, degrease it and then spray some prep stuff on. Then I set to work with POR15 which I have found to be really good. Realyl easy to apply and dries in 3 hours. did 2 coats on the full chassis and all outriggers etc. Topped exposed parts with normal chassis black paint as POR15 discolours/breaks down with UV light.

POR15 sticks best to partially rusty metalwork so it suits land rovers a treat. doesn't need to be 'keyed' etc. Its also flexible so wont chip/flake like some people have reported hammerite to do.

Fully recommended. marine degreaser/prep stuff/1L of POR15 cost me about £50 delivered. still got some left to.

There are some wall pics of those 2 weeks on my facebook page.

G