Kinda Stuck ....

65-440 · Dec 20, 2014

Ok, been trying to clean up the front and rear glass channels. Need to do some minor metal repair to the lower rear corners. the rest of the channel and the entire front is good, paint looks great ! Problem I'm having is I don't want to wire wheel both entire channels down to metal just to remove the old butyl. I cant get this stuff off ! Anyone got any tricks or tips to effectively removing the old butyl so I can have a nice clean surface to prep before glass installation ??? Thanks in advance - Erik

7t500 · Dec 20, 2014

I've had good luck with goof-off and similar products. I honestly haven't even used it on butyl but that would be my first try.

65-440 · Dec 20, 2014

The butyl is hard as a rock too. The big stuff was easy, it's getting the thin layer off the paint that's giving my trouble

eldubb440 · Dec 20, 2014

try wd-40...... i vaguely remember having some success with it a few years back..... or maybe it was "goop" hand cleaner......... damn , im getting old

did you try laquer thinner? it may just smear it around.... ok, im out of suggestions

67GTX440 · Dec 20, 2014

Second on WD-40. It is a mess, but it gets it pretty clean.

65-440 · Dec 20, 2014

really, Wd40? I assume spray it on and let it soak for a bit then wipe off ?

1967coronet · Dec 20, 2014

If your working around nice paint use ppg 330 grease / wax remover or turtle wax tar remover.
warm up the old stuff with a hair dryer 1st,
few shop rags and a paint stick plus elbow grease.

I just went through the same job on a 64 furd a the shop last week before putting in new gaskets.

once its warm and getting soft fold 2 or 3 layers of rag on the end of the stick soak it in remover and start.

keep switching the rag to clean spot.

Propwash · Dec 20, 2014

I go with close to the same route that '67 mentioned. Heat gun (or map gas torch if not worried about paint-quicker) and a decent solvent.....like a wax/grease remover or any kind of paint reducer. Heat the stuff up in smaller sections, scrape off the bulk of it with a putty knife (vinyl/plastic scrapper if worried about paint underneath), clean off excess with the solvent dampened rag.

65-440 · Dec 25, 2014

Finally got to the front glass Channel. Heat gun pretty much smeared it. Ended up using a good scraper then soaking the leftover butyl with some gook solvent. The gook turned the butyl to mush and pretty much just wiped off! Back window not so easy, my guess is because of the pinch weld primer?

WileERobby · Dec 25, 2014

Try Acetone.

65-440 · Dec 26, 2014

Not sure what happened the other day, but went at it some more today. Got the thin layer of butyl and primer up using a 2" wire wheel. **** came right up today, the other day it just smeared everywhere ! And I didn't completely wreck the paint ! Almost time to install glass ..... FINALLY !!

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