Firewall – 1/17/2016

ok – so I have been working on cleaning the firewall before I strip it down to bare metal.  I have used a combination of wax & grease remover, paint thinner, and a heat gun with a scraper.  Made some progress on the passenger side:

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Was able to remove everything from the cowl area.  There was still some glue from the windshield to remove:IMG_1801

After using some paint thinner and scraper – also removed some of the paint down to the primer:IMG_1805

The grease was so bad, I ended up using some Purple Power.  This is non-flammable so was able to use it with the heater going in the garage.  Not when I was using the paint thinner, it was warm enough to turn off the heater long enough for the fumes to dissipate.  I used a mixture of 2 parts water to 1 part purple power.  Also gave it to applications rinsing it with water after each application a couple minutes later.IMG_1804

As it is now…  Note I plugged all of the holes in the firewall to keep it off the primed inside shell.  The next step this next week is to go back over it with some wax and grease cleaner and see how much grease is left over.  Might have to use some more purple power with a stronger mix\ratio.  Once it is cleaned to my satisfaction, I will strip it down to bare metal – then attack the bottom of the car!IMG_1806

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