Hey guys...it has been a while, but I am back in the hunt. Been getting a 71 vette prepped and ready for paint which has distracted me from the camaro. The good news is, the vette job is scoring me some sweet parts for the Camaro.

Now, back on topic.

I have the Camaro on a 360 dolly. I have great access now to the ceiling of the car.

There is some kind of cardboard type stuff that is glued to the metal skin. It is in poor condition here and there, and I would really like to remove it to give it a first class prep and rust protection.

The question is....how?

Chemical, razor blade, wire wheel, light sand blasting?

Anybody been there...done this?

Thanks!

Chris

I was able to get most of it off with just a stiff putty knife. After that, I used a wire wheel (cup style) mounted in an air grinder to remove what was left. I would recommend some type of dust mask or respirator for this job (I used a supplied-air system). I don't know for sure if the material has asbestos or not. Better safe than sorry.

the cardboard material you speak of, is an asbestos liner, meant to prevent moisture from permeating the underside of our beloved car's roofs.


putty knife worked good for me, although I now i dont know what to replace it with, I heard someone on here earlier reccomend some type of firewall aluminum liner

http://www.camaros.net/forum/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=006194;p=1

check that, might be some useful info

Great info. Thanks for the link to the other thread.

Since I have it on the dolly I can stand in the door opening and turn the car on its side. Then the roof is verticle and easier to access.

Thanks for the heads up on the mask. I would not have thought of that.

I believe after shooting some oshpo in there I will turn it upside down and saturate it with a nice thick layer of erothane truck bed liner spray. That should insulate, sound proof, seal, prevent rust, and look super clean..at least until the headliner goes back up.

I thought it might be asbestos too... but I was poking around looking for info on this and found someone who said that they had taken a sample of the stuff to be chemically analyzed and they found no asbestos in it. Just more info... food for thought.

Thanks Boodlefoof. I tried searching for info also as I couldn't believe this stuff was asbestos and I had never heard about it before. If anyone has a link to a definitive source of info I'd love to see it. graemlins/beers.gif BTW, any good cruise nights in Richmond? I'll be there for a few days later this year and wouldn't mind checking them out.

Hey Zedder, I'm kind of new to Richmond myself but I've heard about a couple on Saturday and Sunday nights. If I'm in town when you make your visit, I can look into it for you.

i didnt quite go that far ;p i just assumed from the smell ( smelled like my elementary school, which was built in like, 1910, and was just FULL of the stuff ) guess im wrong tongue.gif


anyone tried using the firewall material from JCwhitney ?

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife is soooooooooo cool! Maybe because today is my birthday...or maybe because she is sooooooooo cool, but either way she went out in the shop and razor scraped the ceiling. It came out Great!

The car is up side down right now so it was a snap to reach in, scrape it clean, and vacuum it out.

So far so good!

FYI...
I came upon this problem a while back. I tried looking for any info. on whether the roof headliner insulation was Asbestos, or not. I couldn't find any info. on this, just "speculation". So, I sent to have some "samples" tested by a lab that specializes in this type of testing. The results came back "negative" for Asbestos. Boy, that was a
relief !! I then posted this on one of these sites for all. I had been really paranoid about it, to the point of using a P100 Hepa Cartridge on my respirator. Removal was really easy with a Rotisserie. I just "flipped" the car over and
saturated the insulation with lacquer thinner,
waited a short while and then removed it all with a putty knife. It all came off like butter !!