Floor pan cleanup

  • mtherkamp
    mtherkamp
    Senior Member
    • 243
    #1

    Floor pan cleanup

    Hey guys I'm working on getting my Z ready for floorboard repair and now I have to get the sticky black stuff off. Is there a preferred method? I have pried up the "cover panel", what a pain that was! Does anyone reuse that panel? Does it add structure? Lots of questions.

    Thanks
    Mike
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."
  • reddzx
    reddzx
    Senior Citizen
    • 6440
    #2
    sound deadening



    1988 300ZX Turbo, Shiro Special #760
    1988 300ZX Turbo Automatic (wife's car)
    1991 Hard-body 2WD

    http://zccw.org/zccw/?page_id=1215
  • mtherkamp
    mtherkamp
    Senior Member
    • 243
    #3
    k, weight reduction it is. Why? Because racecar! Still interested in removal techniques Have heard maybe dry ice?
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."
  • FlyingT
    FlyingT
    Senior Member
    • 1095
    #4
    Have you tried a hair dryer?
    Restore it, Don't crush it. They don't make them like this anymore.

    Scott
    85 Turbo, original owner, restored
    93 NA Babied


  • Z_Karma
    Z_Karma
    Administrator
    • 3318
    #5
    Dry Ice, get some and a metal thin blade paint scraper or putty knife. It chips right up.


    84 AE/Shiro #683/Shiro #820/84 Turbo
  • mtherkamp
    mtherkamp
    Senior Member
    • 243
    #6
    Well, I went with the heat gun method and a putty knife, and it does work. Lots of elbow grease and a fair bit of residue, but I think it will work. Borrowed the gun from Dad, so no money spent, as the cash pool is about gone for now. The dry ice trick I have heard before in my Honda days, and might come up cleaner, but can't beat free, esp. when funds are low! Got the passenger side almost done, will update build thread… Thanks you guys, big help!
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."