protective coating ?

joe.p

joe.p

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I was asked to do a detail on a 93 Cadillac Allante Inter/Exter and the Engine Bay .

When i opened the hood i noticed the painted surface looked to be sprayed with a protective coating at 1st i thought it might have been a rubberized coating after further looking at it was soft and almost glue like.
would you guys know what it might be and is really a protective coat.

It has a Northstar engine and for the reason i declined to do the bay for the time being,and if i did remove whatever is on the paint it would be a filthy job.

although clean the car has not been detailed since 1995 and the price at that time was $120.00, yep you guessed it he wants the car to look better then new for the same price today..
 
Yep it's undercoating. In the Cleveland area a company called Mickeys used to put this crap on. When you worked on a car that had it you felt like a fly on a glue strip.If you have a hot pressure washer with steam its not to bad to get off, but if not god bless.
 
Scott P said:
I've seen it before. I thought it was part of an undercoating system.
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Scott did you remove it?
should it be removed if it an undercoating. I'm not gonna mess with the bay this is more for me then the clients car..

VWGTIVW said:
When you worked on a car that had it you felt like a fly on a glue strip
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That's exactly what it looks/feels like.
 
I wonder if this is not a product made by Valvoline called Tectyl. It is a
paraffin based automotive product to stop corrosion on metal. It is a beige
colored product that when sprayed thin is clear. We use to use alcohol to
clean the process equipment that applied this stuff on automotive parts that
are subject to corrosion. We now use clear lacquer. I don't think I would
want this on my engine because it would be a pain to remove.
 
yes this is part of a complete undercoating package. I hate that underhood stuff. Its paraffin wax based I believe and is tough to get off. I have used a Lacquer Thinner soaked rag to get most of it off, and small detailing tools to get into hard to reach areas. Then I use a 2" mini buffer on a die grinder with foam pads to get to all the painted areas under the hood and polish it up, then I wax the painted areas and it looks better then new. Keep in mind, this will take at a minumum 2 hours.....
 
The coating can very well be what the above has described. it is soft and gooey . I may have mistaken it for grease or something due to the color and amount of dirt on the parrafin wax. I doubt i'll do it its not worth the amount of grease on my newly poured carport,besides i don't think he wants to pay more the $120.00 for a full detail. Either way i've learned something new today.

Thanks for the help..
 
Joe..it is called body wax..it is a parrafin sprayed at the factory....my truck has it.....also people rebuilding older cars use it in door panels..fender inner walls...for rust protection..pretty durable stuff...


you can get it at body shop supply stores....


Al
 
DKKNE said:
yes this is part of a complete undercoating package. I hate that underhood stuff. Its paraffin wax based I believe and is tough to get off. I have used a Lacquer Thinner soaked rag to get most of it off, and small detailing tools to get into hard to reach areas.
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Ditto...


Don't go removing it unless you have too.
 
Yeah, I often refer to the stuff as "cosmoline" because it's about as much of a pain to get off....

I have, however, found that the easiest removal method for me has been 3M General Purpose Adhesive Cleaner and a rag. It usually takes two passes, but it works like a charm.
 
joe.p said:
if its a protective coating why would you remove it..
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So is the plastic that comes on a new cars body panels. You can't detail the underhood area with this stuff on.
 
GearHead_1 said:
So is the plastic that comes on a new cars body panels. You can't detail the underhood area with this stuff on.
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Exactly. I had both my truck and my mom's new truck undercaoted, but told them not to put anything on any painted surfaces. The way I see it, that "protective coating" isn't doing anything more than a coat of wax would do, and waxed paint looks a hell of alot better than that cosmoline-like crap. So yeah you're removing a "protective coating" but as long as you put wax on the paint underneath, you're not making matters at all worse.

All I do is shoot the door jambs, painted areas under the hood, etc. with OCW every couple weeks, and it stays plenty protected.
 
after all the information you guys provided i found this, cosmoline remover.i'm guessing this is what you guys are talking about?

COSMOLINE.jpg
 
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