Thread: using oxiceteline to melt lead on body?

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Peace,

i found lead on my Old Girl. would you perfer to use oxi ceteline? how should i set it and treat it afterwards so it dont rust?

later

I would .
hot &
sealer,primer,paint .

" any good heat source "
hope that helps .......
T L

Why would you want to remove the best seam sealer ever?? You sand it prime it & paint it.

BTW......lead doesn't rust, and if your going to mess with it anyway you might want to read up on what your dealing with there.

Working lead is no joke, this time you REALLY need to listen & read up on leads.

Or you may be Peace Out.........

Originally posted by hambiskit
Why would you want to remove the best seam sealer ever?? You sand it prime it & paint it.

BTW......lead doesn't rust, and if your going to mess with it anyway you might want to read up on what your dealing with there.

Working lead is no joke, this time you REALLY need to listen & read up on leads.

Or you may be Peace Out.........

PEace,

i jsut understand what you said. i am talking about holes of lead. i want the car to be new. not look liek new. but be new. as if it just came off the assembly line. no lead holes in other words no body filler lead like they do bondo now. just sheetmetal and the little lead they did use for sealing the quarter panels to the sheetmetal from teh quarter to the trunk lid.

later

ok- well then I'd use a torch to remove it, but I would use propane instead, and a non-splatter catch pan. You do not want this on you. This is the stuff that takes the "lead" outta YOUR pencil.......follow that?
If you get too much heat on your panel it's going to warp it- so keep the flame just close enough to it to start the melting, use a swirling motion to heat it & a brush to push the lead off. Easy does it & brush it down to the metal & stop. It will still look like there is a little more- but that will be because it has been "tinned" to hold the lead. That is a thin film of lead that will have to be sanded off. Use rubber gloves & a particle mask to do this.
Good Luck & be careful.

P.S. Keep a fire exit close at hand.

PEace,

how do i know when the lead is hot enough? and what if alot of the lead is 'behind' paint?

When lead get's hot, it turns to liquid, even a propane torch will work, I'v done it. I don't understand what a little lead would do to make it less new, you'd never see it and to be trully new, you'd have to send it back to 1957 when it was at the dealership, it can be like new condition but, that's it. Now if you mean that holes of lead was where it rusted through then, you should remove it, fix the hole by cutting out the rust and rewelding a panal in then, if need be, you can resurface it with lead or bondo but, lead is best, depends on how warped the panal is from age. It's not improper for a car to have body filler, it's improper to use body filler in the wrong ways such as filling holes, it does not make it any less of a car when used correctly.