Brush. Scrape. Brush. Wipe. (x1000) (whine)

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca)]

> Someone remind me not to do this again...if any of you think you're up to
> the task to do a ground up restoration, I strongly advise you think long
> and hard. And then when you're done, think about it again. Man, this thing
> better turn out the way I envision...
>
> I just spent all day of a holiday scraping adhesive from the C-pillars and
> deck lid shelves of my mk1 (yesterday was spent removing the wiring and
> fusebox). GAWD - it sucks. I thought when I finished my research stint in
> college I would never have to mess w/ xylene again. My mistake. I wonder
> how many brain cells I axed today...I swear that adhesive just continues
> to cure over the 23+ years since it was installed.
>
> What's worse is that I still have the doors, door and quarter window bases
> and firewall to clean up and that's before paint prep. This is definitely
> one of those "no end in sight" doldrum moments.
>
> </whine>
>
> :)  Jeff

I hear your whining Jeff, I did just the back hatch cover and those side
pieces in the 79,(where the carpet was)
 and it took forever. The carpet was half attached and the adhesive was
dry enough that a chisel worked well if I was careful. But not fun, so I
sympathize. Having said that, was it a good buzz? And I'm sure it will
turn out rally well. Cathy