Canadian Bombadier Iltis undercoating

[Stuart Fedak]

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[James P]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

I am in the final stages of getting an Iltis body ready for painting. I am looking at options for undercoating the wheel wells and the bottom of the floor and options for undercoating. I want to ge this done before putting the Iltis body tub back on the frame.......

I am thinking about something like the 3M rubberized undercoating or a Canadian version that is carried by the local auto restoration jobbers. It appears this is applied with a Schutz gun or similar device with low pressure compressed air. There are also extension hoses available for getting into the rocker panels and other holes.

Are the Schutz guns a single use device or can they be cleaned after use?

Any tips and tricks on the use of this sort of treatment?

Your thoughts?

Stuart

Stuart, long time no hear/see. Consider shooting truck bed liner on it and it would be around longer then us on this mortal plain.

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Stuart

Yes guns are avaialble and reuseable...... as long as you clean them well before it sets...... same as paint. I beleive Princess sells the undercoating guns...... proper supplies are best from auto paint shops...

Cheers

[rob love]

Back in the 80s we had drums and drums of the Zeibart coatings hanging around the POL shed. There were guys who would thin it with solvent and spray it through the princess auto type undercoating gun. There were no adapters to get into the channels, but overall it seemed to work out pretty well. The guys would do it on the hoist and would come out looking like they were the ones being zeibarted.

http://www.princessauto.com/en/detai...H1UaAl_h8P8HAQ

[David Dunlop]

Gee Rob! I thought you were going to recommend Gorilla Glue!

David

[Ian Johns]

Krown has been spraying Canadian MVs for a number of years. I spray a dozen of the G wagons at my shop from the armoury in Aurora.

[rob love]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Krown have to be re-applied yearly? Judging by some of the gaping holes I see through the LSVW and 1.5 ton trailer bodies, I have to wonder as to it's overall effectiveness. We generally don't see rust like that here on the prairies.

[SteveJ]

Truck bed spray liner. Applied thru Shutz gun or rolled on. Tough as nails. Prep the surface well. I think Canadian tire has the kits less the gun for about $100. Maybe less on sale. gun is another $25.
Tried it on my 1.75 ton arrow trailer and it worked great.
Just my thoughts