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Corinne&jake
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Getting ready to install new floor pans in 66 beetle. They came with a rust preventer on them that the manufacturer recommended sanding away before welding. Just wondering if I have to sand the entire pan or just where I will be welding?
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mac2881994
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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| I only removed the factory E coat from the areas that I plug welded when I did my pans. That was a few years back. |
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Mike Fisher
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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Brush on www.MasterSeriesCT.com silver & black onto them to finish them.
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theKbStockpiler
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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That paint's purpose is to just keep it from rusting while it is sitting in the warehouse or being shipped. How good do you think it is? 
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Volcrew
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| Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2018 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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| Corinne&jake wrote: |
| Getting ready to install new floor pans in 66 beetle. They came with a rust preventer on them that the manufacturer recommended sanding away before welding. Just wondering if I have to sand the entire pan or just where I will be welding? |
Run a wire wheel or flap disk over the flange areas to remove the paint so it doesn't contaminate the MIG process.
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kman
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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You have to remove from where you are welding to not contaminate the weld. You should scuff the entire pan for mechanical adhesion but do not have to remove the e-coat. It should be topcoated with quality sealer and paint.
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Corinne&jake
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| Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:37 pm Post subject: Re: Floor pan installation |
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I ended up calling the manufacturer of the pans and they said the entire pans needed to have the coating removed saying it was just to prevent the metal from rusting in the warehouse, if I left it on it would flake off in a couple years. So I went to it with an angle grinder and got it down to bare metal, long process, 1 pan took about 1 1/2 hours. They recommend painting with POR 15 or equivalent so that’ll be next.
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