clay under hood sounds crazy but please look!!!!

[seizer]

The title may have thrown some of you guys off but here is my problem...
I bought this hood from a member a while back and it was used for the cf hood group buy iirc and there was clay wedged between the hood frame. I used some skinny cake knife and got most of it out but a lot of loose pieces fell through the frame to the frontend of the hood.
Im looking for suggestions to get rid of it so it can be painted.
pics below. Thanks

 

[Barnes]

It's hard to tell, but that looks like some type of glue or epoxy that holds the two hood pieces together. The last pic *really* looks like the two pieces are coming apart. Don't get upset yet, I might be totally wrong. Let's wait till some other folks weigh in.

 

^True. If you continue to scratch that stuff off, you might actually get an unpleassant surprise. I'm pretty sure that it's some sort of stuff that holds the hood and the "inner piece" together, so if you continue scratching it off, you might actually end up with 2 seperate pieces....

 

it is an epoxy. it joins the hood skeleton to the hood skin(outside) if you seperate them the only thing holding the two parts together is along the edges of the hood.... making the center of your hood bend in easier and much easier to dent. i would advise against removing the glue.

 

[seizer]

well its like putty i got a huge pile of it cleared out its still moist and molds like clay the hood looks in great condition. I was thinking of power spraying it with water but i trying to see if there is a chemical base solution i can use to break it down and rinse. When it was shipped to me i assumed the clay was used to block anything from entering between those spaces when they used it for the carbon fiber hood molds /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif.
EDIT: this is not a cf hood its a jdm hood

 

[jepherz]

Quoting seizer:
The title may have thrown some of you guys off but here is my problem...
I bought this hood from a member a while back and it was used for the cf hood group buy iirc and there was clay wedged between the hood frame.



Clay is used to fill gaps when making CF or fiberglass parts.

 

[seizer]

So whats an easy way to get this stuff cleaned up?

 

[boosted_85]

Is the clay really soft or hard? If its hard you can take a hair drier to soften the clay and slowing scrape away the big chunks and wipe the tighter areas with a terry cloth, that's how we clean clay out of our master patterns. Also if you want to, you can use 3m panel bond and seal up the inner skin to the outer. The hood might gain a couple of lbs.

 

[iceman69510]

Quoting jepherz:
Quoting seizer:
The title may have thrown some of you guys off but here is my problem...
I bought this hood from a member a while back and it was used for the cf hood group buy iirc and there was clay wedged between the hood frame.



Clay is used to fill gaps when making CF or fiberglass parts.



I think Jeff hit on it. There is body sealer used to hold the hood inner to the outer (prevent rattling really) when the hood is assembled, but that is just in spots, not along entire seams.

 

[holeshotmoe]

Since it is still pliable, it probably IS clay. Good chance the framing was vibrating against the exterior hood surface, making a racket. (But I can't believe someone would use non-setting material???) Use a pressure washer to remove it, clean very well with thinner, reapply the correct bonding agent (e.g., this ), then prep for paint.

 

[seizer]

Yeah this stuff makes a mess I have gotten about a lb. + of this clay out. A thinner and a power spray is what I was thinking of doing. Thanks for the link ill check it out when I get home. As far as thinner is there a specific kind i should be looking for? Thanks everybody for the input. I can't wait to get this done!