Tips on removing seam sealer

Anyone got some tips on removing seam sealer? I went to seam seal my bed and it pretty much looks like shit so I am going to get it back out, weld it solid and grind a nice radius with a deburring bit. I started to grind the seam sealer off which is working but I was wondering if anyone knows of a faster method. Like something that will break it up.

go to walmart or advance auto and buy one of those rust removal tools. They go on the end of a drill. We called em rust busters but we used those at school when we were trying to just remove seam sealer and it worked really good i thought

is it factory seam sealer if so just use a good gasket scrapers get in between the body and the seam sealer then puch. it always works for me

i've used a wire wheel before

snap-on sells an air tool called a crud-thug but its basically a right angle grinder with a wire wheel on the end of it..get a good 4.5" right angle electric grinder and a knot wheel from the local lowe's, home depot, etc and use that...the corners and tight spots i use a scraper and a 90* pick for the seam...comes off like butta!

Originally posted by railin93



snap-on sells an air tool called a crud-thug but its basically a right angle grinder with a wire wheel on the end of it..get a good 4.5" right angle electric grinder and a knot wheel from the local lowe's, home depot, etc and use that...the corners and tight spots i use a scraper and a 90* pick for the seam...comes off like butta!

CRUD THUG!!!! nothing works better, that bitch kicks ass.........

OK, I found that a wire wheel works great and PVC pipe cleaner melts it away. This fucking blows. Don't ever use seam sealer if you want a clean job in the bed.

should have tryed the old paint thinner and rubber glove thingy. use paint thinner on your finger and smooth the sealer out

light it one fire! serious, i always just take a torch to it and scrap it away with a chisel.

Originally posted by lowsonoma18



should have tryed the old paint thinner and rubber glove thingy. use paint thinner on your finger and smooth the sealer out

I tried that vic. Well I used lacuer thinner. Seam sealer melted my glove and the welds were still showing after the seam sealer dried. I used the brushable 3M stuff, maybe I used the wrong stuff. I want it slick enough to paint and the seam sealer wasn't even close to that. I was hoping it would sand but that wasn't happening either. LOL