Undercarriage Paint – Herculiner

805moparkid said
no pissing match here. you forget we dont have salt and that crap. he is up north and ive restored cars from up there... car looks great until you blast or dip the car... then there is no window lips, floor pans disappear, etc... a magnet only tells you if there is enough other material to block the magnet, but when the metal is swish cheeze its still gonna probably stick...

besides, there are only a half dozen places that need to be checked, front floor pans, spare tire well and upper shock support (from inside trunk), front and rear of wheel wells. check the lead seams by eye as good as you can (sail panel's, rockers at back of door, etc)

OP:

your posts are not coming up on the thread for me but if i scroll down after hitting reply they come up lol...

oops forgot to see where you were posting from and the original poster.
that makes sense to check the car real good in a salt area. I'd never use an icepick (I like living to much) to check a car. just call me chicken:glasses7:

I had to be real careful about some cars I worked on in Michigan, I never knew what I'd run into restoring them until media blasting it. so I always tried to check everywhere before even doing a temporary quote of repairs, plus I always work on distinct grouped style projects. media blast then inspection for a lot better estimate on the work. if I could talk them into it good or I added 30% to the estimate straight up. I got burned too many times on a alleged "Rust Free"southern or California car car That's how I learned to check inside rails and such just to double check the outside surface