Removing glass fibre 'repair'

[Morlais]

Some idiot has put glass fiber on the surface in places and I want to remove it to see what it is hiding. What is the best way of doing this. The car is going to be re-sprayed any way, and I want to do the job properly . Any advice ?

[les]

Use an old wood chisel, be prepared to find a hole underneath.

[Morlais]

Great Thanks I will try that. Better than grinding it off.

[kennatt]

warm it up with a hot air gun,it will soften and can sometimes just be scrapped off,sometimes it just falls off watch it doesn't. take fire though.

[viewsonic1]

Wear gloves as well, you can get splinters from the matting.

[Morlais]

Great,

Thanks all will give it a go when it stops raining ( new garage being built),

[bmcecosse]

Wire brush or flap wheel in angle grinder. Wear a mask....and eye protection.

[rumpelstiltkin]

You're lucky the repair was made with something as durable as fibreglass!!Anyone like to hazard a guess as to what was used to repair the floor in front of the rear seat of the traveller i bought?Are you ready for this?Cardboard covered in underseal,yep,that structurally solid age old repair technique!
And i quickly gave a quick review online of the idiot garage who put this through an mot!!
He also missed the rot at the spring hangers,non existent crossmember parts,chassis rail parts,completely rotten sills etc.etc

[SteveClem]

Back in the 70's,as poor students, we used flattened beer cans.

[amgrave]

Cardboard, I thought you were going to say concrete. I have seen that before, it stops the testers screwdriver coming up through the floor

[bmcecosse]

Some garages offer a 'Postal MOT' service for an extra fee....so they may never have seen the car.

[SteveClem]

Postal MOT's???

[bmcecosse]

It does happen.... Never used it myself - but there are such places around...