I need to do some wilding on the sills of my grandads car tomorrow and was wondering what the best way of protecting the interior was without stripping it all out?

Soak it with water.............

Phil

kitchen fire blankets

soaking wet towels works well. Any splatter is quickley cooled down before it can mealt/burn anything

The only 'proper' way to do it is to strip it out, but you can lift the carpet away from the panel work by putting a woodscrew into the carpet and turning it until the carpet is at least 20mm from the potentially hot panel.

remove what you can. Corrugated card under damp towels/material etc isn't bad at all. Generally I worry more about the glass and the grinder.
And keep somebody about with a fire extinguisher and a squirty bottle of water. I know all about that bit

There was a piece on the news this morning about a garage full of cars that had gone up in smoke. All started with someone welding...

i also have first hand experience of a burnt out car caused by welding. i would now strip out everything possible and keep a very close eye on things during the welding process.
may take longer to strip it out but better than a burnt out car
it was a quite nice mk1 astra gte

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Originally posted by adithorp
There was a piece on the news this morning about a garage full of cars that had gone up in smoke. All started with someone welding...

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The other thing to remember is to stay with the car for 20 mins after you have finished welding - the slightest hotspot can glow for that long.

Also a gardeners atomiser is the best fire extinguisher you can get - cheap, refillable and very aimable!