Can someone point me in the direction of a quality thermal/sound dampening coating? I'm looking to pull all the super heavy asphalt crap and replace it with something more professional and much lighter.
Looking for quality thermal/sound dampening coating?
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I don't think the sound deadening under the car is as heavy or shitty as you think it is...but I digress. http://www.edesignaudio.com/index.php?cPath=1_24
adampecush;1224874 said:
I'm talking about the sound dampening material that in under the carpet in the interior of the vehicle. This stuff looks perfect. Thanks man.
InFrnt0fU;1224998 said:
ah, my bad. I used the edead stuff in my car - went on very nicely. There are pics in my build thread.
You can give this stuff a try:
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/thermal-acoustic-insulation/firewall.php?category=129
I've used the non-ceramic stuff on my engine bay and undercarriage and even my gas tank (and soon the entire interior). Really great product. Weighs next to nothing when dry since it is mostly water based. I think 8 gallons when dry is less than 50lbs, which is very impressive.
This is top of the line stuff and is very easy to apply. I've used both a spray gun and a brush with equally impressive results.
The stuff I used is called Spectrum.
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/sound-deadener/spectrum.php
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/thermal-acoustic-insulation/firewall.php?category=129
I've used the non-ceramic stuff on my engine bay and undercarriage and even my gas tank (and soon the entire interior). Really great product. Weighs next to nothing when dry since it is mostly water based. I think 8 gallons when dry is less than 50lbs, which is very impressive.
This is top of the line stuff and is very easy to apply. I've used both a spray gun and a brush with equally impressive results.
The stuff I used is called Spectrum.
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/sound-deadener/spectrum.php
MarkIII4Me;1225060 said:
Now this is what I'm talking about. This spectrum product "sounds" perfect.
Haha it took me 2 days to remove all that asphalt crap off the metal to replace it with dynamat. Do it when its very cold this way it chips away much easier vs when its warm and soft thus more sticky. good luck, you have a great idea.
Pernilongo;1225598 said:
So don't use a heat gun just a big ass chisel and hammer, definitely sounds less messy. I think I'm gonna cut it into smaller pieces so it's more manageable. I'll have to wait till tomorrow to get started b/c I have beers to drink and the steelers to watch.
Spray on or paint on...Which is more effective?
InFrnt0fU;1226247 said:
Oh yeah i did it with a screw driver, and some times even without a hammer. this material is rock hard ( which makes me ask, how does it absorb vibration?). Some areas are not even "glued" to the metal, you can simply lift them with your fingers. Floors are super easy to work with. transmission area is more sticky. Super hard metal brush helps a lot too. Don't forget rubber gloves, this asphalt marks very easily.
Don't use a chisel!! You don't want to disturb the paint on the steel below the asphalt material. Peel up as much as you can and then use a petroleum solvent (I used varsol with excellent results) to remove the rest. You end up using quite a bit of varsol and likely killing quite a few brain cells, but it removes everything from the floorboards.
adampecush;1226373 said:
Why would it be a big deal to mess up the paint on the metal, its going to be completely covered by the sound dampening coating anyway?
I'll be starting work on it tonight. I plan on getting up as much as I can by prying/scraping it off, then finishing with wire brushing using the air compressor. I'm going to call the people at SecondSkin and listen to what they have to say about using it on direct metal or painted surface.
Ended up using a scraper and hammer and it just cracked off piece by piece...couldn't have been more straight forward. I think I'll be using Elemental Designs eDead v3 and their edead v4 teklite material.