Stripping Sound Deadener The Easier Way

[cruzin33]

Would doing this weaking the metal in any way???? Since its -80deg

Edited August 31, 2007 by cruzin33

[benm]

I planned on doing the dry ice method but somehow ended up using the old hammer n chisel + turps to tidy it up.

Took me about 3hrs to chisel out the entire boot then splash some turps over it and leave it for 10mins then brush over it with a toothbrush and wipe off with a towel and this is the result:

[bLaQ.bOi]

lol

i just did this in my r32 with the dry ice method

was going to write up a "write up" lol but no use for 2 hey

i decided to leave mine where the trans mission tunnel is,

just so it dosent become a permenant heater

also putting back the carpet

[2gceffy]

i know at dick smith you can buy liquid nitrogen in a can, sprays on and i think its like $6, i was goin to try that option as you could just do little sections at a time.. dont see why it wouldnt work... ??

[SirRacer]

Just to add my 5 cents to this having done this today. (pics to come)

I had around 10kgs of dry ice and was cleaning out the interior of my a31 cefiro.

Previously ive had goes at chipping the sound deadener off the parcel tray and id managed to get the rear tyre areas done, the back seat area and one of the back footwells. All up in total i probably spent 5-7 hours.

Im a bit of a cheap prick so thought this was the way for me and i was only using my time.

I have now tried the dry ice method and its absolutely superb and id never even consider doing it any other way.

In my opinion you couldnt get away with doing a car with 6kgs. I had 10-12 kgs and obviously didnt have to do the whole car and i still probably need another kg or 2 to finish the driver and passenger footwell bits.

Once the dry ice is on and it starts crackling thats the time to start chipping. I found even by banging the floor with a hammer it would break and then you could attack it with the chisel and it would break off in massive chunks.

You will find you need to either have lots of dry ice or move it around a lot as areas with little concentration are almost as hard as the chisel and hammer method.

So id reccomend a good 10-18kgs for a 4door car, but the results are definitley worth it. Id imagine you would save a great deal in solvents alone removing the remains of your chisel effort.

Ive filled up 2 rubbish bags worth of sound deadening + plastic trims and there is easily a good 30kgs in there. With the carpet a lot more. Ill weigh everything once im done.

Edited January 4, 2008 by SirRacer