Removing Sound Dampening/Deadening Material
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Removing Sound Dampening/Deadening Material
Has anyone tried to remove the stock sound deadening material? Is there a magical trick to do it? Is the metal underneath painted? I was thinking I would remove the stock material and lay down Second Skin Dampening material and not add very much weight.
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Crush up dry ice.. Place it in a section on the floor. Use a hammer to tap the floor and the sound deadener will just crack, split and come off. Just takes some patience. Use your vacuum and your all set. Did it in my 240sx, took about 4-5 hours with also removing the adhesive. I lost around 40lbs removing it all. So overall I felt it was worth it. Then you should paint to match.
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Thanks everyone. I must not have searched for the correct terms. I was over at Second Skin Audio forums and found this thread referring to the removal of other after market sound deadening material (not oem).
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=2486
They later explain that it is normal to leave the OEM stuff there because there isn't very much of it and it is difficult to remove. But it is not optimal.
http://www.secondskinaudio.com/forum...ead.php?t=2486
Originally Posted by jdmdavey
If you put Damplifier over it, you will not be deadening the metal but the other damper and your results will be limited to how good that stuff was.
Try usign a heat gun and a putty knife..
That usually works
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Try usign a heat gun and a putty knife..
That usually works
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So.. I just did this... and I had started with a chisel/hammer... got half of the tunnel done then after sweating gallons inside that car, I decided to go buy some damn dry ice.
Just would like to add another success story for dry ice.
Dry ice made it SO easy, it made a dreadful job into an almost fun one. Chunks that were coming off in 1" chunks were now coming off in large 1' sheets. With 15lbs of dry ice (5 blocks), I finished the drivers side front, passenger side front, one of the storage bins, and most of the tranny tunnel.. All in under an hour too.
Now I just need to go buy another 20lbs or so of it so I can do the vertical areas... those are the bitches. Just patience and thick gloves for those....
Just would like to add another success story for dry ice.
Dry ice made it SO easy, it made a dreadful job into an almost fun one. Chunks that were coming off in 1" chunks were now coming off in large 1' sheets. With 15lbs of dry ice (5 blocks), I finished the drivers side front, passenger side front, one of the storage bins, and most of the tranny tunnel.. All in under an hour too.
Now I just need to go buy another 20lbs or so of it so I can do the vertical areas... those are the bitches. Just patience and thick gloves for those....
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Definitely do not use heat. Turns it into a gooey mess. Use dry ice and a rubber mallet. Works like a champ.
Bust the dry ice into dust and hold it in place over the stuff... give it a second and you'll HEAR it start to get brittle and crack itself apart.. Then just smash the stuff with the rubber mallet and it'll break off in hard chunks/plates. IMHO, no better way.
--Micah
Bust the dry ice into dust and hold it in place over the stuff... give it a second and you'll HEAR it start to get brittle and crack itself apart.. Then just smash the stuff with the rubber mallet and it'll break off in hard chunks/plates. IMHO, no better way.
--Micah
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Your knuckles will love you for using an air tool i promise.
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Pretty much, you just spray the air dusters upside down on the sound deadending in short bursts, then grab a chizzle and hammer and tap the edges. The tar material will pop off in huge flakes but you must move fast.
Dry Ice sucks, heat sucks, all the above methods pale in comparison to freezing with air duster. Only thing that might beat the duster is co2 tank or nitrous oxide.
Dry Ice sucks, heat sucks, all the above methods pale in comparison to freezing with air duster. Only thing that might beat the duster is co2 tank or nitrous oxide.
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I just did this **** by hand chisel,hammer, wide flat head screwdriver. Took it to town on it and it took me 2 days to get it all off I even took the dash out to get the hard to read areas under it. Came out good. No dry ice. However three were some very soft spots that were a bitch cuz of all the silicon that was added.
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