Re-application of Body Deadner

[wally57]

Guys,

I am currently taking my 2+2 shell back to bare metal by hand. Until I started doing so I didn't realise how much deadner was on the car both inside and underneath. After repainting do you normally put as much back on.

 

Wally

[Scoota G]

Hey wally,

 

I suppose on what your using the car for and the finish you are after. Is it mainly just a street cruiser, a daily driver will you take it to shows or will it become like of of those nut jobs car's that is so clean underneath and spend it's life on the trailer. Myself i just clean off all the loose stuff and then apply just a thin coat. On the inside some people take all the deadener off and leave it off. Other's use Dynamat Insulation or similar which converts noise into heat. If you use it on the highway a lot you may want more so you can hear the AM Radio.

 

What i'm saying is it depends on what you'll use the car for. Myself i'd like to do the clean look underneath and use the Dynamat (which costs about $250 to do a whole car) even inside the door skins.

[handsandwhich]

How much fun was it removing it from under the car?

 

Never want to do that job again. Ever!

[wally57]

It's not going to be a daily drive but it will be driven regularly at weekends etc. I am building it to drive and enjoy, and not just look at, and I'm not in too shows. 

I suppose I am more concerned about the amount of rust I found under the deadner particularly inside the car.

And yes it is a big job but it's all part of the experience ??.  I have been scraping it off with an assortment of chisels then buffing the panels back to bare metal with a wire wheel and then grit blasting into the tight spaces. Been on it for about three days so far and I am about half way through the underside. Been working pretty much been working on the car most nights and weekends for two years now, so this is just another job.

 

Wally

[Scoota G]

Try hitting it with a Big Rubber Mallet, the metal wil flex and most should break off, heat can also be used but i always advise caution applying heat to metal and flammable material.

[mossy]

If your talking about the tar inside the car dry ice and a mallet worked for me, a couple of hours and it was all gone.

[xa1973]

If your talking about the tar inside the car dry ice and a mallet worked for me, a couple of hours and it was all gone.

 

This is the ticket......

[handsandwhich]

The deadener on the inside of the car is applied in sheets so it comes off a lot easier, usually comes off in big pieces.

 

The stuff under the car is sprayed on and tends to come off in tiny chunks, of which it usually has oil and road grime.....etc already attached to it which is a major PITA!

 

Worse still if you have to work under the car while trying to remove it.

[wally57]

Thanks for the tips guys, but I already have the stuff off the inside, It took a couple of days to get it all off with a chisel and mallet, I wish I had taken the time to ask about shortcuts before I did it, I obviously could have saved a fair bit of time. As for the underside at least the car is on a rotisserie now so I can set it up so it is comfortable to work on.  Well as comfortable as it can be when doing this kind of job.

 

Wally