Removing sound deadening

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:09 pm

Removing sound deadening

I've started to remove the sound deadening from the floor and side panels with a heat gun and a wide chissel which is going fine BUT I'm left with brown residue where it's been, so how do I get rid of this as for the basic reason that it looks cr@p?

Thanks in advance

Ian

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:10 pm

White spirit

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:13 pm

or just paint over it ?

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:18 pm

Thanks - on the subject of painting, what spray paint would you use or is their a decent brush on hamerite in white that won't look like a home done botch it job?

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:21 pm

I think you can get Smoothite in white ?

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:26 pm

Andy335Touring wrote:I think you can get Smoothite in white ?

http://www.hammerite-automotive.com/finishes.htm

Post Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:46 pm

Paint thinners or petrol do the trick, better than white spirit I found out after doing half of mine

Brush a load on leave it for a bit then use a green kitchen scourer thingy, quick and easy job, just messy and boring

Post Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:23 pm

Cheers boys - especially the link to the paint website from Andy

I'll get the mother in law down to B&Q tomorrow (OAP discount day) and get her to buy some smoothite in white at a 10% discount

Who said old people arn't useful?

BTW - I've now removed all the sound deadening and it weighs 21 Lbs (weight is my enemy!) but have now gained a good sized rusty gash (not nice!) where I 'Probed' with my man chissel

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:46 am

Nice fingers in gash hu??

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:56 am

Bang the old plate out and put a replacement in from either a breaker of new from BMW.

Just pops in and is held in with seam sealer stuff

Nice gash ;)

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:13 pm

Cheers for that JimmyC, I didn't realise it was that easy with replacing the plate but thinking about it now, it seems obvious

Also just cleaned off all the residue left by the sound deadening, as advised by yourself, it came up a treat, again much easier than anticipated. Just need the paint (B&Q) out of stock

All in all a good job done and a saving of a 1 & a half stone in weight from the 325- -if only I could loose that weight in two nights off my gut & chins I'd be fcuking delighted

Next job The sunroof for the fitting of the OMP 6 point cage but I'll leave that for another post.....

Thanks to all -

Ian
PS see my site and go to the section Manx E30's to see the new track day receptionist (hubba hubba!)