16V_1600
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Want to remove the sound deadening from the boot floor, best tried and tested method?
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mattk
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heat gun and a scraper 
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16V_1600
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heat gun and a scraper
damn, nearest thing to a heat gun I have is a hair dryer 
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mattk
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that may well do, I dont knoe exactly how sticky the sound deadening is
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16V_1600
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that may well do, I dont knoe exactly how sticky the sound deadening is
Will give it a shot with that then, stuck down pretty hard! Thanks for the input mate
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bieransri
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got a security light you can 'borrow' for a day?
i found lying one flat (light down) free'd the stuff up great
i used this and a heat gun and scraper.
used the lamp to start heating the next bit of tarry stuff before i attacked it with the scraper heat gun combo.
i mean one of them security lights that comes on when you walk past by the way
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16V_1600
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Ain't got one of them, so I guess it's hairdryer and a scraper, how do you get rid of the residue glue that's left?
Replies so far appreciated, thanks!
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bieransri
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tar and glue remover. or petrol if you can afford it
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16V_1600
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tar and glue remover. or petrol if you can afford it
Got some Autoglym Tar remover, will that do?
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marklawton
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i found white spirit was best to get all the glue off,
and i used a wallpaper scraper to get the sound deadening off, worked a treat, lol
[Edited on 22-03-2008 by marklawton]
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bieransri
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yea thats the stuff. i did the whole of my nova with about 3 1/4s of a bottle. should do the rar of a corsa easily
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16V_1600
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Cheers fellas, off to go mental with the hairdryer and a scraper tomorrow lol.
Take a lot of effort I guess?
Once removed, Autoglym Tar remover fest
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bieransri
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if you heat it up till it just starts to bubble it'll come off like cheese
but yea scrapeage then t+g, careful not to burn your fingers though, i had blisters on a few
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Scotty C
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Originally posted by bieransri
tar and glue remover. or petrol if you can afford it
Got some Autoglym Tar remover, will that do?
That stuff is the tits. I used it with Stevex16xe. You put it on, and it wipes off
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16V_1600
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Star mate cheers!
Look for the "Blister fest" post in Off Day tomorrow
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16V_1600
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Originally posted by 16V_1600
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Originally posted by bieransri
tar and glue remover. or petrol if you can afford it
Got some Autoglym Tar remover, will that do?
That stuff is the tits. I used it with Stevex16xe. You put it on, and it wipes off
Good to know! Think I'm all set, could have done with a heat gun instead of a hairdryer but hey ho.
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bieransri
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take a plastic bag of some sort out with you aswell, there will be more than there seems to be on the floor. otherwise it goes everywhere.
i got something like 2kg worth of the stuff out my nova.
[Edited on 22-03-2008 by bieransri]
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16V_1600
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Will do
2Kgs! Not bad weight saver!
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Robin
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Hair drier will do naff all
Buy/borrow a heat gun or a massive halogen work lamp, heat it up, then scrape it off with a DECENT wallpaper scraper (a crap one will just bend, it needs to have some strength to it) clean up the residue with tar/bug remover.
Or you can freeze it and it'll chip off in chunks 
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SVM 286
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Liquid nitrogen and a mallet.
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16V_1600
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Hair drier will do naff all
Buy/borrow a heat gun or a massive halogen work lamp, heat it up, then scrape it off with a DECENT wallpaper scraper (a crap one will just bend, it needs to have some strength to it) clean up the residue with tar/bug remover.
Or you can freeze it and it'll chip off in chunks
Ho much/ where to buy a decent heat gun?
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Robin
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Halfords type place, no more than £25 I wouldn't have thought.
You're better off buying a decent work lamp, you're more likely to use it again.
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Dan A
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blow torch works a treat
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16V_1600
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Halfords type place, no more than £25 I wouldn't have thought.
You're better off buying a decent work lamp, you're more likely to use it again.
I have a work lamp but it's only a screw type 60W bulb on a cable, one of them clamp lamps.
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Dave A
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machine mart floodlamps are £7 and are easily the best things for the job.
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