Removing sound deadening

[recaro182]

No not that stupid bit of foam underneath the bonnet, but the stuck on crap that is plastered all over the inside shell, as seen in the pic...

I'm guessing a heat gun and some sort of scraper, but if using a heat gun on the stuff on the roof, is there any danger in damaging the paint on the other side?

 

[Fletcher]

I removed all the tar patches from my 172 last week.

I bought a heat gun from Machine Mart £20 that and a chisel/ paint scrapper makes light work at removing the tar, even on setting one!

Well worth doing. I now have a very heavy carrier bag full of tar.

 

[recaro182]

Thanks mate, leaves a bit of a mess I see

Does it make much difference to the noise in the cabin?

 

[Simon@SprayShack]

I recently stripped mine bare like this, i left the sound deadening, no real weight saving IMO, it does look a mess left on tho i admit, but it will still look messy unless you cover or spray. I wanted to put down some grip stuff (self adhesive) until i saw the price of it lol per meter lol.

 

[Jonny1*2]

you might save a reasonable amount, but with it being low down weight, in some ways removing it may affect the weight distribution, and i'm sure it must help with shell stiffness.

 

[recaro182]

you might save a reasonable amount, but with it being low down weight, in some ways removing it may affect the weight distribution, and i'm sure it must help with shell stiffness.

No smilie, but surely you can't be serious?

 

[Fletcher]

I recently stripped mine bare like this, i left the sound deadening, no real weight saving IMO, it does look a mess left on tho i admit, but it will still look messy unless you cover or spray. I wanted to put down some grip stuff (self adhesive) until i saw the price of it lol per meter lol.

I disagree. Everyone who has picked the bag of tar up is surprised at how much the discarded tar actually weighs.

It does leave a mess, but I am going to spray the interior matt black anyway.

you might save a reasonable amount, but with it being low down weight, in some ways removing it may affect the weight distribution, and i'm sure it must help with shell stiffness.

If that was the case the 172 cup with have the tar patches fitted!

 

[Bob the Frog]

I've seen American forums where they used Dry ice sat in the floorpans to freeze the stuff so that it can be chipped out easily.... hard to do on the inside of the roof though

 

[Jonny1*2]

No smilie, but surely you can't be serious?

 

[Dean.]

autoglym intensive tar remover literally dissolves the left over sticky s**t btw. completely gets rid of it

 

[recaro182]

Thanks for that tip mate, will be trying it this weekend

 

[Ian_s]

The stuff on the roof to hold the headlining on is different to the stuff on the floor. The stuff on the floor is easy to get off, the stuff on the roof well, you'll see

 

[recaro182]

The stuff on the roof to hold the headlining on is different to the stuff on the floor. The stuff on the floor is easy to get off, the stuff on the roof well, you'll see

I must admit I haven't removed the roof lining yet (wanted to get a big chavvy sunstrip before I do ) So i guess I have that little surprise to look forward to!!