Mycarispurty Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I didn't really ever have much of an interior in my 280Z to start with so I figured I'd just completely strip it to take care of the light surface rust I saw on the rear of the floor pans before it ate through...plus I'm really bored on off days. Anyhow, took the seats out, took out the rear carpet and all the rear trim panels that were in and figured I'd prep it for sandblasting. Figured while I was at it I would go ahead and remove ALL the sound deadening tar I could get to to knock out as much rust as possible. I just REALLY hope sandblasting will take out the tar I can't reach, and will remove the remnants of the stuff that is left behind. After this, I'm going to coat it with something, either Eastwood Co's Rust Encapsulator or that black waxy stuff that does the same thing but also seals seams. My friend with the sandblaster said he prefers the Eastwood stuff over POR, anyone have any input? Anyways, here's the pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFancypants Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 The secret (so I've read) to removing sound deadening is to get some dry ice. Lay it on the tar and it will literally chip off. It's still hard work but a lot easier. - Greg - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycarispurty Posted May 20, 2007 Author Share Posted May 20, 2007 Yeah, I read that AFTER I got off all the easy stuff Now I'll have to scheme up a way to get it to stay in place on the side of the tranny tunnel and the part that curves up towards the firewall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob_racing Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Put the dry ice in a large ziplock bag and bash it up into small chunks. Then you can put the bag on curved areas and it "form fits" to the irregular metal. I've done it with several cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bschiltz Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Or you could move to Nebraska in the winter, lol. In January I had to bash in the tranny tunnel and about a square foot of tar/ deadening stuff came clean off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycarispurty Posted May 20, 2007 Author Share Posted May 20, 2007 Ahh good call jimbob, then all I need is something like a brick or whatever that'll sit up and can just let the bag rest on that, against the curves Thanks, that saved me lots of thinking lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-ManQ45 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 If you have an air compressor, using a needle scaler will make the job a lot easier too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOlson Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 A propane torch or heatgun is great for loosening it up. It will come right off. Justin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruez Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 I did mine in the winter... It was around 35-38 degrees in the garage at the time.. a lot of it popped of pretty easily in big chunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naviathan Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Sorry I don't have any constructive input, someone already stated my idea (Heat gun or torch). But I just wanted to say how surprised I am that there's sooooo much surface rust under that tar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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