interior padding

[SVMVMVZZZZ]

OK i have another one for you all.. Anyone find an easy quick way to remove the sticky padding and horsehair crap that is on the floorpans/well

Scrapping is a royal pain!

[wolfalp1592]

Water and wire brush. Its messy.

[inZane 240]

Air chisel worked great for me. Get the right angle on it and it just pops off.

[dsommer]

Dry ice. Place it on the area you want to remove the "tar", let it sit for a minute or two then give it a whack with a rubber mallet or chisle it off. It makes it nice and brittle and will shatter it.

[SVMVMVZZZZ]

@wolfalp Thanks. thats what i was scarred of.... oh well time to get messy.

if anyone else has any ideas be glad to hear em

[SVMVMVZZZZ]

Thanks all will give them a shot.

[zsteelman]

I did the hammer and chisel approach, however it leaves leftover tar on the floor. To get around that problem I picked up a "sticker scraper gun" which is basically a soldering iron with a razor blade on the end. It makes short work of the left overs.

[xonix_digital]

I just finished doing this. I used a hammer and metal putty knife on the floors cause the rust had made it easy to pull them apart. On the tranny tunnel i had to use a hammer, a chisel, and a six pack of beer.

 

The six pack of beer became crucial around the three hour marker. It helped me swear beligerantly while hammering like an idiot and pissing off my neighbors.

 

I will never do it without dry ice again.

[dsommer]

Dry ice FTW.

Edited September 13, 2010 by dsommer

[wagon jon]

You could always use fire!

 

The best way is to use a scraper and a vacuum afterwords.

[revlis240]

I just scraped and got rid of all my stock material. This is what Im left with:

 

Taking a wire pad at the end of the drill would still take me HOURS to remove

the surface rust. Is that the solution?

 

My plan was to:

Try and remove surface rust (do i use Naval Jelly?)

Paint with self etching primer

Install sound deadening material

Carpet over SD Material

 

Suggestions?

Edited October 14, 2010 by revlis240

[motoman]

I just finished doing my yesterday. I used a putty knife and a hammer and it worked great. To get the surface rust i used a combination of naval jelly and a grinder. I suppose a wire wheel could be substituted for the grinder. However the grinder made really short work of the rust.

[wagon jon]

That looks like surface rust only. I have use muriotic acid from the automotive paint store. It does a fine job lifting the rust up. Then use a rag to wipe it down.. Always use gloves, eye protection, and a mask.

[HaaJeHaa]

Did this job myself this weekend. Found some surface rust on the floor after getting the asphalt away. My solution: Got mental with the twisted wire brush on my grinder, som rust converter on where I coulden't get to and then some zink primer. After that I brushed on some Owatrol (linen oil) under the seat brackets to stop the rust where you can't reach(that stuff is amazing, creeps everywhere and stops and prevents rust). I'll be finishing the job thursday with a topcoat of POR15.

Edited October 17, 2010 by HaaJeHaa

[revlis240]

after I remove the rust is POR15 the only way to go? Or will self etching primer be enough?