Hi, I did a "Bulley-like" make-over to my van (82 westy) this last summer. I stripped out the interior, fixed the beginings of some seam rust behind the fridge, and insulated all the body panels for sound and heat. Instead of Dynamat (which was/is too expensive) I used a roofing material called "progard" (made by Emco). Its an "plasticized" asphalt compostion, 1/16th inch thick, self adhesive on one side and with a blue polyethlyene layer on the other side. The roll was 65 X 3 feet, cost Can$70. Used a lot in areas where ice damns (on the eaves) are a problem...ie. East coast. Harder to find out here on the wet coast, "Ken's roofing supplies" in Victoria was where i found it. It was quite easy to apply, although cutting it up did make my scissors and utility knife sticky, and I could lay up 3 or 4 layers quickly. Initially (and this was done when the weather was warm) there was an asphalt smell, but when the van was finished (including fiberglass insulation and vapour barrier) the smell was gone. It sure does make the body panels "dead". Road noise has been redusced and the van was cooler in the summer and now is warmer in the winter. Alistair
on 4/1/2001 6:53 AM, Keith Adams at keith_adams@TRANSCANADA.COM wrote: > Did you guys manage to find a good price on Dynamat? From what I can > recall, this stuff is really expensive per square foot, and I've been > ogling over GMBulley's creative use of other materials (although some of > them ain't cheap either). I just haven't had a chance to go to my local > autobody supply store and see what they have for sound damping > materials. I just know that the Dynamat is really expensive at the > stereo shop! > > Keith Adams > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > 1986 Vanagon GL Westfalia "Roxy" > |
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