Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:47:25 -0400
Reply-To: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From: craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
In-Reply-To: <EC4EA8FC-0FDC-4677-AE99-ABADD259F5D1@vickersdesign.com>
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I performed a series of experiments this summer that I can now disclose....
These experiments were conducted strictly for the purposes of disproving
certain nay-sayers that reside in our Pittsburgh Vanagon Club in regards to
this very subject, so I did the following....
I filled the inside of my front doors with Peel-n-Seel product, rolling it
on with an edge band roller and a hair dryer. I then proceeded to place a
small patch of Dynamat inside my sliding door (for no effective soundprofing
purposes, simply adherence and gassing). I then proceeded to live in the
desert.
A thermometer inside my car which measured interior car temps and interior
fridge temps kept me informed. My highest recorded interior car temperature
was 180* (SERIOUSLY), at that temperature, the candle I keep in the sink for
nighttime illumination had melted (It's in a glass container, but the wax
was liquid). I routinely drove around with my windows up, and just the air
vents open....
In the deserts around Reno NV.
NEVER did i smell anything. I waited untill it had cycled a year including a
serious cold winter, and I can now say, the Peel-n-seel product has not
sagged one bit, it's still stuck perfectly to the panels and makes a
substantial difference, even just in the front doors!
I plan to do my next van completely in the material.
On an equally positive note, I've learned that my dometic fridge is capable
of maintaining a 90* difference in temperature : )
(It was only about 80* in the fridge at the time).
Also:
chocolate, in the desert, doesn't work.
-Craig
'85GL turned WESTY
BOSTIG in the back
Headin East this year.
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@vickersdesign.com>wrote:
> I've got a Syncro full of the stuff that's been in temps well over
> 120F and there's no smell or melting or any other shenanigans. Been in
> there 5 years. Feel free to buy Die-no-mat at $20 a square foot though
> - you'll be doing your part to end the recession... + )
>
>
> On Mar 16, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:51:03 -0700
>> From: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Peel N Seal RE: Dynamat...
>>
>>
>> I've heard a few horror stories about Peel N Seal here in Sacramento.
>> Mostly from the fumes when the inside temperature of the vehicle
>> hits 120+
>> in summer.
>>
>> Not easy to remove either...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>
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