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Date:         Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:13:26 -0500
Reply-To:     jpalmer@MYMTS.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MYMTS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question
Comments: To: Jim Ogul <jimogul70@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CALw9qvvhtSSH7YrbnahbxZv8TDp5BcOXQF5w20z1EM9r1VVKvw@mail.gmail.com>
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Wouldn't some sort of spray foam be easier to install? Especially in the crevices? Or does it promote rust? Jeff

> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:56:46 -0400 > From: jimogul70@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I have found that as I have gotten older, my declining hearing accomplishes > the same result as adding sound insulation, and its free! > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > I have used both the "official" B-Quiet and the HoDepot roofing product > > like Peel and Seal. Both seem to work and the latter is cheaper, about > > half the price per square foot. After experiencing the ooze problem I > > simply taped over the joints and exposed edges with metal foil tape. Keeps > > the stickum off things it should not be stuckum to. > > > > Stephen > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 7:14 PM > > Subject: Re: Sound proofing, was: Muffler question > > > > > > RE: Peel and Seal for Sound Proofing > > A warning. If you use Peel and Seal under your carpet in the living area > > of a Westy at some time in the future you will go to lift up the carpet > > and, because of the weight on top from using that surface, you will find > > that the carpet is glued to the floor! Carpet will still come up, with > > some effort, to reveal that the Peel and Seal 'stickum' has oozed out and > > becomes one awful mess of impossible to get off black, tar like glue. And > > anything you place the carpet on will get it's full share also. Including > > your hands :) (you can get it off of some things with charcoal lighter > > fluid). Ask me how I know.... > > BTW, I have been very satisfied with the Peel and Seal otherwise and a lot > > cheaper than near identical products sold for sound deadening at a higher > > price. No smell from day one and no other problems other than as noted > > above. > >


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