Excellent! But for me you left out one important bit of info. If you put all these materials in a pile, how much would they weigh? I know the fiberglass isn't much but what about the asphalt items? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville NC, The Heart of the Triad> 86 VW Transporter Three Door Pickup 60 Porsche T-5 Coupe 85 VW GL Vanagon<Elvis>awaiting engine On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:34:32 -0400 Matthew Bulley <GMBulley@AOL.COM> writes: >Starting to get a little chilly out...Gettin' to be camping & hiking >weather!!! : ) > >The interior is now basically complete in Suzy's van. In a future >(HUGE) >posting I will share all of the secrets of soundproofing, rustproofing and >thermal insulating. For now, check these unbeleivable stats. Suzy's van now >includes: > >Five packages of Evercoat "Q-Pads", (adhesive 1/4" thick asphalt/rubber >sound-killer pads >A fifty foot roll of 3M "Sound Deadener" (similar to above) >An entire roll of R-13 fiberglass insulation >A can of 3M Rust Preventative (like Waxoil) >Four cans of polyurethane expansion foam sealant >Four gallons of "Kool Patch" undercoating >Two rolls of JCWhitney's "Sound and Heat Insulation used by NASA" >A roll of Fiber-tech Fiberglass/silica exhaust wrap heat shield >insulation >Eight yards of 4-mil plastic >A "Dual Trumpet" 135 db air horn, (okay, that's actually OUTSIDE the van) >11 yards of 1/2" multi-fiber sound absorbing upholstery padding (similar to >NASA stuff but no aluminum foil facing) >Eight yards of "chip-foam" carpet padding >12 yards of upholstery cloth >11 yards of curtain material >Five cans of contact adhesive >1,250 staple-gun staples >11 luggage anchors >30 large sheet metal screws >Six yards of industrial "berber" carpeting >12 ounces of clear silicone sealant >Two yards of 3" thick foam padding <snip> >hear no evil, speak no evil, > >gmbulley >fairfax, va > |
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