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Various replies to different bits of this thread ... > On Aug 8, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > > On 8 Aug 2005 at 13:57, Matthew Jones wrote: > > > >> Can the OE tar/expanded polystyrene sandwich floor pads be > >> re applied by heating the tar till its sticky again ? > > > > Probably, but I think some hot weather and time would also > > work. But maybe that's not an option where you live. No. Its struggling to get above 25*C and we're in the height of summer! And I live on the "sunny south coast". > From: fess > How best to remove the old tarboards? > Mine seem pretty well stuck down, but they've been completely water > logged at various > points in time. Is it just going to be a crumble and scrape type of > activity? I used a wallpaper scraper type of tool. The tar is quite brittle when cold - mostly it cracked and the boards came up intact with only a few patches of tar left on the pans. > From: Dave Hall > > You'd have to be pretty accurate on temp, as the expanded > polystyrene might melt at a similar temp. Good point. > I suspect after looking at the rust on the floor below them, > it would be better not to allow them to stick on - they won't > do it evenly anyway. I think they will self heal to an extent, > so may stick here and there - might be better to use something > else under them. They need a good bond to the floor otherwise they won't properly damp the resonances in the panels. Just laying there they aren't properly coupled to the floor. I may "glue" them with guttering mastic. ISRT others mentioning this approach before. This would be safer than flames & heat! -- Matt. UK. '73 1600e FB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~