[T3] Restoring Floors

["Gary Gamboa" <gary_gamboa@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>Good morning all,

I have removed my front seats for reupholstery (going with TMI). I am also
repairing my front floors. All the floors and hump had the same three layers 
of
material: black top/white styrofoam/black tar-like material. Here's what I 
found:

1. Passenger side: all 3 layers came up easily with a puddy knife. Only 
surface
rust, except at the lowest point, where I found 3 coffee-bean size holes.

2. Hump, all three layers came up easily with a puddy knife from all areas 
except from
around the heating controls. All metal is intact and still painted original 
black.

3. Driver's side: all three layers came up easily with a puddy knife on the 
outer
4-5 inches. In the middle, the foam came off, but the tar-like layer is 
still fixed
securely.

Questions:

1. Should I go ahead and remove all the securely fixed bottom layer on the 
driver's
side?

2. Is there a best practice for retreating floors? Sand to metal, repair 
holes (with what?),
POR15, paint, sound deadening, padding? What brands are best?


Gary
'71 FI AT Square


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