Best way to remove insulation/sound deadening?

[Jim Haseltine]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Linkov" <jon at audiclubna.org>

>I've run into the problem of getting the glued-down
> insulation/sound deadening/carpet backing up from the sheet metal.

You mean the tarry stuff?

Propane gas torch. Warm the surface of the stuff until it goes 'plastic'
(you do not have to set it on fire) and then scrape it off with a paint
scraper - the sort that you pull rather than one of the flexible flat
blades.

A hot air paint stripper might be just as good as the torch - not actually
tried one. An oxy cutting torch is overkill but really shifts the stuff.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine