[urq] Re: Best way to remove insulation/sound deadening?

[Kneale Brownson]

I'd definitely go for the hot air gun over any sort of open flame.

At 11:26 PM 6/13/2004 +0100, Jim Haseltine wrote:
>----- 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.