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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Ice, Ice baby...dry ice for removal of....

Posted by: Mueller Oct 27 2003, 12:06 PM

.........it works...sorta

Thought I'd give it a try, bought 30lbs of dry ice (10lbs of it evaporated to about 3lbs since my wife bought it the night before)

it does work, but it's kind of hit and miss depending on the section of the floor, the good part is it would be a great thing to do in the middle of summer since it does keep you cool

bad part is that I leaned my arm against the floor (no dry ice right on that spot) and now I have a nice little patch of frost bite... )

In the picture is Mike Rose, he wanted to see in person if this method works and helped in the process as well....thanks Mike

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Posted by: SirAndy Oct 27 2003, 12:11 PM

QUOTE(Mueller @ Oct 27 2003, 11:06 AM)

.........it works...sorta

reminds me of driving in the winter-time in germany.
if you ran off the road and had your window open, that's exactly how your car looked like inside.

Andy

Posted by: thesey914 Oct 27 2003, 03:52 PM

I work for a Printing firm -Liquid nitrogen is used in the printing industry for removing the hard dried on ink deposits found on the printing press side frames and pretty much everywhere else on the equipment. Mike I have to salute your ingenuity, I'm well annoyed I didn't think of this when I removed the tar on my car

Posted by: rdauenhauer Oct 27 2003, 04:10 PM

Good Pic
So what was the condition of the Tar afer the "HIT" Once all was evaporated did it just cumble off.

Posted by: James Adams Oct 27 2003, 04:29 PM

QUOTE

Umm dry ice ?? Who comes up with this stuff ??

Buy a 12.00$ heat gun from harbor freight and a nice 4 inch wide puddy knife.

Turn heat on a area and start scraping.

40 some odd pounds of sound deadening in the floors of a 914.

B

Posted by Brad a year ago...

Guess that shows how much Mike thinks of Brad's advice?

Posted by: Mueller Oct 27 2003, 05:04 PM

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Gues that shows how much Mike thinks of Brad's advice?

I heard the same thing on Sunday when I talked to him on the phone

I did have to use the heat gun when I ran out of dry ice.........guess what??? It works

Posted by: DNHunt Oct 27 2003, 05:08 PM

So does a regular old propane torch. Not a fun time but the stuff is gone. I didn't mind it as much as the seam sealer. I finally resorted to wood chisels for that stuff.

Dave

Posted by: Jenny Oct 27 2003, 05:12 PM

Yup, heat gun worked great. I actually enjoyed doing it. Need to remember not to touch the tip of the heat gun to my skin though...

Buy me lunch and I'll do it for you. I fit in those cars better than you anyway.

Jen

Posted by: nine14cats Oct 27 2003, 05:24 PM

does the 40lbs of sound deadener on the floors include the carpets and undercarpets? Or is it just that icky junk that looks like tar?

I'm curious....

Bill

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 27 2003, 05:32 PM

QUOTE(nine14cats @ Oct 27 2003, 04:24 PM)

does the 40lbs of sound deadener on the floors include the carpets and undercarpets? Or is it just that icky junk that looks like tar?

I'm curious....

just the tar ....

Posted by: dryheat914 Oct 27 2003, 06:49 PM

QUOTE(Jenny @ Oct 27 2003, 03:12 PM)

Buy me lunch and I'll do it for you. I fit in those cars better than you anyway.

Jen

Damn Jen,
I wish I would of known before I used the heat gun on mine, Not a hard job but if lunch was all it took for you to do it......well, You would of have a pretty good lunch

Posted by: Aaron Cox Oct 27 2003, 08:11 PM

QUOTE(Jenny @ Oct 27 2003, 04:12 PM)

Buy me lunch and I'll do it for you.
Jen

you make house calls?

Posted by: Jenny Oct 27 2003, 11:09 PM

Did I forget to mention that you'd pay for my gas and any toll I may have encounter? Learning more from Brad every day!!

Jen

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 27 2003, 11:20 PM

QUOTE(Jenny @ Oct 27 2003, 09:09 PM)

Did I forget to mention that you'd pay for my gas and any toll I may have encounter? Learning more from Brad every day!!

i'll keep you in mind when my next project is ready for the tar-removal!

Andy

Posted by: Mueller Oct 28 2003, 12:13 AM

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Buy me lunch and I'll do it for you. I fit in those cars better than you anyway.

Well, the drivers side floor needs to be finished, but I'll wait and have you help AFTER the cage is in....it'll have much more entertainment value watching you do you thing inside the cage

Posted by: Brad Roberts Oct 28 2003, 02:47 AM

Propane is not the way to do it. It can quickly catch shit on fire and melt wires hidden in the seat braces running across the floor.

I swear people... heat gun. Jenny can do it in about an hour (complete floorboards and center tunnel).

It peels right up with little effort... and you wont get frost bite... (what a dumass)

B

Posted by: sj914 Oct 28 2003, 06:18 AM

Yup the heat gun does work wonders on the floor boards and the seam sealer. Just don't use it as a hair drier