 Heat guns and removing sound tar, I the only one to burn myself? |
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| snflupigus |
 Oct 17 2005, 12:24 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 320 Joined: 29-May 05 From: Gilbert, AZ Member No.: 4,163 Region Association: None  |
Ok, Stripped the passenger side front floor and drivers side rear floor...
Burned my leg and thumb... give me some moral support and tell me I'm not the only one to have gone through this an burn myself with a heat gun? Also, is there an easier way? pics soon. |
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| redshift |
Oct 17 2005, 12:33 AM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
Easier way? FIRE.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) I use a heat gun to bend bindings, for instruments. I get a lil overheated sometimes.. you should be glad you never bend wood, on an iron.. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pinch.gif) M |
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| Hammy |
Oct 17 2005, 01:25 AM
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mr. Wonderful Group: Members Posts: 1,826 Joined: 20-October 04 From: Columbia, California Member No.: 2,978 Region Association: Northern California |
I don't know if there's an easier way.. I remember that experience. I think I burned myself as well, but not blister type burns. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ph34r.gif) Plus my car was in the garage while I did it, so I didn't have much room to open the doors all the way. I was so sore....
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| sj914 |
Oct 17 2005, 01:31 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 805 Joined: 20-August 03 From: San Jose, CA Member No.: 1,053 |
Don't worry your not the only one that gets burnt from a heat gun.
Now how did you burn your leg. Good thing you didn't burn your hootus. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) |
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| tat2dphreak |
Oct 17 2005, 08:06 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
get a butane torch... makes the job 10x faster... and smellier
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| Kansas 914 |
Oct 17 2005, 08:30 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,999 Joined: 1-March 03 From: Durango, Colorado Member No.: 373 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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I used an air chisel and it took about 10 minutes to do both sides - piece of cake and no smell or fire. Be careful with the angle you use - you don't want to dif into the pans. Then I used a shop vac to pick up the pieces.
Worked for me - obviously the stuff was very brittle - are they all like that? |
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| VaccaRabite |
Oct 17 2005, 08:44 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,444 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I used a heat gun, and got no burns at all.
Of course, my garage is fairly big, and I had taken the doors off. I was also wearing gloves. It's the little things, you know? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) Zach |
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| ben1440 |
Oct 17 2005, 08:47 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 171 Joined: 1-March 05 From: Santa Rosa Ca Member No.: 3,688 |
Me too! I definitely agree about the wood bending on the irons. And yes, I got myself a few times removing the tar with a heat gun, it just added to the already high frustration |
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| Rough_Rider |
Oct 17 2005, 09:28 AM
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Smurf Zone Group: Members Posts: 525 Joined: 16-August 04 From: Beaverton, OR Member No.: 2,547 |
Oh yeah, sticky tar..
Seems like some folks have it easy, while other (me included) found the whole process quite tedious & time consuming. Tried heatgun, butane & other heat methods with scrapers. Reverted back to heatgun as easiest to control. Best advice is heat up large areas & try to scrape it off in chunks. Watch out for the hot tar, sticks to fingers. Anyone tried dry ice?? BTW, whats that nasty yellow stuff around seams, hasd to use a wire brush to remove?? |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 17 2005, 09:34 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,648 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
that would be seam sealer ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) the trick is to warm up large patches and then scrape the tar off in big chunks. you don't want to get the tar too mushy/liquid, just warm enough to come off the metal. works great once you get the hang of it ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) Andy |
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| olav |
Oct 17 2005, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,107 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Los Gatos, CA. USA Member No.: 34 Region Association: None |
I use liquid Nitrogen to freeze the stuff then bang it off... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif) |
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| Aaron Cox |
Oct 17 2005, 09:50 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
you work in a sperm bank??? where does one get liquid Nitrogen? |
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| olav |
Oct 17 2005, 10:06 AM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,107 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Los Gatos, CA. USA Member No.: 34 Region Association: None |
you can buy it from chemical supply companies as long as you have a Dewar to store it in it lasts quite a while. I did my graduate studies in Physics and used a lot of it so that's why I'm familiar with the stuff... |
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| tat2dphreak |
Oct 17 2005, 10:13 AM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
wart remover, or -460(?) from fry's... TX in the summer the butane torch was the shit... bubble up big squares of it and then scape off... dry ice or nitrogen may work good too though... |
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| jhadler |
Oct 17 2005, 12:41 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
Don't use heat, too messy.
LN2 (liquid Nitrogen) works great, but is hard to come by for most folks. Best thing is a big load of dry ice, and a rubber mallet. Pile on the dry ice and freeze the material good and hard, then thwack it with the rubber mallet. It should shatter pretty easilly, and then you can either use a shop vac or a whisk and dust pan... Presto! No smelly mess... It may take a little longer, but it's a lot cleaner. -Josh2 |
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| Andyrew |
Oct 17 2005, 01:42 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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Use a blowdryer (heat gun basically)
and get a big area generally hot with the hottest setting, then go back over, a couple inches in front of where your scraping, and put it on the middle or low heat setting.... Slowly scrape... and try for long sprints.... andrew |
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| olav |
Oct 17 2005, 01:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,107 Joined: 28-December 02 From: Los Gatos, CA. USA Member No.: 34 Region Association: None |
Just have to wipe up the melted dry ice... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
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| JB 914 |
Oct 17 2005, 04:48 PM
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Daddy! Finish my car NOW!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,593 Joined: 26-September 04 From: Garden Grove, CA Member No.: 2,831 |
the easier way is to have a BBQ and let aaron and mattR come by and do it while you hold smoked meat on a string.
Seriously, i think the time of year has alot to do with it. i did it on a car this summer and it was much harder to get up. now that it's cooler i'm doing my other car and it seems to come up alot easier. i used the heat gun on both occasions. |
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| Tobra |
Oct 17 2005, 07:16 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,453 Joined: 22-August 05 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 4,634 |
Two words for you buddy, leather gloves.
I would think the dry ice would be pretty slick though, be sure to wear eye protection, or you'll shoot your eye out kid |
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| grantsfo |
Oct 17 2005, 10:06 PM
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Arrrrhhhh! Group: Members Posts: 4,327 Joined: 16-March 03 Member No.: 433 Region Association: None |
I bought a cheap heat gun fom Kragen and it worked great! no burns but I was careful
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