Sound Deading Tar Pad

[jims-terrano]

Started peeling back the carpet in the Terrano to do some welding. Does anyone know the easiest way to remove those tar sound deadening pads?

Chipping away at it with a screwdriver is slow and skins my knuckles when I slip:doh

Cheers

 

[The Patrolman]

Started peeling back the carpet in the Terrano to do some welding. Does anyone know the easiest way to remove those tar sound deadening pads?

Chipping away at it with a screwdriver is slow and skins my knuckles when I slip:doh

Cheers

When I stripped out my Capri I found the best way was to do it when it is cold with a hammer and chisel. Generally it just shattered off. Trying to burn it off is awfully messy:thumb2

 

[Sweety]

the best way was to do it when it is cold with a hammer and chisel. Generally it just shattered off.

+1 Only way I know how to shift the stuff:augie

 

[solarman216]

I warm it up with a plumbers torch usually from the under side and scrape it off, easy, Rick

 

[jims-terrano]

Ahh well some more ideas thanks guys.

Noticed tonight some plonka who welded it before didnt lift the carpets:nenau

 

[The Patrolman]

If it is only to keep Mr Mot happy then glue on a patch with tiger seal or similar an clag on the underseal:augie

 

[jims-terrano]

Fraid not patrolman, its my project car. Needs a bit of welding so Im removing it around the area where Ill be welding.

 

[rustic]

When I stripped out my Capri I found the best way was to do it when it is cold with a hammer and chisel. Generally it just shattered off. Trying to burn it off is awfully messy:thumb2

If you want to scrape it off, a multi tool with a scraper blade should work.
I used one to remove timber moulding holding in Double glazed units in a hardwood frame, the mastic was hard, and any other method broke the wooden strips, but with the multi tool, it cut through the mastic like a hot knife through butter, so I would think it should work.
The vibration seems to soften the mastic, to a point is was being extruded out from behind the wood.
No more broken wooden strips, and the old misted double glazed units came out in one piece.:thumb2
Similar to one of these, but I got mine from Aldi...
:thumb2

 

[panelbeater]

that tool will work well as will an air chisel make it fast

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

If you want to scrape it off, a multi tool with a scraper blade should work.
I used one to remove timber moulding holding in Double glazed units in a hardwood frame, the mastic was hard, and any other method broke the wooden strips, but with the multi tool, it cut through the mastic like a hot knife through butter, so I would think it should work.
The vibration seems to soften the mastic, to a point is was being extruded out from behind the wood.
No more broken wooden strips, and the old misted double glazed units came out in one piece.:thumb2
Similar to one of these, but I got mine from Aldi...
:thumb2

Lidl's have those on offer this week. After you talked about it before, I got one, and it goes up there with my reciprocating saw, as one of those bits of kit you wonder how you ever managed without.