mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 How many of you guys have left it in there? How many have taken it all out? Methods? I have used dry ice in the past, but it doesn't work too well on this '96 Mustang. I guess heat or leave it are my two options. I am leaning towards leaving it alone because I gotta hit that minimum weight mark. Any input? Quote
King Matt1548534716 Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 Elbow grease or acid dipping, depending on your time and budget. If you have more time than money, I find a variety of scrapers and a heat gun work best, but it still leaves a lot of residue that needs to be manually scrubbed with solvents. For my next car, if there ever is one, I'm stripping it to a shell, dipping it, and building from the ground up. Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Posted March 27, 2007 I thought we couldn't acid dip? Quote
powerslide91 Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 For my car I used a air chisel. I blunted the tip with a file to keep it from digging into the sheetmetal by accident. It worked pretty good and breaks it off in chunks and strips of material. I then had to go back over it with rags and acetone to remove the final reside. For me, it works even better if you go get some dry ice and use that to cool things down before you hit it, it just helps it break off cleanly and makes it go faster. That was on my Camaro, not sure if the material used on the Mustang is different somehow. As a side note, this is also a good time to go and clean off sharp edges around the spot weld areas with a grinder. It is amazing how many sharp edges get left behind from the factory welding. It can cut your hands up pretty quick when wiping down the interior. Jeff Quote
GT4Point6 Posted March 27, 2007 Posted March 27, 2007 Heat gun and scraper work really well. Stinks but works 10x better than dry ice. Ford and Chevy must have used different types of material since one works good with dry ice and the other doesn't hardly work at all. Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted March 27, 2007 Author Posted March 27, 2007 Dry Ice worked great on my Civic. Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted April 2, 2007 Author Posted April 2, 2007 Update.....heat gun/3" scrapper and a lot of patience are getting the job done. For cleanup I am using a wire brush on a drill and it is getting the residue up quicker than the acetone did. I will finish up next weekend and post pics. Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 Bought one of these today, removes residue like nobody's business. Will finish up this job tomorrow and post pics. Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Posted April 8, 2007 After all of this hard work, I weighed the removed insulation....I WILL NEVER, EVER do this again.....11 friggin lbs. Quote
Lady in Nomex Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I used a wire wheel to remove a lot of things from inside my 3rd gen CMC car, just about removed some of my body parts along with it - be careful! Quote
Lady in Nomex Posted April 8, 2007 Posted April 8, 2007 I used a wire wheel to remove a lot of things from inside my 3rd gen CMC car, just about removed some of my body parts along with it - be sure to wear eye protection and be careful! Quote
powerslide91 Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 I hate wire wheels too. Seems like the main thing they do is shoot metal wires all over the place including into my skin. Instead I just take a few years off my life by breathing acetone.... Why do we do this hobby again Jeff Quote
nape1548534725 Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 After all of this hard work, I weighed the removed insulation....I WILL NEVER, EVER do this again.....11 friggin lbs. It all adds up. Wait until you're under the car with a spot weld cutter getting that last .5 oz bracket off while hot metal shavings are falling on ya. If it was easy, everyone would do it Quote
mcmmotorsports1548534724 Posted April 9, 2007 Author Posted April 9, 2007 If it was easy, everyone would do it This I know. Quote
nasa-rm Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 After all of this hard work, I weighed the removed insulation....I WILL NEVER, EVER do this again.....11 friggin lbs. At a minimum it makes sense to remove it from the tranny tunnel and floor boards under your feet. We had one car where we didn't bother to do that an I was constantly scrapping it of my shoes when the exhaust would heat up and melt it. We'll get started on removing ours this week and see how far we get. Quote
mitchntx1548534714 Posted April 9, 2007 Posted April 9, 2007 It makes sense to take the time to remove it as it is quite flammable. Consequently, an acetylene torch gets rid of it quite nicely. But only do this if you plan on repainting the interior, EVERYTHING is removed (all wiring, lines and fuel tank), do small sections at a time and have a fire extinguisher handy Quote
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