sewebster Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I need to patch my floor in the cargo area. I pulled the carpet up and everything is coated in this black stuff? Anyone know the best way to remove it? Grinding it off seems messy... maybe heat and scrape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 The 3mm thick hard rubber @!*% where (at least on my pathy) rust seems to only generate under it? I used a hammer and a chisel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 The 3mm thick hard rubber @!*% where (at least on my pathy) rust seems to only generate under it? I used a hammer and a chisel. Ugh, sounds like a good time. Yeah, it's that stuff, rust concealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJpathy Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 If its that sound deadener stuff, best way to remove it is to cover it in dry ice then chip it off in chunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJSquirrel Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 If its that sound deadener stuff, best way to remove it is to cover it in dry ice then chip it off in chunks. X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 The @!*% that keeps the carpet down and not moving? Mine is still gooey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hmm, dry ice, interesting idea. Silverton, I don't think this stuff was ever gooey after it was applied... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Mine is most certainly gooey! Gooey enough to transfer to my clothes. Unless of course we aren't talking about the same stuff? Edited June 22, 2011 by silverton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 If this is what I'm thinking of (tar-like substance holding down the padding under the carpets), heat and scrape will take forever and you'll still have some left over. You'd probably get it out faster/better with the dry ice. Just don't asphyxiate yourself. It's still soft in my 95, at least under the carpet on the rear wheel wells. Maybe it hardens up given another four years? Or maybe they used different stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Interesting. Maybe there is some different stuff out there. I think mine has a small amount of black "goo" at the very rear, but then when you pull the carpet up almost the entire cargo area has a thick hard black plastic coating, not gooey at all. I'll see if I can get some pics this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 OH! THAT stuff... I thought you were talking about something different. I'm gonna go take pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverton Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 You must have a black truck, and that's why you're calling it black, mine is body color! This is the stuff I'm talking about, and keeps the carpet over the wheel wells in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Ah yeah, different things. I didn't pull up the carpet over the wheel wells, could be goo under there. Yeah, my truck is black Anyway, the chipping hammer did a good job of removing it, as did a hammer and cold chisel without any freezing. It seemed fairly brittle, possibly because of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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