Dynamat Group buy or single buy

[Bedfordcrazy]

I was planning to do my floor, the roof and walls and engine cover. Being so thin i suspect the walls would create some noise. Its been so long since i have driven it i can't remember. Hey dano, that underlay you mentioned, i have some of those grey blankets, they use   for padding in removalists trucks, they are very dense and thick, could you use that on the walls if you can find something to glue it up there. I use them at the moment when i am in the van working, it stops me from scratching my arse as i slide around the floor. lol 
They are about 3mx3m $20 and you would then cover that with your trim, the concern i have would be condensation and moisture being trapped and creating a problem. Just a thought, what are the cons for it ?

Good to have an interior guy on here, thanks dano. Hey dano should do a stretch beddy.
george,

[Warren]

Warren, you could of atleast done ALL of the maths for me
so if its $180 + 20 shipping,  $200  /  36sq/ft = $5.5555555555555
Does that sound right?

So if we can bring the price down, that $1 per sq/ft difference will increase

Sorry Matte I didnt see the 36 sq/ft in your original post - otherwise I would have

Warren

[pickmeup]

Dano's to busy doing Limo"s,no not Borrie

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Dano, have a Q. for a long time now i have been trying to find the foam that interior fabricators use, it's the stuff that you can glue together and then you can cut and sand to get the shape you want for a dash or centre consoles. You can then fibreglass or cover. I have rung all the places that you would think could help, but no one can put me onto a supplier. So i need a contact here in bris for the foam and glue. Also the industry names so theres no excuse for them not knowing what i am talking about. Thanks mate.
george.

[grandad]

 George what i use is 2 pack foam i just make it up in plastic moulds : ie icecream tubs. its ezey to work with and cheap. pop the blocks out and cut and sand them to the shape you want glue them and glass over

[able]

George, have you tried asking at a surfboard/fiberglass supply?

they would be making those board blanks out of a similar product???

[cfjeff]

George the stuff youare after sounds like the foam I used to mould the columns and arm rests in my interior. I too am finding it increasingly difficult to obtain cheaply. Most in the industry call it "closed cell foam", I describe it as the stuff camping and hikeing bed rolls are made from. Yes it can be laminated together with F2 glue and sanded with 40 to 60 grit sand paper, its great stuff for custom shaping of interior parts. Check out the pics in my gallery of interior build shows the foam in use. If really stuck for it then could try camping stores for bed rolls and laminate together to make thicker slabs to shape.

Hope this helps
Jeff

[ben]

i got some of that stuff george. how much you need?

grandad that sounds very interesting what your doing there. might have to have a chat about that:)

ben

[Dano]

cheers lads , I appreciate everyones experience, and thoughts / web site as well......george, able is on the money .... chek out local surfboard and kiak ? manufactuerers just ask for offcuts etc. i paid $50 for a very large sheet /offcut from a place in Osbourne park (for perth ites) just down the road from Barbegello's.. it was prob 2.5 x 1.0 x 150 thick, will use this for the front spoiler on me shorty...then galss and paint etc...
     Grandad..... what a brilliant idea.....
     Jeff the stuff I think you might be after can be obtained from Clark rubber , definately "closed cell" or high density, also boat shops should do it , have used it to trim out boats cabins is also known as floatation foam , very boyant. and yes expensive...try your local trimmers, Daley's in oz distribute it..... we (work ) brought two rolls of the white (very sandable) foam in from the USA , you might have seen it used  in Overhaulin.... can't seem to get it here, the blue closed cell foam is about the closest.....
   Bed i crazy , yes same same very good cost effective underlay, not quite as dense but you can double up, have used this too get "the job out".... contact glue is the adhesive we use, use a high heat for roofs, spray one coat let it go off do a second coat , let it get tacky but be careful, will stick like babies bless ed to a blanket.... can be re activated with a heat gun if this occurs, clean up with mineral turps. NO SMOKING.... and can get quite fumey, the buzz only lasts for a little while but the head ache don't. ....LOL  use in a well ventelated area, and or bit at a time......

[Rogue Trooper]

Garry (SundownerNZ) gets the foam he did his dash and panels from Forman Insulation. That's for the Kiwi guys. Don't know about the Aussies. A previous thread went...

Hey George,

Re magazines, there's 61 of them from the first to last. Awesome set.

The panels are all custom made using a mix of ply, foam and fibreglass. Dead easy to do. Cut and fit the ply to whatever your working on, say a door panel. Get some insulation foam from a supplier. Forman Insulation over here have a huge range but in the type I use there are three grades: Soft - brown, Medium - green and hard - blue. I use green. This is glued onto wherever you want to form a shape to whatever thickness you want. Once the glue is dry, sand it to the shape you want. Blow off the dust with an air gun then I fibreglass it using Dynal cloth (fine fibreglass cloth). this folds around curves really well. Then I soak the cloth with resin and roll out all the air bubbles with a fibreglass roller. Once dry I give it a second coat of resin. Once that's gone off I sand it and give the whole thing a skim coat of bog then sand the whole lot smooth. The colour finish is just Dulux 101 interior house paint, semi gloss, applied with a roller which gives a slight stippled finish and that's about it.

There are a number of other ways of doing this. Complicated large shapes can be done by forming the basic shape in mdf, covering with speaker cloth then fibreglassing the cloth, and bogging it from there.

Hope this helps.
Garry.

http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=1754.msg16934#msg16934

Thought I'd check this out when I start la-de-dahing up my dash.

Also here is an old thread on insulation and sound deadening..

http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=86.msg889#msg889