I used DynaMat - I got from the local SlepBoys. Works great and easy to
cut to fit, you more or less fold and slice along the folded line.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 5/10/00 9:56 AM, JOHNR@mail.nwmissouri.edu
made the profound statement:
>The asphalt based material you refer to is available from Victoria British
>(and I suspect from MM, too) custom cut for MGs (this looks like the same
>stuff they came from the factory with that is painted body color and fits
>between the ribs in the floor pan). It's not necessarily cheap, but is
>available.
>
>John Reynolds
>1979 MGB (in restoration)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com [mailto:ATWEDITOR@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:48 AM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Sound deadening
>
>
> In a message dated 5/10/00 12:03:53 PM, MJones@ngl.ca
>writes:
>
> << I am looking to reduce the noise level in my B as well.
>I called around
> town to see who sold automotive sound deadening material and
>found an
> automotive upholstery shop that would sell me a felt-like
>automotive carpet
> underlay which is 6 ft wide and they sell it by the yard at
>$20/yd. >>
>
> I have been seeking a bulk source--i.e., by-the-yard--for an
>asphalt-based
> underlayment that I have used in my Mustang with great
>success for heat,
> noise and vibration. I can get the stuff custom cut for
>Mustangs, but cannot
> find anyone else who has ever heard of this stuff, and the
>Mustang folks
> won't sell it bulk. I had to take a pre-cut Mustang package
>and recut it,
> badly, for my roadster.
> I've always wondered about the wisdom of using any felt or
>fabric-based
> material for sound/heat proofing in an environment in which
>water is often
> present. The felt traps and holds the moisture, giving the
>tin worm too much
> help. The asphalt-based material cannot absorb the water,
>so it is free to
> evaporate faster.
> Also, what is it with this aluminum skin that is put on some
>sorts of felt as
> a heat barrier? Anyone ever cook with an aluminum pan?
>Hello? Aluminum is
> one of the greatest conductors of heat you can find. Great
>at reflecting
> radiant heat, the worst at defeating heat when in direct
>contact.
> So how about this asphalt stuff, whatever it is called.
>Any help?
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
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