I did this mostly for future protection against rust, although it has
significantly quieted my Midget.
The roofing cement/roofing felt sort of duplicates what the factory
installed, although whatever they used under the felt was pretty thin. I
would hate to be the one to have to remove this stuff someday, but when
it's done it won't be because the floor rusted out. I'll be dead then
anyway, so I don't suppose I will care what the next owner thinks of me.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC USA
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool
than to speak, and remove all doubt" -- Mark Twain
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> From: Daryl and Jennifer May <mayfam@sprynet.com>
> To: Steve Byers <byers@cconnect.net>; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Little Task?
> Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 7:30 PM
>
> I can endorse the use of some roofing compounds for noise control
> applications in cars.
>
> To stop vibration of, and noise transmission through, sheet metal
> components like floor pans, bulkheads, trunk floors, hoods, etc., it
> usually helps to add "limp mass" ("limp" as opposed to "stiff"). Roofing
> sealers and felts often have these properties at very low cost. I
> noise-controlled my Bugeye fairly well for less than $20. What's under
the
> carpet can't be seen, even if it will make me a DPO one-day (to some!).
> Daryl
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