Has anyone tried spray insulation?
It's available in DIY kits and used in lofts and in boats, I imagine it could be easily applied to cars.
I've been reading this.
Apparently it doesn't expand too much, not like those cans of foam from B&Q that expand for ever!
The spray should get in to the awkward places easily leaving no gaps. I'm not sure about it's sound proffing qualities though. It's also good with moisture!
It's available in DIY kits and used in lofts and in boats, I imagine it could be easily applied to cars.
I've been reading this.
Apparently it doesn't expand too much, not like those cans of foam from B&Q that expand for ever!
The spray should get in to the awkward places easily leaving no gaps. I'm not sure about it's sound proffing qualities though. It's also good with moisture!
D90mitch
Well-Known Member
I have a load of adhesive sound proofing in the garage but I am forced to wait until I fix all the leaks (door seals done, vent and windscreen seals need doing and when I go round a corner it leaks after being raining by what appears to be from behind the headliner on the passenger side 
) so the sound proofing dont go moldy or squelchy. Can't wait to hear the difference though!
) so the sound proofing dont go moldy or squelchy. Can't wait to hear the difference though!
bankz5152
Well-Known Member
I just did my re did my rear head lining doing this. 3mm foam + carpet looks good and works a treat.
Next thing is 6mm foam in the front + carpet. 6mm foam in the doors and a touch of glue to keep the door cards secure.
Also going to do the bulkhead, half to protect it half for sound/vibration insulation and the door pillars.
Will do the some of the front bulkhead too when i take the dash out for speaker fitting etc..
Also works wonders for keeping condensation out.
Next thing is 6mm foam in the front + carpet. 6mm foam in the doors and a touch of glue to keep the door cards secure.
Also going to do the bulkhead, half to protect it half for sound/vibration insulation and the door pillars.
Will do the some of the front bulkhead too when i take the dash out for speaker fitting etc..
Also works wonders for keeping condensation out.
defender40wm
New Member
Where did you get your 6mm foam?
lilman
New Member
Opinel knife?Hi guys,
its the old trick of sound proofing again, and i couldn't help but think that paying alot of money for sound proofing was pointless with the way i get in my truck covered in ****, crap, mud and all manner of things so looking for cheap ways of doing it i decided that a camping roll matt would be a good idea, twinned with a £8 adhesive spray from B&Q i set about cutting it to shape and the difference is unbelievable! you can see in my pic that i have only done the seat boxes so far on top, and it already makes so much of a difference, no whine at all! So i would strongly reccomend you do it, but my top tips are as follows;
1- Spray adhesive onto matt and metal and leave for 2 mins to go tacky and THEN stick to each other.
2- remove all the seats and back rests, then re bolt on top. holds down that little bit more along with the glue!
I will be doing the bulkhead, footwells and the tunnel soon!
Edd
doz
Active Member
Now this interests me a lot. I've got a 1972 VW T2 Fleetline bay (very rare bus). I had to remove the sound proofing from the engine bay as the board was all broken and in danger of falling on my rather spankly new engine. So I had to remove it. Even with the carpet and seats in the engine din from the twin carbs is barking and I fear for my kids ears. Did you find those mats any good for cutting the noise of the engine in your bus?
Jongould
New Member
It cant be used in the engine bay as the air coolers run at quite a high temperature, you need the specific stuff for that but I did find with all the panels done inside I couldn't hear the engine, a few times I found myself pulling away to either maximum revs or stalling, sometimes the engine had already stalled and I never noticed, that's embarrassing!
Do like the ol' fleetliners, its one of those busses people seem to exclude from the production models and forget about, south African made I'm guessing, cool bus...
