watson

Dos anyone have a suggestion or removing the glue that was used to glue the carpet insulation down in a C2? I am trying to prep my 65 coupe or new sound insulation and carpet.

Thanks,

Doc

lib

I used a drill motor with a wire wheel, hand held scraper, and quite a bit of time and energy. The original stuff was stuck quite well to the floor pan.

ghostrider20

I think MEK or TUL will cut it nicely. Use tons of ventilation (strong fan) as the fumes are not only toxic, but the fumes can damage plastic. Also, wear a cartrige respirator and gloves.

watson

Thanks for the suggestions. I put in a lot of hours today and I agree that the stuff is tough.

Doc

jrm5657

3M Adhesive remover 03618 works well. Spray it on and let it soak in good, then use a putty knife or scraper to remove. Be patient and let the spray do its job..

Frankie the Fink

Yup...that's what I do. A PITA job, I don't know why some feel they have to glue carpet down like it might fly out the window at speed

watson

I have most of the stuff that was easy to get to out now. The last section that I need to do is the rear panel and the area under the window. Sometimes I hate coupes. My 67 convertible was a pain, not not this much of a pain. I tried the adhesive remover and it worked great where there was a lot of the old jute material still attached. That stuff retained the liquid and let it work before it evaporated. The part that is left just has the glue on the surface and the adhesive remover seems to evaporate before it works. If things go well, I will be done with this today.

Thanks,

Doc

Lou64

The 3M adhesive remover worked pretty well for me, I also used a wire brush drill attachment. I scraped off all that would come out first, hit it with the spray, wait about 5 min then in with the brush.

mrg

Without using a chemical remover, a single edge razor blade in holder works well. Much better cutting action to remove dried glue, etc., compared to regular scraper.

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irwiny

I used the 3M 38984 Specialty Adhesive Remover - after I peeled away the juke. My only advice is to have good ventilation when using the 3M. Doing the back on a coupe was not fun. I took me about 1.5 quarts in total for me.

After applying the 3M, you can't wait too long or the 3M will dry up. I normally wait about 10 minutes and use a wide putty knife to scrape off the glue. Then I would wait use the wet dry to pick up the mess. I suggest you do the clean up after the 3M dries up or it will stick to everything inside the wet dry vac.

It's not too easy around the rear wheels wells since the factory used a lot of glue around these areas. It took about 2-3 applications to get most of it removed.

Wire wheel on a drill works if your not concerned much about the scratches or removing the protective coating from the factory. I used the wire wheel around the front more since I found some rust stains from floor plate wire cover near the door stills and various areas near the kick panels. I applied a coat of primer to the area I aggressively used the wire wheel.

Don't forget about a breathing dust mask when you pull out the juke. It's pretty nasty stuff floating in the air inside a coupe.

Overall the sound dentner didn't help me, I was really trying to keep the heat out from my headers and tried to apply additional layers in the front. I also put to a layer of the bubble aluminum from HD.

As you remove the carpet, this leads to repainting the center console, changing the shifter boot and many other parts you had remove and found needing to be replaced / repainted. Took about 6 weeks for me working on weekends when permitted with my boss (wife).

rfn026

I can feel your pain. I did that very same job a few months ago.

My solution was a heat gun and a plastic putty knife.



The amusing part of all this is that Al Knoch says to not use glue. Yet in the vid they give you he's putting glue on everything.

I traced the records on my '58 and the glue was put down in 1967. I suspect that he's dead now so it wouldn't do any good to find him and finish him off.

Richard Newton
1958 Carpet Install

Kerrmudgeon

I use contact cement but only dots here and there where lift is likely to occur. Makes it easier for the next guy.