‘69 Carpet - Eastman Xmat Question
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‘69 Carpet - Eastman Xmat Question
A friend of a friend owned a Classics repair shop for many years but closed it about a year ago. Last month He was at my house looking at my ‘69 convertible and being very kind with his time and helping me (since I’m such a noob to all this) by giving tips etc...
Since he knew I wanted to replace my carpets, one tip he he gave me was to use Eastwood Xmat, but also said to roll on some truck bed liner direct on the fiberglass before laying the Xmat...has anyone done this? My only real concern is whether the Xmat will actually stick to the bed liner as bed liner seems to be kind of like Teflon (nothing sticks).
thanks as always!
Since he knew I wanted to replace my carpets, one tip he he gave me was to use Eastwood Xmat, but also said to roll on some truck bed liner direct on the fiberglass before laying the Xmat...has anyone done this? My only real concern is whether the Xmat will actually stick to the bed liner as bed liner seems to be kind of like Teflon (nothing sticks).
thanks as always!
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For what this is worth,
I use a similar product but it is the DynaMat Extreme.,
And I can say that when I cover the firewall and all other areas....I wash the areas I plan on applying it with a solvent so it is clean so when I apply the adhesive backed DynaMat Extreme....it sticks like crazy.
SO...NO...I would not roll out or apply anything on the areas I plan on applying the product.
Then I apply layer of the DynaPad.
DUB
I use a similar product but it is the DynaMat Extreme.,
And I can say that when I cover the firewall and all other areas....I wash the areas I plan on applying it with a solvent so it is clean so when I apply the adhesive backed DynaMat Extreme....it sticks like crazy.
SO...NO...I would not roll out or apply anything on the areas I plan on applying the product.
Then I apply layer of the DynaPad.
DUB
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I rebuilt a CJ5 a few years back and I thought it would be a good idea to spray the bottom and inside the tub with lizard skin bed liner for sound deadening. Apparently it is not heat resistant, because every location near the engine it has pealed. Not sure about the bed liner you are referring to, but I would just go with Dynamat in the future.
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I rebuilt a CJ5 a few years back and I thought it would be a good idea to spray the bottom and inside the tub with lizard skin bed liner for sound deadening. Apparently it is not heat resistant, because every location near the engine it has pealed. Not sure about the bed liner you are referring to, but I would just go with Dynamat in the future.
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Joined: Jun 2017
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For what this is worth,
I use a similar product but it is the DynaMat Extreme.,
And I can say that when I cover the firewall and all other areas....I wash the areas I plan on applying it with a solvent so it is clean so when I apply the adhesive backed DynaMat Extreme....it sticks like crazy.
SO...NO...I would not roll out or apply anything on the areas I plan on applying the product.
Then I apply layer of the DynaPad.
DUB
I use a similar product but it is the DynaMat Extreme.,
And I can say that when I cover the firewall and all other areas....I wash the areas I plan on applying it with a solvent so it is clean so when I apply the adhesive backed DynaMat Extreme....it sticks like crazy.
SO...NO...I would not roll out or apply anything on the areas I plan on applying the product.
Then I apply layer of the DynaPad.
DUB
Here’s where I am. My first time doing this and yes, I’m pretty **** about details so this much took me several hours (like 8 total)...
Thoughts?
thanks guys!
Michael
