H'lo Folks,
Starting into the "seeming like progress" stage today. After
considering the brown fuzzy stuff (jute or juke) and the tar paper, and
all the advice you people provided, I made the following decisions. Off
with the brown fuzzy stuff. It is not especially nice and does not work
any better than more modern carpet insulation. DO NOT replace the tar
paper - it tends to trap moisture within the layers and increase rust
potential rather than reduce it.
What to do? I am using rubberized undercoater in spray cans as
replacement for the tar paper. It is about $5.00 per can and available
at any reasonable hardware store. That is important in a town of 6,000
an hour and a half away from the nearest city. It sticks like paint to
metal thus preventing moisture from getting to the Fe, and is rubbery
enough to provide sound deadening. Over that, fiber carpet insulation
such as is used for house floors and hot rods alike. DO NOT use foam
insulation because it does not breathe and traps moisture.
After figuring that all out and purchasing the stuffs, the days work
consisted of masking everything for painting, and painting. The masking
part is actually a lot more work than one may anticipate. Especially
since I do not want a lot of painted wires under the dash, therefore
they all needed to be bunched up and masked off. Same with unidentified
doomafloggers and heater thingies. After masking, it is a toxic
pleasure breathing all that paint fumes while watching things become
uniform in color.
One other unanticipated problem was the small grey Australian Shepard
who simply could not figure out why I have been spending so much time
going out to a car and still would not go for a ride.
Tomorrow is second coat of paint and undercoater.
Keep them cards and letters coming in folks!
Later,
Steve Van Ronk
glblitnpwr(at)nidlink.com
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