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Tegpilot

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Posted: August 25, 2005 at 9:28 PM / IP Logged

Hey guys, newbie question, I haven't used any deadening material in my car and am wanting to do "something" but don't have the bucks to spend on dynamat. Has anybody ever tried this stuff??? http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=268-010

For a 10x10" sheet, thats pretty cheap I've found. Even If I use like 3 layers around my door drivers, it seems like an absolute fraction of the price of name brands. And you can buy the big sheets for around 18 dollars or something like that! Let me know, thanks!

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 12:35 AM / IP Logged

If I had to guess, and judging by the appearance, it is just Dynamat - the regular kind. I tried it, I didn't like it. Oh sure it worked for a LITTLE while, till the adhesive started failing. Ah, that wonderful Bakersfield sun! And I don't mean it was coming off the panels; the adhesive was sticking to the panels, and the Dynamat was falling off the adhesive!!! sound damping at partsxpress? Any good? -- posted image.

sound damping at partsxpress? Any good? -- posted image.

Needless to say, I won't be using regular Dynamat again - especially after I have now rematted my entire car with Extreme! Way better stuff...

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 2:11 AM / IP Logged

no I don't thinks its dynamat, they would have to disclose that if it is. I think it the same type of thing obviously, just didnt' want to buy something that stinks. I know I know, it's cheap I get what I pay for, but sometimes cheap works best, *sometimes* Anybody else???

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 7:58 AM / IP Logged

Tegpilot wrote:

no I don't thinks its dynamat, they would have to disclose that if it is

What? Is PET milk different from MarvaMaid? What about is difference between the steering wheel on your car and mine?

The little brand embossed in the center of it.

Dynamat is a brand, not a material. The material is an adhesive attached to a rubber coating. The stuff can be resold in all kinds of ways. Same sort of material is used in roof construction.. all kinds a stuff.

Either way, there about a bazzillion cheapo alternatives to Dynamat... I know you can Dynamat Extreme (w/o the logo) for like next to nothing from Grainger but I can't remember the Part#... it's buried in the forums here.. I'll poke around a bit and see if I can't find it.

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sedate

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 8:07 AM / IP Logged

Here.

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Search for "Polymeric Mastic" ... now open the little [+] next to the search results, and click "Adhesive Dampning Sheets"

Dynamat Extereme, no logo.

Thank stevdart.

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 12:04 PM / IP Logged

That stuff is like regular Dynamat, and probably the stuff at PartsExpress. The glue does fail after a year or so, it seems, but just a little. $42 for 36 sq ft is the best bargain you will find though. I use it if I'm footing the bill. Best bet: clean the panels with acetone, and apply a light coat of 3M spray glue to the panel...let it tack up...before applying the sheet.

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Tegpilot

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 12:56 PM / IP Logged

cool, that stuff at mcmaster is the same thickness and all, just one question, I'm not stupid or anything, but if I bought quantity 10 of the 10"x10" of the partsxpress stuff, that works out to roughly a 50"x50" sheet correct, or am I wrong?? If this is the case then 50"x50" is @ 1.79 only $17.79. where the mcmaster stuff is 34"x52" for $14.00, oh yeah stevdart, how did you calculate 36sq/ft for 42.00????

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 1:21 PM / IP Logged

No, quantity 10 of the 10x10 would give you 100x10 or 50x20, not 50x50. It's 1000 square inches, not 2500.

34 x 52 = 1768 square inches for 14.00

1768 (square inches) = 12 square feet

12 square feet x 3 = 36 sq ft

14.00 x 3 = 42.00

5 times the area, for better stuff, for less money...

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

phatx96xaccord

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 1:30 PM / IP Logged

i think you might want to stay away from asphalt based sound deadening supplies.

would u like your chicken original or extra crispy?

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Tegpilot

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Posted: August 26, 2005 at 1:48 PM / IP Logged

thanks haemphyst, that's what I get for thinking, you might think being a commercially licensed pilot I might be able to figure that out without straining my brain. Anybody wanna go flying??? hahaha

Why is that Phatx??? is the stuff in question at mcmaster asphalt based? I think it is.

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