johnsvide
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Is there a Cheaper Version other than Dyamat?, I have been told that Lowes,Home Depot has an Alternate Product?
ThanksI used FatMat in my Duster and my Dart. The stuff you buy at the hardware store isn’t intended for automotive use. Yeah sure it might work ok in some instances, but it’s cheaper for a reason.
You can get enough FatMat to do the whole floor of a car for $150, so it’s a good savings over dynamat while still being for automotive use. They even include a dynamat sample for comparison. And it does peel up later if you need to remove it for some reason. I even used it on the underside of my roof, it’s stayed put upside down on 110* days when my car was parked outside.
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There's cheaper....but Dynamat is the best.
Jeff
Yep. It smells like fresh paved road. Don't ask how I know.....I have been told that the cheppie stuff from Lowe's , Home Depot etc. has a smell to it when the floor heats up from the exhaust/engine/transmission heat.
Any truth to that ?
if your talking about the 6 " roll of flashing material that is made with butyl rubber and sticky covered with thin aluminum ... nope, no smell even when hot. It is really close to the dynamat and fat mat stuff but not quite as thick in butyl, but the aluminum flashing cover is a little bit thicker "for a 6" roll that is." and it needs to be aluminum taped on the seams. That product I have had in a jeep and the catalytic converter got so hot it caught on fire(the converter not the floor covering), no smell other than burned parts under the jeep and melted tennis shoe soles. from trying to stomp out the file. Now if your talking about the other stuff that is a form of modified asphalt bitumen.. then heck yeah it smells to high heaven when hot. even sealed it seeps through on a hot Florida day don't ask how hard it was getting that crap off in warm weather, I had to wait for a 40 degree day to even start removing it.%!@$%^&.I have been told that the cheppie stuff from Lowe's , Home Depot etc. has a smell to it when the floor heats up from the exhaust/engine/transmission heat.
Any truth to that ?
Well, you told me too.I don' use knock-off materials in my car...
I've used several different types over the years. ....Dynamat is the best.
Now click the red X some more.....
Jeff
I'm not most people. ....I've used severalI'll bet most people can't tell the difference between several of these products without seeing the brand name on the shiny side . I'm not talking hardware store tar paper just the products intended for automotive use .
I'm not most people. ....I've used several
Speaking of the micro balls. I know a guy that sells thermal paint, it contains tiny glass spheres and is suppose to help with radiant heat. The guy he works for built a canvas tent style house and painted the entire inside and the only heat source they had last winter was a small wood stove and it keep the place warm. You think that paint would be a good thing to use on the inside of the floor pans, doors and roof? I’d probably put fatmat or something on top of that then tooI think on this site that there are quite a few people who have used different sound deadening products for different cars. You have your opinion and I respect that. I also have restored and customized more than a few my self in the years of working on them along with others with even more years than I'd care to think about. I've used dynamat (good) hushmat(ok), fatmat extreme(make sure it's the butyl kind,better),rockmat(80 mill butyl great stuff but not aluminized) and my favorite(and really,really expensive) Lizardskin(69 charger took 6 gallons @ 187.00per 2 gallon bucket).
Dynamat was (10-15 years ago or more and the only player out there at the time) and still is a great product. Expensive but not as good or expensive as lizard skin,Other products have come alone that work as well. you call them knockoffs but they are sound deadening products in their own right. I wish I could afford lizard skin with micro balls in it to fully do my next project since it will need even better sound deadening and heat control than you can get from Dynamat and a radiant barrier.
Let's be fair to MrJLR. He says he has used several products, and he thinks Dynamat is the best. I think that's fair. I also appreciate the fact that he avoids using Knockoff products. Nothing wrong with that.I don' use knock-off materials in my car...
I've used several different types over the years. ....Dynamat is the best.
Now click the red X some more.....
Jeff
Let's be fair to MrJLR. He says he has used several products, and he thinks Dynamat is the best. I think that's fair. I also appreciate the fact that he avoids using Knockoff products. Nothing wrong with that.
I'm not most people. ....I've used several
Thanks, lot of Good Info!Many OEM's used asphalt sound deadening mats under the carpet. They were not butyl.
Speaking of the micro balls. I know a guy that sells thermal paint, it contains tiny glass spheres and is suppose to help with radiant heat. The guy he works for built a canvas tent style house and painted the entire inside and the only heat source they had last winter was a small wood stove and it keep the place warm. You think that paint would be a good thing to use on the inside of the floor pans, doors and roof? I’d probably put fatmat or something on top of that then too