forget peel and seal. I am an architect and have not been able to get any in
a usable size and thickness for the vanagon at a price that makes it worth
it. I have done the sound deadening on my van. I first used fatmat, which is
a horrible product that does not stick well and is comparatively thin. then
I used secondskin, which is fabulous but also fabulously expensive.  then I
used some ebay brand that was at least 70 mil or so thick, which was
economical and good and had a high butyl content. I think it was called
sound destroyer, but it seems NLA. Now I am using RaamMat which is great and
somewhat economical.

florian

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I've read the archives (yay they worked great) but am still a bit
> confused.
>
> I have acquired a proper Carat interior for my '90 and while I'm installing
> it thought it would be a good time to install some sound dampening
> material.
> I know about Dynamat and Fat Mat and some other similar problems - however
> times be tight financially my friends and I was hoping to do this
> relatively
> inexpensively with the best possible results.
>
> I'd love to use Fat Mat, because I've heard it's results, but it just isn't
> int he budget right now.
>
> So, any "poor mans" materials anyone can suggest? Also, it makes sense that
> covering as much of the surfaces as I can will be the best solution but if
> I
> were to ultimately go Fat Mat will I still get good results by placing a
> "tile" here and there? Or is complete covering the really only good way to
> do it?
>
> Thanks in advance ;)
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>