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Subject:Re: Sound, vibration, thermal, moisture materials
From:Neil2
Date:Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:35:05 -0700

Karl, you are the MAN!  Thanks.

Why he used fiberglass at all while he used Poly-Iso (?) in the
inaccessible voids I don't understand.  Apparently, like others, he didn't
know it is superior?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com>
wrote:

> years ago, a fellow on the list (Matthew Bulley) did the sound proofing
> to the extreme, first if I recall it correctly on a Bus and later on a
> Vanagon. The domain was lost (http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/
> <http://web.archive.org/web/19990508050731/http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/>)
> but was recovered under
> http://www.shagadelic.org/VW/info/gmbulley-soundproof/. But this link is
> dead too. There is some info of this
> http://www.type2.com/library/heat/intrir1.html and
> http://web.archive.org/web/19990508050731/http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/VWindex/.
> If i recall correctly, he did take the bus apart later and noticed
> unexpected rust probably due to choice of material he used. that was in
> 2008 and you should be able to search for his name in the archives.
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:51 AM, Neil2 <vidublu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Years ago an owner did a windows out reno and posted a color drawing
>> showing all the material layers he used for mitigating the sound,
>> vibration, heat, moisture and such.  It was a great resource back then.
>> Now?  Where is it in the archives?  Please, pretty?
>>
>> --
>> Neil2
>> '82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
>> '86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
>> '08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
>> '90 Westfalia Subagon
>> Fulltiming since August 2008
>> Nunquam Pendite Divendium
>>
>
>

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Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
'86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
'08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
'90 Westfalia Subagon
Fulltiming since August 2008
Nunquam Pendite Divendium