Excellent! But for me you left out one important bit of info. If you put
all these materials in a pile, how much would they weigh? I know the
fiberglass isn't much but what about the asphalt items?
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis     <Kernersville NC, The Heart of the Triad>
86 VW Transporter Three Door Pickup
60 Porsche T-5 Coupe
85 VW GL Vanagon<Elvis>awaiting engine

On Sun, 7 Sep 1997 08:34:32 -0400 Matthew Bulley <GMBulley@AOL.COM>
writes:
>Starting to get a little chilly out...Gettin' to be camping & hiking
>weather!!! : )
>
>The interior is now basically complete in Suzy's van. In a future
>(HUGE)
>posting I will share all of the secrets of soundproofing, rustproofing
and
>thermal insulating. For now, check these unbeleivable stats. Suzy's van
now
>includes:
>
>Five packages of Evercoat "Q-Pads", (adhesive 1/4" thick asphalt/rubber
>sound-killer pads
>A fifty foot roll of 3M "Sound Deadener" (similar to above)
>An entire roll of R-13 fiberglass insulation
>A can of 3M Rust Preventative (like Waxoil)
>Four cans of polyurethane expansion foam sealant
>Four gallons of "Kool Patch" undercoating
>Two rolls of JCWhitney's "Sound and Heat Insulation used by NASA"
>A roll of Fiber-tech Fiberglass/silica exhaust wrap heat shield
>insulation
>Eight yards of 4-mil plastic
>A "Dual Trumpet" 135 db air horn, (okay, that's actually OUTSIDE the
van)
>11 yards of 1/2" multi-fiber sound absorbing upholstery padding (similar
to
>NASA stuff but no aluminum foil facing)
>Eight yards of "chip-foam" carpet padding
>12 yards of upholstery cloth
>11 yards of curtain material
>Five cans of contact adhesive
>1,250 staple-gun staples
>11 luggage anchors
>30 large sheet metal screws
>Six yards of industrial "berber" carpeting
>12 ounces of clear silicone sealant
>Two yards of 3" thick foam padding
<snip>
>hear no evil, speak no evil,
>
>gmbulley
>fairfax, va
>