Cheaper than dynamat

[jarededge]

FatMat is basically the same thing as Dynamat, but is a few bucks cheaper. This doesn't end up being much cheaper if you are only buying a little bit. But if you are doing your whole X, then you will end up saving a lot of money.

http://www.fatmat.com

 

[410Fortune]

sweet
also you saw about the Sherwin Williams stuff?

 

[Creager]

I don’t know if anyone else uses this method when they lay sound proofing, but if you use a small butane torch to heat the back of the soundproofing you can mold the material to whatever surface you are working with.

Overall it makes things a lot easier when you're putting all the plastic interior back in! It also looks very sleek. hehehe.

The Sherwin Williams stuff is a lil more generic. It doesn’t have all that fancy graphics’ and stuff that Dynomat and Fatmat have. But it's the same stuff!

You can also use home insulation (Pink panther!) Along with soundproofing to deaden out almost all road-noise and clean up all those rattles. IMO it keeps air-conditioning and heat in a lot better too! IF you don’t have A/C, like me, it can be crucial during the summer haha.

 

[XLoudFN97X]

you can do the same with a hair dryer or a heat gun. Butane torches are dangerous. FatMat is some good stuff. I used RAAMmat which was a bunch heavier AND cheaper than DynaCrap, at about a dollar per sq. ft. I think RAAMmat may be gone tho. FatMat is the much better wtg over DynaMat. Good info.

~stu

 

[jimbo74]

butane/propane torches are not dangerous if you arent an idiot and take proper precautions... i work as a roofer, and have applied torch on material that is made to be applied the same way as would heating dynamat up and molding it.... a lot of people actually use roofing material instead of dynamat.....

 

[Brian_B]

.... a lot of people actually use roofing material instead of dynamat.....

What kind of roofing material are you talking about? (puzzled smilie)

 

[jimbo74]

i have not done this myself... but here is a writeup made by a moderator on the toyota site i belong to yotatech.com

http://www.4runners.org/articles/sound/

 

[Creager]

a lot of people actually use roofing material instead of dynamat.....

you are f*uckign kidding me? like shingles? i gotta see this.. jhaha

 

[Creager]

Butane torches are dangerous.

no man, only dangrous if mom gets you one for christmas

anyway, just a small one... the kind you can use for cooking (brazing or whatever, i aint no damn colonary person)... it will get it hot enough, this stuff starts melting quick. you dont wanna over melt it! hehe... oh and dont get melted goop on your hands, bad feeling.

its cool though, you can melt all the peices of soundpoofing togeather and make one solid peice.

 

[jordan23]

I used the hi-temp masic from McMaster-Carr. That stuff works great and must be heated before application. I used a 'heat gun' and just slapped it right onto the metal.

Works Great!

Jordan23

 

[Brian_B]

Self stick roll roofing. Hmm...I suppose that would add some sound insulation. Just about anything would that you can stick down might, I suppose.

 

[dabairs99]

you can do the same with a hair dryer or a heat gun. Butane torches are dangerous. FatMat is some good stuff. I used RAAMmat which was a bunch heavier AND cheaper than DynaCrap, at about a dollar per sq. ft. I think RAAMmat may be gone tho. FatMat is the much better wtg over DynaMat. Good info.

~stu

Here in New Orleans, I found that just laying the next sheet face down on the driveway while working on another did the job of heating the stuff just fine. Great on a warm day.