Thread: Spray foam insulation?

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I'm glad I read this. I was thinking the same thing. Guess it is back to a planning stage for me.

This isn't my thread, but thanks for all the input.

Dynamat the roof or lizard skin.( owners choice there) I like dynamat myself, then use heat shield padding over that.(Upholstery supply store) use really good industrial contact cement (weldwood or 3m)on both materials and let them set up good before adhearing them together. what type of material are you going to use for the headliner?

Dynamat, lizard skin, insulshield, aluminum-faced bubble wrap, aluminum-faced, fiber mat???!?.....I'm at this point. I would like to have further imput.

At one time I was driving my 'work in progress' as a daily driver and the aluminum-faced, fiber mat insulation product began to divorce itself eventually leaving me driving down the road with a blanket draped over my head and the aluminum skin still 3M'd to the roof. I wasn't that impressed with that product either.

I am cheap. Are the Lizard Skin, Dynamat type products worth the small fortune investment?

I used CoolCar on my 29 check out the attached link. New Page 1

Originally Posted by 29arod

I used CoolCar on my 29 check out the attached link. New Page 1

Thanks for the link. Still sold on it?

The owner of the Anglia I'm doing is looking into Coolcar AND Lizardskin. I have done a bit of research on both, but haven't come to a conclustion yet, however with Shines input, someone that has actually USED it, I'm leaning towards Lizardskin. I wondered about it being so thin, but when you read all the details about it, it sounds kinda cool! Shine, whats your input about the installation of it (the whole, "gotta buy our sprayer...") Could it be done with a large oriface spray gun, like a 3.0 primer gun?? Or is it really nessesary to purchase theirs? Any additional input you care to give would be a BIG +!! Thanks in advance! Donny

I believe that Cool Car Ceramics was the first product of it's kind followed by Lizard Skin about a year of so later. In any case I don't think you can go wrong with either product. I have heard good things about both.

I Used The Dupli-color Under Coat,sound Deadner (2 Coats)and Drakes Adhesive Backed,aluminum With Foam.it Seems To Do The Job In The Texas Heat And The Sound Is Such That I Can Enjoy The Stereo System With Minimum Volume.

The Good Part Is I Have Less Than 100.00 Bucks In It.

the gun lizardskin sells is well worth it. it is adjustable. i reduce it a tinny bit with water to get it to lay down smooth. it comes with a tube to use in hard to reach spots. i put it everywhere, door post ,qrt panels etc. you only get one chance at this.

The Anglia is a SMALL car to begin with, and he wants everything insulated for heat and sound...Think I'm gonna tell him lets go with the Lizardskin. Thanks Shine! Its always good to hear results from someone OTHER than the guy selling something!

the 56 big window i just finished was very quite. had flow masters and when you closed the door you could actually talk. i wont use anything else.

The only difference between the two coatings, based on the manufactures web site, is that Lizardskin requires two different products to reduce both sound and temperature while CoolCar combines both into one application. CoolCar is also less expensive than Lizardskin. The application to my firewall and floor-boards reduced the interior heat at least 20 degrees.

Originally Posted by 29arod

The only difference between the two coatings, based on the manufactures web site, is that Lizardskin requires two different products to reduce both sound and temperature while CoolCar combines both into one application. CoolCar is also less expensive than Lizardskin. The application to my firewall and floor-boards reduced the interior heat at least 20 degrees.

How many gallons to do a F-1 cab....inside of doors and all?

And I can use a brush, right?

CoolCar comes in a 2 gallon bucket and can be brushed on... I covered the inside and outside of the firewall and floor boards, backside of drivers compartment and still had enough left over for the wheel wells. I used a spray gun. If you brush it on the thickness will not be as uniform and you will use more of the material.

"If you brush it on the thickness will not be as uniform and you will use more of the material."

And that is what I'll have to do if I go with a liquid regardless of what type I use. My compressor wouldn't blow the dust off the rims, much less blow it out of a gun.