Removing sound deadener from inside the doors

[ny1964]

Hi out there in slick land as you can see by the subject I'am looking for a good way on removing sound deadener from the inside of the doors so if you want to post your tips tricks or ideals so I can find a way to remove it from.thanks

[dmsmith6]

Cheap heat gun and a cheap paint scraper.

[grump]

You might want to try a hair dryer first, heat guns can get hot enough to warp sheet metal. You could also try saturating the undercoating with WD 40 and letting it soak for a while then scrape. Automotive tar remover would work also. The heat would probably be the least messy just be careful with the temperature.

[FarmMotorSports]

Are you planning on painting the inside when done, or undercoating again?

IF you are doing a REPAINT I would avoid WD40 or any solvent with oil... fish eyes from hell, and blistering/flaking problems later...
If I had to soften it I would use brake clean, it's oil free... and does a good job of removing the oil / tar...
:2cents

[grump]

Good point.

[oldsmiley]

The hair dryer and scraper sounds like the best idea to me. Then for any traces left from that, I'd get a quart of mineral spirits from any paint store and a soaked rag with a little elbow grease will take THAT off (just because it says SPIRITS, this isn't something you drink).

I have a 1958 VW Beetle that was heavily undercoated when it resided in New York in 1960, with a thick dark green undercoating. I hope the link to this photo is accessable so you can see how well the mineral spirits worked.



It protected the original 1958 paint all these years