DanR

So I went and picked up a 10lbs block of dry ice today as advised to remove the tar from underneath the carpets. Put it on for 5 minutes and..................................................................... ........................................................................ ...............................................................nothing! It was no easier to remove. Should I be doing anything else? Am I doing it wrong?

Reimu

Put some chunks in an empty 2 liter bottle and close the lid. throw your extra into a pond, its pretty cool.

I've never heard of dry ice as a tar remover.

Cory M

I have heard of people spreading the pieces on the floor and then smacking it with a hammer when it freezes, but I'm skeptical. I've removed the tar a few times, I just use a putty knife and a heatgun. If I'm not putting carpet back in I clean it up with various wire wheels on grinders.

eniac

Heat works best. To get the stuff off with cold you would need some liquid nitrogen and well....your better off using heat.

333pg333

I am led to believe that there is some method with the dry ice but am not sure. I have heard quite a few people that have used is successfully. I have a feeling that 'future' is the person to talk to so flick him an email/PM. I think he was going to do a thread on this?

Neverendz

You can use crushed dry ice as a blasting media. It's like sandblasting. The nice thing is that when the ice melts, you simply dry the water that's left. Where as sandblasting is very messy.

I've never personally done this, but it sounds cool. Literally

, Bill

Addl_Info

it works!
don't let the haters discourage you from your mission
focus like a laser beam Danr

future

DanR - Please send Beni (951rs) a PM and he will tell you all and how best to use DRY ICE

Cory M was along the right lines but you can always use Paint Stripper and a scraper as this is quicker than a heat gun.

I've used the heat gun method myself on 2 cars and each one takes a good 40 to 60 hours work – Not fun

Paint stripper or acetone about 20 to 30 hours and also use a DA sander (80 grit) once finished and in between stages then work down to 360 grit.

If you go the paint striper or acetone route then make sure you work in a well ventilated area otherwise you will emerge from your garage looking like a ‘crack addict’ with one hell of a headache

Either which way best of luck - It will be worth it but be prepared for seriously annoying creaking noises from your T-Bar if you keep um ... Hell delete the B45T4RDS and solid bush with 600-800 springs

Best regards,
Mark

future

This is the next **** of a project development car we have just purchased which will get the same treatment

daigo

I've heard the dry ice works well, you just need to break it up do it makes contact. If you do decide to go the heat gun route, then heat the metal from the bottom of the car. This method heats the metal first and not the top of the tar allowing you to pull it off easier.

future

Daigo you FIRE STARTER

KuHL 951

Nice well optioned car to start with. First time I've seen gray sport seats yet.

future

It's not quite as good as the pictures show but at the price we got it for which in US money was well below $8k and the car comes with full Porsche service history. The original color of the car was amathyst but it will be finished in maritime blue when we finish with it (see pic below)



I will go to Switzerland and spray the car myself as I have alot of paint experience

The end result should look like this:



But we will slam it to the floor with our chassis and KW Var3 kits and then strip and supercharge the ****er to 430bhp

The car has only 70k miles on the engine fully documented and with no salvage titlle so I guess we baged a bargin

future

You can see the original colour of the car here:



The re-sprayed grey repaint according to Beni is quite poor but every time I see Patrick's (333pg333) car I love it even more

Patrick mate, you know you have the best car on the forum if it was my choice And Bret ... HELL your car comes a VERY close second - I simply love your grey/green combo

If only you both lived in the same country a shoot out would be simply out of this world

95ONE

Dry ice works. just used it on an RX7.

you have to crush it. Don't have to get too extreme. Just crush it alot and spread it out over the tar. should take 3 minutes. Did you just set the block on the tar still in the bag?