hey i gutted my car and want to enter it in the honda challenge but in the process of making my race car i found out that i need to remove that tar **** on the floor. how do i do this. and i dont say scrape cuz i know there is an easier way. any chemicals that wont hurt the metal?
-Kyle

 

A hammer and flat punch. Get the right angle or you'll put a lot of grooves into your metal too. A heat gun or hairdryer will soften it up and make it a little but easier but it's still a hell of a time.

 

LMFAO! i heard dry ice. someone said put that on and then hit ti with a hammer and it will shatter. that true? also where the hell u get that at?
-Kyle

 

I've never heard that but who knows maybe it works. I doubt it will shatter but it'll probably help get it off in huge chunks. You can get it at your local grocery store.

 

anyone ever done this to their car? and hopefully its easy. im very very lazy! LOL!
-Kyle

 

I've been told that dry ice will work too. Makes the stuff come off in big chunks. As far as getting some, try a place that handles gases (oxygen, helium, argon, etc).

 

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Yea me too, ive left it in all of my other cars but its about time to get rid of it, if you try the dry ice let me know how it works

 

will do!

 

This is second hand advice so take it with a grain of salt...
I was at one of the Florida meets and one of the guys had a stripped floor that looked factory new. Every one I had seen before either had tar residue or scratches. I asked him how he accomplished this.
Dry ice in a rubbing alcohol solution.
Simply take a liter of alcohol, drop a chunk of dry ice in it. Pour the super chilled alcohol directly on to the tar and use a plastic scraper. It should come off in chips/chunks.
I've seen it alternately suggested that liquid nitrogen works really well.
I find this chill method preferable to a solvent because that will turn it into a greasy mess.
Anyway, after the tar was gone, he used a thick oil based paint applied with a small hand roller. And the funny part, he took a paint chip to Home Depot and had them match it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by davens &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is second hand advice so take it with a grain of salt...
I was at one of the Florida meets and one of the guys had a stripped floor that looked factory new. Every one I had seen before either had tar residue or scratches. I asked him how he accomplished this.
Dry ice in a rubbing alcohol solution.
Simply take a liter of alcohol, drop a chunk of dry ice in it. Pour the super chilled alcohol directly on to the tar and use a plastic scraper. It should come off in chips/chunks.
I've seen it alternately suggested that liquid nitrogen works really well.
I find this chill method preferable to a solvent because that will turn it into a greasy mess.
Anyway, after the tar was gone, he used a thick oil based paint applied with a small hand roller. And the funny part, he took a paint chip to Home Depot and had them match it.
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great tip!

 

I used dry ice to remove the tar from my car. It makes it come off in chunks, but you still have little pieces of tar left over. I put a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder to get it off. I was painting the floor a different color, so I need to rough up the surface anyway.

 

Nice avatar

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=525936

there is a howto for using dryice

 

why would you wanna take out your carpeting though? Seats i can understand but carpet weighs what 2lb's. Try some goof off while your at it LOL. Nah jk.

 

for me im redoing the interior, so i may as well take off the tar crap while im at it.

 

from my own experience i have done the dry ice and yes it works and yes its simple and yes we had some left over and made dry ice bombs. Does it make a difference and can you tell. imo hell yeah. its night and day. we did the whole car. From the trunk all the way to where you put your feet under the dash

 

carpet can be a fire hazard