I just got a civic sedan 97 and the previous owner did not take care of it and the trunk is a mess. It is covered in some black gewey stuff that hardened and some parts of it sort of soft also. If you guys know what I'm talking about, how do you clean this up? Will simple green do the job?

 

Take photos and get back to us.

 

sounds like tar? is it on the carpet or hard plastic?

 

i will try to do that soon

 

its in the trunk where the spare tire is and all around the trunk, there is no carpet back there or anything just a spare tire and pure nastiness

 

dry ice

 

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The only way he'd have anything black in his trunk on a '97 Civic and the material be stock is if the car is black and it's the sound deadening. I don't know why it'd be gooey and soft though.

 

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If someone had oil spill in the trunk, then the sound deadening material would become gooey and soft.

 

Right now we're just theorizing. I'd like to see the photos.

 

Ill second the oil on the dedning pad. When I got mine. I found the bottle of oil with the hole in it below the spare. IT WAS A MESSSSSSSS. simple green and an sos pad worked pretty good.

 

i was very busy today so i won't be getting any pictures tonight. i will try tomorrow

 

Here are the pictures:





I think it is just the tar and I just need to remove it because this is just all messed up.

 

that is sound deading my friend the best and quickest way is dry ice but if you want you can use a chisel hammer and wd40, trust me use the dry ice the chisel takes alot longer and is alot messier.

 

Sound Deadening Floor Hardener
Dynomat

 

thats a good 20 bucks in there..hahaha!...i sued dry ice...use that.works!!! dont rush it either..

 

yeah that was just half the change that was in there. the rest in there is all stuck to the sound deadening. dry ice here i come

 

atleast youll be rich with all the money you get in there haha! good luck

 

what kind of dynomat do you guys put in after you take the sound deadening out? are there different kinds?

 

i just left mine out it saved some weight, i think all in all with the back seat out and all the sound deading i would say i saved 30-45 pounds

 

power wash.. if not that set it on fire

 

You DEFINITELY had an oil spill in there at one point. You might find that if you scrape the stuff away with piece of plastic, it will come off quite easily around the areas where the oil spilled. The oil itself softens the material AND makes it separate from the metal. For the rest of it, you will need dry ice.

 

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Lol what the [freak]? Hahahahaha.

 

thanks for the advice. i will do it when i get some time from school

 

O dang.. must clean my trunk before it looks like this