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How Much Dry Ice Is Needed?

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femno Grand Master

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Hey guys,

Thought this would be the best place to ask since most of you have already done it.

Were dry-icing our sil80 tomorrow morning but we have to drive 45mins to go get it since the closest shop is sold out.

So id love to know how many kg's to buy as we have no idea at all?

We need enough to remove every single piece of deadening on the floorpan and boot etc.

Thanks!

Mat.

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fatz Grand Master

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just did it with 5 kg for 42 bux

but next time i would go 13 kg for 100 bux and farken make it easier

and watch the burns i have ten on my body ( the arse hurts the most!.. cause i scrached it thinking it was a mosquito bite)

doing it in thongs is not recomended... lol

SRS13 Proficient

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I used 7kg and had not much left over when I did it myself. When we did a mates car there were 3 of us and he bought 7kg and had a heap left over!

You will need from 4-7kg. At roughly $6kg get more then less.

The deadener starts to crack after 1 minute when the dry ice is applied. Leave it on there for a minute or two and then move it around. The hard part is moving it around. Start at the highest point of the car (back seat) and then move it around then down to the footwells. For the wheel arches and transmission tunnel, you will need to put it in a bag and try and get it to sit on there.

The sound deadener is the easy part, the seam silicone is the hard stuff and the dry ice wont remove that - chisel, hammer, wire brush, heat gun, turps and plenty of swearing to get that shit off!!!!

Have fun!

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Marlin Grand Master

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I used 6kg. Two cubed 2kg bags, and one block. I used the block for the more vertical panels, just rested it against it and let it do the work. I think it made it easier than trying to hold up the cubes somehow on vertical surfaces.

Yeah, I'm a fawkin thinker huh :rofl:

Marlin Grand Master

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And for what it's worth I didn't use gloves and wore thongs, just moved it around with my hands mostly and when moving to a different area just scooped it up with a dustpan and brush. I didn't suffer any burns. Just don't grab it or hold onto it and you'll be fine. :rofl:

I recommend having some empty plastic drink bottles available to have some fun with afterwards. Yes, I'm a juvi.

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Let Me Drive Mentor

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i used one large eski full and i think if i did it again i would use two just to make the whole process easy-er , and like said above dont leave it to long just untill it starts to pop and start removing the large chunks and get the ice to do most of the work !!!!!!

then its just scrapping and chipping all the little stuff off.

femno Grand Master

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Thanks alot guys for the insight, we got about 6kg this morning but it wasnt quite enough.

We finished the entire floorpan and boot area, it was easy; the only bits we missed were the rear inner guards! They have deadener all the way round on both sides!

We left them till last but by that time we had stuff all ice left and there was more deadener than ice in the messy mix we finished up with.

Next weekend we will get another kg and finish off the rear guards.

We used some solvent gloves I had lying around and a couple of chisels, so no burns, apart from competitions of who could hold a nugget on their arm the longest!

Thanks again guys for all your help.

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