Slater Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 OK, so I finally finished up sound proofing all of my doors and the rear hatch in 2 layers of generic dynamat extreme (peel n seal, etc).So now it's 95 out every day and the inside of the car just bakes. Well, since the install I have this funky smell in the car, like old moldy gym socks or something. I threw in a big gel air frehsner in the ashtray, which helped mask it a little, but now it smells like strawberry moldy gym socks.Has anyone else that peeled n sealed their cars noticed this? Does the small go away after a while?I didn't notice any smell as I was applying it, but it wasn't in the 90s+ when I installed it either. It was more like 70-80.I hope it doesn't smell like this forever, it's nasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anarchyx34 Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 OK, so I finally finished up sound proofing all of my doors and the rear hatch in 2 layers of generic dynamat extreme (peel n seal, etc).So now it's 95 out every day and the inside of the car just bakes. Well, since the install I have this funky smell in the car, like old moldy gym socks or something. I threw in a big gel air frehsner in the ashtray, which helped mask it a little, but now it smells like strawberry moldy gym socks.Has anyone else that peeled n sealed their cars noticed this? Does the small go away after a while?I didn't notice any smell as I was applying it, but it wasn't in the 90s+ when I installed it either. It was more like 70-80.I hope it doesn't smell like this forever, it's nasty!←Not the answer you're looking for.. but is the car noticeably quieter after dynamatting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing_0 Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 you did use peel and seal right? in some cases, depend son wehter, you will get some asphalt smell for a few days, in my car i really didnt notice it, nor did i notice it in my legend...but i do know normal dynamat smells quite a bit worse...not sure about gym sock though, it should be more like a uh freshpaved asphal drive way kind of smell...b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owned Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 OK, so I finally finished up sound proofing all of my doors and the rear hatch in 2 layers of generic dynamat extreme (peel n seal, etc).So now it's 95 out every day and the inside of the car just bakes. Well, since the install I have this funky smell in the car, like old moldy gym socks or something. I threw in a big gel air frehsner in the ashtray, which helped mask it a little, but now it smells like strawberry moldy gym socks.Has anyone else that peeled n sealed their cars noticed this? Does the small go away after a while?I didn't notice any smell as I was applying it, but it wasn't in the 90s+ when I installed it either. It was more like 70-80.I hope it doesn't smell like this forever, it's nasty!←Generic suggests the same product without the big name attached. This is not the case when it comes to a roofing product being used as a replacement for an automotive product, even given the fact that they have somewhat similar effects.The smell should go away after a while, but it will come back from time to time, if you leave the car out in the sun on a hot day. Airing the car out after a long sit will solve that. Also check for it releasing from verticle areas in about a year if you happen to live in an area where it tends to be hot and humid for a fair amount of time. Re-check yearly. If you lived in say, Miami, for instance, I would give it 6 months of summer use (not being garaged) before it started to give.For now just spend some time driving with the windows open and no, it won't smell like that forever. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 I used Jiffy Seal all over my doors. The smell will go away after a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Generic suggests the same product without the big name attached. This is not the case when it comes to a roofing product being used as a replacement for an automotive product, even given the fact that they have somewhat similar effects.The smell should go away after a while, but it will come back from time to time, if you leave the car out in the sun on a hot day. Airing the car out after a long sit will solve that. Also check for it releasing from verticle areas in about a year if you happen to live in an area where it tends to be hot and humid for a fair amount of time. Re-check yearly. If you lived in say, Miami, for instance, I would give it 6 months of summer use (not being garaged) before it started to give.For now just spend some time driving with the windows open and no, it won't smell like that forever. ←Yes, it's generic. I got it off ebay. It's supposedly equivilent to dynamat extreme. Aluminum backing - good stuff.Anyways, I'm sure it will release when it gets hot and gooey. But I think ANY of these types of products would. Hopefully the door panels will hold it in place for the most part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Not the answer you're looking for.. but is the car noticeably quieter after dynamatting?←Yes, it made a tremendous difference.However, part of the reason why it made so much of a difference was in the process I found a lot of little things here and there that were contributing to the rattle. Fixing those in addition to dynamatting has made the car incredibly quiet.For example, the 2 bolts that hold the black plastic handle thing to the door had rattled loose and almost fallen out completely on ALL FOUR doors! I retightened all the bolts on the door, and put loctite on those bolts specifically to keep th em from backing out again. Also, on the rear doors the metal lock rod that clips into the plastic handle thing rattled whenever you close the door. So I fixed that by pulling it tight to the plastic handle thing with a small zip tie. Then of course there was the $0.35 in change I found down inside one of the rear doors. I also put anti squeak tape around the whole outline of the door panel to keep it from rattling and squeaking against the door itself. And that doesn't mention the obvious fix of the rear panel trim missing half of it's broken clips.There was a few more things here and there but the point is that I used the dynamatting as a chance to fix EVERYTHING. I really paid attention to every aspect of making the doors quieter, not just sound proofing.I documented a lot of what I did to fix the problems and will include a writeup on the tech section of quickbrickmotorsports.com site I get it all finished.- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 you did use peel and seal right? in some cases, depend son wehter, you will get some asphalt smell for a few days, in my car i really didnt notice it, nor did i notice it in my legend...but i do know normal dynamat smells quite a bit worse...not sure about gym sock though, it should be more like a uh freshpaved asphal drive way kind of smell...b←It was generic dynamat extreme. Supposedly it's not peel n seal but identical in formulation to dynamat extreme without the dynamat name and price.The smell is hard to describe. It stinks, but not like asphalt. It's definitely a chemical/solvent type smell that I have never smelt before on any car I've owned.It just smells like a combination of sweaty armpits, tar I guess, and old gym socks. And of course strawberries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 mine smelled kind of like tar for about a week, but now no smell....as far as gym socks are concerned, I would check under the seats for a dead animal or your gym socks! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jozone Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Mine smelled like tar for months (although I did install it last summer), now the smell is completely gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veneficus Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Mine smelled like tar for months (although I did install it last summer), now the smell is completely gone.←+1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Mine smelled like tar for months (although I did install it last summer), now the smell is completely gone.←Yep. I helped it out by leaving the moonroof and windows open overnight while the car was in the garage. Helped a lot.Slater: What anti squeak tape did you use? Also where'd you acquire it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Yep. I helped it out by leaving the moonroof and windows open overnight while the car was in the garage. Helped a lot.Slater: What anti squeak tape did you use? Also where'd you acquire it?←LOL I use dynomat extream and never had a smell. As few weeks later a friend with a jetta did his with some no name stuff anc his car smelled bad. So he left his sun roof open over night. Well long story short a cat pissed in his seat, that smell never went away, and it rained and screwed up his sun roof. LOL good times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prasamin Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 LOL I use dynomat extream and never had a smell. As few weeks later a friend with a jetta did his with some no name stuff anc his car smelled bad. So he left his sun roof open over fight. Well long story short a cat pissed in his seat, that smell never went away, and it rained and screwed up his sun roof. LOL good times←mmm, tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veneficus Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Ow. Talk about royally getting screwed in the arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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