Working With Materials

Surface Preparation

You want a clean, dry surface. If you're starting with that, a quick wipe down with some denatured alcohol - even rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol will do - to be sure the surface is grease and oil free.

We want to surround ourselves with as close to an unbroken bubble of mass loaded vinyl as we can get without interfering with the vehicle's function. There are going to be openings in the barrier. We want them to be as small as possible. That doesn't mean leaving a 1" gap and running a strip of duct tape over it. Unbroken means at least 1 lb/ft² every where.

A layer of MLV decoupled from the sheet metal with a layer of CCF, fastened to the sheet metal using high temperature, vinyl compatible Velcro® Strips.