Well, I finally got around to my soundproofing project I've been waiting on for a long time. I had bought 10 gallons of a material called "Quietcar". This project was much tougher than I originally thought. First off I was waiting for 80* days or higher temp because I thought that would be the best time to apply the stuff for better drying. That was a mistake. After pressure cleaning the entire bottom of the truck, the wheel wells, and the inside of the hood I thought I was ready to go. I wanted to take the headliner out but found that to be too big of a pain and beyond my ability. I might do that at a later date. I put a couple coats under the hood (after taking out the soundproofing there which I will put a couple of coats on and pin back in), one coat under each wheel well and about 6 coats inside the cab floor, back, and firewell. The stuff is hard to handle and in the heat of 80* starts to clump up. Use cheap brushes because they work better and you can simply toss them out. I found using a 4" and 1 1/2" brush in conjunction gave me the best results. Brush the stuff on thick and fast. This is not paint and the first couple of coats are painful to apply. Once you get a rhythm it goes pretty quick but a lot of back breaking labor is involved. Needless to say I was in massive pain by Sunday night and not even close to being done. I had zero coats under the truck which I believe will be the hardest part to do. I'll try finishing up a little bit each night this week and kill it off this weekend. As far as results, well there does seem to be a little less engine and muffler noise in the cab. The stuff said it takes 4 to 6 days for maximum soundproofing properties to "kick in". I believe once I get under the truck with a few coats the sound deadening will increase.

Also, I woke up and went to work this morning and my stereo was dead. I did remove the battery cables this weekend and put them back on. Other than that I thought maybe I pulled out a wire or plug under the dashboard when applying the "Quietcar" stuff. I can't see anything obvious. I guess the first place to check will be the fuse but any ideas are appreciated. Tonight I was simply too burnt out to do much of anything. I'll report the progress as I go along.

 

I looked into quietcar, I wonder if spraying it would have been much easier. I would definitely check a fuse, a tow truck driver I helped get unstuck jumped me and blew my stereo fuse. I couldn't increase the volume, etc. It was a funny problem, but only a fuse needed to be replaced. Check that first.

 

They do sell a sprayer for it. Either way it's going to be a lot of work. Sprayer you have a lot of masking off to do. With the brush you can control the paint but are doing a lot of reaching which is hard on your muscles. I did no masking at all. I guess I can consider it one hell of a workout!!!

Stereo update. When I got off work today I decided to check my headlights were still working. Everything else electrical was working but I had not driven at night. So I opened the door, put the key in and turned it until I heard the "ding ding" sound. Flipped on my headlights and went to the front of the truck to see them working. They were good to go. Got in the truck, turned the key all the way off and then started the engine. Wallaa, my stereo 6 disc audiophile came back to life!!! Talk about going from depression to joy in less than 20 seconds!!!!!