Best Product for Cleaning Floor Pans

[LocoLocal]

Hey folks,
I’m going to pull my carpet and the OEM foam pad, clean the carpet and replace the foam pad with some sound deadener and a layer of closed cell foam.

Assuming the floor pans don’t need to be replaced, I would like to clean them up so that the sound deadener sticks well and doesn’t trap moisture. What’s the best product to use for that, that won’t damage the floors?

I imagine that old adhesive is going to be pretty nasty, but I don’t want to damage the floor or paint in the process. I was thinking something like simple green, but would be interested in hearing what guys have used in the past.

Thanks in advance.

Oh, and here’s the nastiness.

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[Scott91370]

Mine just came up.

If it is adhesive you'll need something like acetone or stronger. And good ventilation!
If it's just dirty Simple Green will probably work.

 

[Grit dog]

^What he said! Don’t waste your time trying to dissolve adhesive with something environmentally friendly.
Lacquer thinner at a minimum. Acetone or paint reducer as the next 2 steps up.
Even good ole gasoline may work.
That said, know that the asphaltic backed sound deadener sheets will stick to damn near anything that isn’t oily or greasy. I’d get the bulk of old adhesive off but no need to be ocd about it because the next guy will have a much harder time removing the black stuff! It ain’t coming off!

 

[LocoLocal]

Thanks guys. I’ll let you know how this turns out! I’ll be digging in and pulling it apart either this evening or tomorrow.

 

[smullen]

I'm in the middle of doing this exact thing, but I've kinda stalled out.

I took the seats, seatbelts and mechanisms out, then pulled the carpet and underlayments out. There were only a few spots that I had to take a scraper too.
Unfortunatly I found a decent amount of cancer in some harder to deal with spots. Now I've kinda stalled as I'm trying to figure out the best course of action.

Also, due to work, not having a garage and seasonal (Dark when I get home and or raining), I've not had a chance to work on it in a few weeks. Kinda Frustrating...

Watching your thread to see how you progress along too.
I plan on deadening and dampening the **** outta this thing before I put any interior back in. The last two times I drove it, I've been sitting on a 50Cal Ammo can for a seat...

 

[LocoLocal]

I'm in the middle of doing this exact thing, but I've kinda stalled out.

I took the seats, seatbelts and mechanisms out, then pulled the carpet and underlayments out. There were only a few spots that I had to take a scraper too.
Unfortunatly I found a decent amount of cancer in some harder to deal with spots. Now I've kinda stalled as I'm trying to figure out the best course of action.

Also, due to work, not having a garage and seasonal (Dark when I get home and or raining), I've not had a chance to work on it in a few weeks. Kinda Frustrating...

Watching your thread to see how you progress along too.
I plan on deadening and dampening the **** outta this thing before I put any interior back in. The last two times I drove it, I've been sitting on a 50Cal Ammo can for a seat...

I’m in the same boat as you with my work space. I have a small garage but can’t fit the truck in there. Plus, this damn daylight savings time…I’ll be in the driveway with some work lights trying to wrap this up before it gets too cold.

I got everything out and it’s not good. I could drive it like this but I would rather take care of it now that I have everything out. I’m going to cut out and replace the floor pans (which include a previous owner’s poor attempt at stopping the cancer). Then I will do the whole cab with sound deadening, rather than starting with the back half now, and I’ll report back!

 

[AuroraGirl]

Hey folks,
I’m going to pull my carpet and the OEM foam pad, clean the carpet and replace the foam pad with some sound deadener and a layer of closed cell foam.

Assuming the floor pans don’t need to be replaced, I would like to clean them up so that the sound deadener sticks well and doesn’t trap moisture. What’s the best product to use for that, that won’t damage the floors?

I imagine that old adhesive is going to be pretty nasty, but I don’t want to damage the floor or paint in the process. I was thinking something like simple green, but would be interested in hearing what guys have used in the past.

Thanks in advance.

Oh, and here’s the nastiness.

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if you have to get some uncooperative stuff maybe try a heat gun from the bottom while using a puddy knifee.,., maybe even some solvent..(with a resistant plastic)but you may be lucky yet

 

[AuroraGirl]

I’m in the same boat as you with my work space. I have a small garage but can’t fit the truck in there. Plus, this damn daylight savings time…I’ll be in the driveway with some work lights trying to wrap this up before it gets too cold.

I got everything out and it’s not good. I could drive it like this but I would rather take care of it now that I have everything out. I’m going to cut out and replace the floor pans (which include a previous owner’s poor attempt at stopping the cancer). Then I will do the whole cab with sound deadening, rather than starting with the back half now, and I’ll report back!

since your rust is very minor (haha) you may want to look at one of those damn near 1 piece floor patches. they got more like that compared to even just a year ago last I saw

 

[Grit dog]

Hey folks,
I’m going to pull my carpet and the OEM foam pad, clean the carpet and replace the foam pad with some sound deadener and a layer of closed cell foam.

Assuming the floor pans don’t need to be replaced, I would like to clean them up so that the sound deadener sticks well and doesn’t trap moisture. What’s the best product to use for that, that won’t damage the floors?

I imagine that old adhesive is going to be pretty nasty, but I don’t want to damage the floor or paint in the process. I was thinking something like simple green, but would be interested in hearing what guys have used in the past.

Thanks in advance.

Oh, and here’s the nastiness.

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The OEM jute lookin stuff is not glued to the floor at least in the 80s trucks. But use whatever takes the glue off. It’s steel. Not going to hurt it.

 

[LocoLocal]

Thanks everyone. Sorry I have been remiss in responding. I don't know what adhesive it was in there but good ol' goo gone took care of it. Still haven't welded in the new floor pans yet though - just been drivin 'er without carpet and enjoying watching the road roll by through the holes in those corners. I hope to get the floor pans done this week and then finish the interior. The old carpet was "fine" but I am (kinda) tempted to buy a new one.

 

[LocoLocal]

I'm in the middle of doing this exact thing, but I've kinda stalled out.

I took the seats, seatbelts and mechanisms out, then pulled the carpet and underlayments out. There were only a few spots that I had to take a scraper too.
Unfortunatly I found a decent amount of cancer in some harder to deal with spots. Now I've kinda stalled as I'm trying to figure out the best course of action.

Also, due to work, not having a garage and seasonal (Dark when I get home and or raining), I've not had a chance to work on it in a few weeks. Kinda Frustrating...

Watching your thread to see how you progress along too.
I plan on deadening and dampening the **** outta this thing before I put any interior back in. The last two times I drove it, I've been sitting on a 50Cal Ammo can for a seat...

I sat on a five gallon bucketed ratchet strapped down for short drive recently!