Floor Cleaning Questions for the K5

[skullaero]

My son and I cleaned out all of the old factory carpet and most of the padding. The floor looks good accept for a spot in the back near the spare tire carrier. In the front floor board area (where the mats would be) is a membrane that looks like heat shrink. How did you guys remove that, heat gun maybe? Also what did you use to remove the tar that held the padding on the rear fenders. I have scraped and used Goo Gone and made a big mess with not much success. I think after this post I can add pics. Any short cuts or links would be greatly appreciated. It's an 83 K5.

Bert

 

[rebelgregory]

I've done the same thing with the intent of bedlining the interior and replacing the carpet in the front only. I have the same membrane in the front. Plan to use a heat gun on it. I used a heat gun and a paint scraper on the tar on the fenderwells. The heat gun helps, but it's still a job.

I can't say how easy the front membrane comes off, I got sidetracked when I got a deal on 1 ton axles and have been working on rebuilding them and swapping them in. Will return to the interior when done.

 

[496truck]

The sound deadener stuck to the front floor pans? Mine was starting to come up in a couple spots, I literally just grabbed it and pulled and it peeled right off like duct tape. Didn't even leave any residue under it. The drivers side wasn't peeling up anywhere so I just scuffed and cleaned the surface and bedlined right over it.

See the big black squarish portion on the pass side? That was where I pulled up the sound deadener. You can kinda see the other side still looks brown. They stuck those panels down and just painted right over them.

And after.

 

[Tnsejed]

Has anyone bedlinered right over it? That's what I was thinking of doing.

 

[Deuling]

How did yours pull up Brian? It took me hours with a heat gun and scraper lol.

 

[badmix]

Has anyone bedlinered right over it? That's what I was thinking of doing.

My interior is Line X'd., I used a wire wheel on a cordless drill to get up the black tar. I can see getting air trapped under the coating and eventually bubbling up. Like everything, its all about taking the time and do proper prep work.

 

[skullaero]

Thanks for the replys fellas. The driver side of mine is in great shape, but the passenger side has many bubbles through out. I am pullin' the engine and trans. as well so I swap back and forth working on the inside and outside for a change of view.

Hey Brian, did you do the bedliner yourself. If so which one did you use? I called Line-X last week and prices started at $650 and went up. That is out of my budget.
Thanks again gents!

Bert

 

[496truck]

How did yours pull up Brian? It took me hours with a heat gun and scraper lol.

I dunno? It just pulled right up. It was cold in the garage at the time as I was doing this in January. Maybe I just got lucky. I have not removed the sticky stuff off the wheel wells yet...

Hey Brian, did you do the bedliner yourself. If so which one did you use? I called Line-X last week and prices started at $650 and went up. That is out of my budget.
Thanks again gents!

Bert

I used Herculiner roll on and did it myself. And I would use it again. It's held up very well for the last couple years, the only exception being where my heel pivots from gas to brake. It's worn right through in that one spot. Everywhere else it's holding up just fine.

Prep is key to the final product though. I followed their directions to the last one. Any rust spots need to be dealt with properly and sealed before applying the bedliner as well as any bare metal spots. Proper primers and topcoats for rusty or bare metal spots.

I've seen a few people use (I forget who makes it) "bed armor with kevlar" that came out a couple years ago. 1 I've seen in person and others I've seen pics of and the outcome was all streaky and in general just crappy coverage, so stay away from that one.

Also check Adams build thread (deuling, posted above), he used a really cool DIY spray on for his truck and it looks like it came out great and most likely will hold up better than the Herc roll on. It was more expensive than the Herc but I don't think he spent anywhere near $600.

 

[K85 Octane]

Started working on my floor pan area and gave up. Wasn't painting or coating it anyway. The rear carpet goo is mostly still there too lol, but I found a grinder with a flap disk took it off real quick, real easy.

 

[skullaero]

As an FYI. I was digging around in the storage room and ran across a Dremel Multi Max tool that someone had given me for a past birthday gift. I fired it up with a scraper blade attached and it did a heck of a job on the sound deadener film as well as the adhesive on the rear fenders. "Like a knife through Butta". The Goo Gone should get rid on any sticky residue. The pic was taken during the process, still a lot to scrape.

 

[rebelgregory]

good to know. Still haven't done mine.

 

[dyeager535]

For the spots its in good shape, I think I'd leave it. It's been on this many years, if its still in good shape almost impossible you will find something that will last or stick longer to put over it.

I tried to remove mine, and gave up. Should never have attempted, because after 10 years the hole I made is the only spot that has any "wear". The rest of it is like it was when I removed the carpeting. In my case there was no way it was just peeling off. Wonder if extreme heat or cold weather would help in peeling it?

 

[skullaero]

I plan to leave it on the driver's side. The passenger side was bubbled up in several places and holding moisture. Under the carpet the Blazer had big spots of seam sealer in different areas of the floor, nothing to do with seams of any kind. It looked like it spilled from the gun during assembly. The Dremel buzzed through that as well.