operation lizard skin
 

.....mission accomplished, all i have left is inside the doors. Floor, firewall ceiling and rear panels both received 2 coats of sound control and 2 coats of heat control.
There is a couple cool videos posted on youtube thats proves this stuff works, and so far no doubts.

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Looks interesting! I'd like to know more, and can you share the links to the youtube video's you reference?

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....there is several of them but this one is pretty cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUN61...ayer_embedded#!

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How much did it take to coverthat much real estate?
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The local hose and fittings store sells "Lizard Skin" and as I talked to the guy and viewed the sample, I realized that what he was marketing for $175/gallon was essentially very similar to elastomeric roof coating which sells for as little as $60 for 5 gallons.
Since I had about three gallons left after doing the deck of my car trailer, I cleaned up the floor and sides and proceeded to coat everything. To get texture, I did three heavy coats. I realized the white color would probably become dirty, so I camo'd it with three colors of blue spraypaint.

http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/r...ns/elasto2.jpg

http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/r.../rearcamo2.jpg

http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/r...ftkickcamo.jpg

http://i474.photobucket.com/albums/r...ersidecamo.jpg

I even did the ribbed metal doorpanels textured with the stuff and left them white and I did the bottom 10 inches of the doors and the inside of the tailgate.

I really dont think the results are that impressive related to heat or sound deadening, but there is no question that mosture, rust and leaks in the floor will never again be an issue, even if wet carpet or dynamat laid against it (not gonna happen!)

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...lil over $500.00 for 2 gallons for heat and 2 gallons for sound, kit came with everything I needed to get started.
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cool beans, but i only plan to coat the back sides of body panels where it won't get seen once the carpet, headliner and panels are all in. thinking in the bottoms of doors and also inside the tailgate and hatch cavities to slow down rust as well as reduce noise. i hope to coat the under carriage eventually and that will really quiet things down. not sure if i will use lizard skin in some places or just have the 2 part poly liner that my body shop guy uses on floor boards sprayed on everything that needs to be quelled.

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$175 a gallon vs. $60 for five gallons?

What part of this math is supposed to be hard?!

I've also read on other threads that Lizardskin is just latex paint with hobbyist microspheres mixed in - and the spheres are available in bags cheap from good hobby shops. I hear the only thing is you've got to be careful not to fracture the spheres when mixing. Anyone know if this is true?

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Here is a huge post on another board about different alternatives to the expensive Lizard Skin.

http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/alte...in-103610.html