Re: soggy rocco

[Gary Huff <scirocco86@home.com>]

I second that, I simply took the carpet out of my mk2 and seen where moisture had gathered by the front floorboards, and would soon start rusting... Not a cool thing to mess with :) Peace,
	-Gary Huff

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:09:03AM -0300, Jay Redmond wrote:
> While you're at it you may want to dispose of that ugly felt/foam 
> sound-proofing material under the carpet. Then drop by your local flooring 
> store and pickup some carpet underlay - the really good stuff. It is fairly 
> dense, about the same thickness as what you took out, and mildew resistant. 
> Use this instead of waiting for the original stuff to dry out 'cuase, as 
> Cathy said, that stuff stinks when it's wet...
> 
> JR
> 
> At 08:44 AM 6/29/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >"Justin Tomlinson" <unklebob@fatchicksinpartyhats.com> wrote:
> >Okay......so it rained today. I left my 'rocco at my house, not aware that it
> >would rain, and went into Ybor City to play some Dance Dance Revolution....the
> >sunroof was open, along with the windows...came home, screamed....the
> >carpeting is soaked....standing water....damn it rained a lot.
> >anything i should do to help make sure all the water goes away so i don't end
> >up rusting stuff?
> >
> >Justin
> >88 16v Scirocco "Einstuerzende Neubauten Edition"
> >
> >
> >_________________________________________________________
> >If it were mine, I'd be renting the steam cleaning equipment and yanking out
> >the wet interior  (wet carpet is no picnic - it reeks) and you can throw out
> >that (is it lead?) heavy underpad they put in and replace it with something
> >lighter. Then leave the interior out until it is good and dry. Should make the
> >car smell better and maybe even make it faster??? (always looking to improve
> >power to weight ratio, and wet underpad is not cool on many, many levels) That
> >way you can be sure about what rust is there, get it cleaned up (hate to say
> >it, there could be rust) and you will know everything is dry. Hope the sunroof
> >liner is okay, not sure what to do if it is water damaged, it may go saggy.
> >Can you tell I finished work yesterday, and have too much time on my hands?
> >Mine may just get this treatment this week if I get it back from the paint
> >shop sometime this year...
> >
> >Cathy B (waiting impatiently for the silver/blue pearl beast to be freed from
> >the body shop...)
> >
> >PS - BTW, that sucks, sorry your car got drenched.
> >
> >
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