How do you remove Dynamat?

warnerwh · « **on:** 21 Apr 2006, 06:08 am »

I bought an amp and there's some Dynamat on the inside of the cover. In my opinion this will not do anything but insulate the interior of the amp and keep the heat in. Exactly what I don't want. The Dynamat also appears to have what may be a conductive outer layer. A piece of that could short something out, something else I don't need.

I tried pulling on this stuff and it's on there pretty good. I don't want to damage the cover of this amp trying to remove it so any help is appreciated. Thanks

three quid · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 06:13 am »

goo gone maybe?

_scotty_ · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 11:16 am »

Buy a heat gun and heat the dynamat up, the adhesive is thermo-sensitve
and you should be able to peel it right off. A hair dryer may also work.
Scotty

TheChairGuy · « **Reply #3 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 03:46 pm »

Quote from: three quid

goo gone maybe?

Yup, or lighter fluid from any hardware store (cheap).

I'm not sure if Scotty's hair dryer idea will work if it's the type of Dynamat that typically goes on the inside of car hoods.....it's probably made to withstand hundreds of degrees of heat without peeling off.

You didn't metion what type of Dynamat, there are several types they offer. If it doesn't have the aluminum or mylar top sheet (for heat reflection), it may well come off witht the hair dryer.

Levi · « **Reply #4 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 04:37 pm »

I had called Dynamat before about this and was told that there is no easy way of removing their product. I have tried to peel them off by hand and was able to do it. It is a pain in the you know what.

If you heat them up (Tar based) it just becomes really soft and gummy. It may come off but with lots of residue left. It is worth a try.

Regards.

warnerwh · « **Reply #5 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 07:52 pm »

Thanks for the help. It has a chrome colored face which may be mylar, I thought it was a metal. I'll give the hair dryer a shot first. This amp runs pretty warm I may try to take it off after it's well heated up.

Oborous · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 08:12 pm »

Quote from: Levi

I had called Dynamat before about this and was told that there is no easy way of removing their product.

It may come off but with lots of residue left. It is worth a try.

I've had to remove Dynamat before. Like Levi said, there is no easy way of getting it off (at least that I've tried/heard about).

BE CAREFUL if you heat that stuff up, it is tar, when it gets warm enough to become soft it's really hot. You don't want this on your skin, you will be burned.

The best way I've been able to come up with is take your time with a razor blade; those new plastic razor blades really work wonders. The original Orange/Citrus based cleaners (not just orange scented stuff that you generally get now) really does help take off the residue.

I would suggest going and buying some dynamat and applying it to a scrap panel of metal before taking anything edged to your amp. I've removed it from two panels just recently. I forgot most of the technique, the first panel is all scratched up, the second panel didn't have a single scratch. Better practice than scratch an expensive piece of audio equipment.

_scotty_ · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Apr 2006, 09:24 pm »

This may be stating the obvious but you should heat the amplifier case on the outside for this trick to work at all. Unless something has changed that silver colored material with the printing on it is heavy gauge AL foil not mylar.
This product is intended to act like a constrained layer damping system with a dissimilar material, the tar sandwiched between two metal surfaces.
Scotty

bubba966 · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Apr 2006, 01:16 am »

Warner,

I've used the stuff on 'puter cases before and it didn't raise the internal tempuratures one bit.

The stuff I used was the Dynamat Extreme which has an Aluminum top layer.

My advice to you is to leave it on as it's not going to warm up the amp as long as it's not covering any vents.

warnerwh · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Apr 2006, 01:32 am »

Bubba: That's the best answer yet. If you're overclocking and check temps using this stuff then that's good to know. That stuff is really on there and I don't care to damage the cover. Thanks

Red Dragon Audio · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Apr 2006, 02:09 am »

bubba is 100% correct.

Levi · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Apr 2006, 03:32 am »

There you go. That answers your question..."How do you remove dynamat?" Is not to remove Dynamat at all.

Quote from: warnerwh

Bubba: That's the best answer yet. If you're overclocking and check temps using this stuff then that's good to know. That stuff is really on there and I don't care to damage the cover. Thanks

bubba966 · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Apr 2006, 03:43 pm »

Quote from: warnerwh

Bubba: That's the best answer yet. If you're overclocking and check temps using this stuff then that's good to know. That stuff is really on there and I don't care to damage the cover. Thanks

You're welcome.

I thought it might effect temps in the different computers I'd put it into. But it hasn't raised the temps of the MB or CPU at all in the systems I'd installed it into.

My step-brother was worried about putting it on his aluminum case for fear that it wouldn't dissapate heat as well. I told him it hasn't raised the temps in my 'puter at all (and there's a hell of a lot of Dynamat Extreme in my machine). Slapped a good layer in his aluminum case and it never raised the temps at all either. Makes me think all the talk of an aluminum case dissapating heat better than a steel case is just someone guesssing that's what happens when it's not really effecting anything (at least in mid-tower computer applications).

rbrb · « **Reply #13 on:** 24 Apr 2006, 03:20 pm »

There should not be any problem with heat caused by Dynamat. I have found that Dynamat particularly the Extreme version really helps to control chassis resonance. It's improved the SQ of every component that I have put it on.