Flashband - any tips or tricks?

I'm about to start covering the seat box, insides of doors etc in Flashband to help reduce the drumming from bare metal panels.

There is a review on Screwfix that says if you use a hot air gun then you don't need to use the corresponding primer, is that correct? I don't want to have to pull the seats out again in 6 months.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for fitting the stuff? I was going to use a hair dryer and a small roller to apply it.

Many thanks

stick it on, heat a bit and cut.

top tip, if your defender ever catches fire.. run like the wind

let us know if it helps with the drumming

Degrease panel thoroughly beforehand.
Warm up the flashband a bit. If it's a cold day, it can be very inflexible.
Heat gun and roller flat is good idea.

I used it in my vw camper. Seemed
to help.

really you don't need to cover the entire area, just iirc 25% in the middle, which is why you sometimes see manufacturers having random squares on body panels. it cuts the low freq vibrations.

On my camper, I found that flashband and noisekiller did help, but the best was extra felt/foam insulation on top, which really damped the noise down a lot.

captainbeaky said:

On my camper, I found that flashband and noisekiller did help, but the best was extra felt/foam insulation on top, which really damped the noise down a lot.

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different frequencies require different products.

bit of flashingtape and camping mats glued on top work well for a cheap solution.

Yup - spot on.
Also, you can use wood floor underlay, the adhesive backed foam type .
It's not as tough as camping mats, but is ideal to put inside doors etc.,
And you can add as many layers as you like.