Lizard Skin or Not?

[SEPAW]

Have a dilemma on my 1st gen Camaro build and could use some sage advice. The car is a pristine original panel car and I didn’t realize just how nice the floors were until I was able to stand underneath it for the first time yesterday with the drivetrain out. Original plan was to just clean everything up real nice and dust it in clear but the subject of Lizard skin has come up. From what I’ve been told the stuff works great but I have some concerns.
When looking for a car to build I culled a number of candidates that had undercoating applied to the bottom side. Hate the look and just seeing it automatically makes me suspect rot or bad attempts to repair same. Curious what you folks would suggest. Lizard Skin? Clear? Both? Thanks in advance!

[Nothingface5384]

Me personally I plan To por 15 both sides with both lizard skin formulas as top layer

That way should prevent rust help control heat and vibration of pans due to speakers and or exhaust.

[bs46488]

I picked up a project car from another person. He coated the floor and firewall in lizard skin. I'm not 100% sold on it. He told me he POR'ed the floor, then coated it in Lizard Skin.

I'm having some problems with it sticking to the floor. It just comes off in big pieces. It might have been his prep work, but the rest of the work he's done on the car is moderate, so I doubt he cut any corners.

However, I think its ugly. It looks like the faded sprayed on bed liner in the back of my truck (with years of dirt and drywall dust caked in it). Its rough and it doesn't clean well.

[Rick Dorion]

It's all in the documentation. Whatever route you take, take pics before/after. Even doing nothing, the car will outlast you given how our cars are now used.

[68EFIvert]

I have been considering the same thing. I just completed the metal work on my Volvo 1800 project. I put down epoxy primer then coated it with Raptor Liner. I was now thinking about using Lizard Skin sound and heat. I haven't used LS in the past and just don't know if iris really better than a peel and stick on insulation like Dynomat, Hushmat or Fatmat.

[goody029]

I used Lizard Skin on my 70 Camaro earlier this year inside and out (floor pans). I scuffed the underside, sprayed it with 2 coats of epoxy. I let the epoxy dry for 24 hrs. and then sprayed it using the gun they sell (which if anyone wants a deal on it, I'm done wit it). I love the way it turned out. The final color is a dark gray and I don't plan on spraying any color over it. It was extremely easy to work with and cleaned up quickly with water. I did go through 5 gallons to cover everything with their recommendation and it covered very well. I can't speak for the sound deadining characteristics because I'm no where near finished with the project but, I'm hoping it's everything they say it is.

[SEPAW]

Thank you all for the input/suggestions. Jeff Cassidy is doing the heavy lifting on this project and he suggested a semi-gloss epoxy by Devoe that he's had good success with. He's familiar with the product and application so it shouldn't add much time to the build. We're trying to get this thing rolling for Good Guys in March and I don't want to keep adding to the list. The pics I've seen of the end result look really nice.

The original interor is in good shape so other than gauges I intend to pretty much leave that alone for now. Next winter when the interior is out I'm thinking both lizard skin products and dynamat. Intend to do that myself so I'll definately be looking for some more suggestions.

[Nothingface5384]

Heres a good alternative to lizard skin, not exactly sure if its fire rated like lizard skin though, you'll have to ask

http://store.secondskinaudio.com/noise-vibration-coatings/
http://store.secondskinaudio.com/firewall-thermal-coating-1-gallon/