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[Indy495]

Hi mini people

My son and I are restoring our first mini. It’s a1992 British open classic.
I have recently been cutting out the rot in the floor pan and in doing so I have removed the floor covering on the inside of the car in the places worked on.
This covering looks like a black tar that has gone solid. It must have done a good job because thankfully there isn’t to much rust. I used a wire brush fitting on an angle grinder to remove it

My question is What is the covering?
Is it still available to replace.
I have tried to include some images.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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[SolarB]

It's applied as an anti-vibration paste rather than rust prevention coating, although it does do both.

I don't know if you will find the tar based products available anymore and today there are many better options.

[sonikk4]

Remove all of it if you have not done so. It weighs quite a bit so some weight saving done. Then buy something like Silentcoat or similar.

 

Lots of products out there.

[Cooperman]

I removed it all on a rally car I built and it weighed something like 15 kg.

[Indy495]

Many thanks to you all.

[panky]

This is the stuff I use. Flexible to apply (I used a heat gun to mold it into the floor pressings) and sets like the the original deadening

[MikeRotherham]

Did you forget a link or image Panky?

[panky]

Oops sorry

 

https://www.ebay.co....qm/282810412476

 

This is the size of the sheets you get