[R-390] Insta-Foam

[rbethman]

Yep!  UPS does the "Insta-Foam".  However, you need to either watch them 
do the job, OR, have experience with the "specific" location.  DON'T pay 
them to pack items and then leave it with them to do!

I did that ONE time!  I paid for "Foam in place".  They did it for the 
BOTTOM of the box ONLY!  Then stuffed the top with foam peanuts!  
Unfortunately the recipient would NOT provide me with pictures.  So I 
had no way to go back to them and raise holy hell.

I'd rather purchase the materials, and do it MYSELF!

Bob - N0DGN

On 1/5/2011 12:23 PM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
> I learned a tough lesson with "Great Stuff". Do not try to use it as a gap
> filler around window frames where there is not much room for it to expand. I
> used it and it blew the drywall off the wall with the force as it expanded
> and cured. It also warped the window frames and made it difficult to open
> the windows.
>
> It is great for really tiny applications like plugging the gap around a
> piece of conduit that you are using as a wall penetration for a coax cable.
>
> The mix and pour type packing foams are safer to use (will not blow the
> cardboard box apart). I did not know about UPS as being a source. I think
> the "closed cell" SPF type material used in building insulation also OK. Be
> careful of the "open cell" materials.