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Old Dec 27, 2004 | 12:40 AM
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Right now I'm building my semi wall type thing and there is about a .25"-.75" gap from the wall to the roof and 2"-3" from the side of the wall to the windows. Do you think expaning foam will be dense enough to seal it off? I was also thinking of using some chicken wire in there just so the foam has more **** to hold onto.
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Old Dec 27, 2004 | 07:10 AM
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foam will work fine just when it's dry trim it down and bondo or glass over it so it's stronger,
make sure you get the good foam not the stuff from home depot

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Old Dec 27, 2004 | 03:22 PM
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Yeah I was thinking about sanding i nie and smooth, then mixing up a batch of resin or something to stiffin the biatch up!
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 05:24 PM
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so would foam honestly work well for SPL, or would it allow some air to escape?
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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use the foam spray SPARINGLY..meaning LOTS...and what ever you do do not resin directly over the foam..it will react ... trim it them put a coat of kitty hair over itsand the kitty hair ...then glass it with some mat...you dont need alot of kitty hair on it..just enough to coat the foam so the resin wont react(eat it up) with it
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 09:34 PM
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sparingly doesn't mean lots, it means use little of it, since your "sparing" it for later.
Old Dec 28, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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Thanx for the tip about the resin! coulda been a mean mess up in thurr!
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Graham:
sparingly doesn't mean lots, it means use little of it, since your "sparing" it for later. [/QUOTE
It was joke on DbDrag rules (I hope) [img]smile.gif[/img]
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 05:47 AM
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I think on my one car I used a BOX meaning 12 of the bigger cans of foam..they were 977ml cans or whatever size they came in back then
Old Dec 29, 2004 | 06:08 AM
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there isa 2 inch seal next to the rubber of the door seal near the seatbelt. the wood ended 2 inches away from the car and we hadnt covered it yet with a piece of wood. we just painted it and relized that it seem to hold air fairly well. it is the part of the car that goes into the body panels.



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