David,
I meet a chap the other week who is a syndicate partner in a mono which has
been to Cape Town from the UK, not sure of the reg but some will know the
one I mean. He was explaining to me how he got a bin bag and filed it with
this foam. Put it behind his back in the plane and left it to set. The
result was a moulded seat to his exact back shape. That must have set!
I also did my conservatory with it double skin brick wall. Some of it blew
out in the wind and set in to fairly big pieces so I think you using
different stuff.
Regards
Kev T
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From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
Subject: Re: Doors: was Cockpit cooling
I tried this somewhere else. It turns out that many of the expanding foams
only work in thin layers. They are intended to be sprayed into cracks around
the exterior walls of a home, to seal them. They have no structural strength
whatsoever, and if sprayed more than about 0.25" thick, will never harden.
Don't ask me how I know. Trust me, it's a mess.
There are some expanding foams with a bit of strength, used mostly in
packaging. Those do not seem to be the same as what you can buy in those
little cans at the local home store.
David
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Subject: Re: Doors: was Cockpit cooling
Not sure if this is any use either but here goes. I was looking around
my local DIY store today, and in one of those rare eureka moments it
occurred to me that the expanding foam used for sealing door frames etc
might be useful for making Europa doors more rigid. The top and sides
could be injected with this stuff, I am not sure how the bottom of the
door could be done. Any suggestions?
One concern is whether as this stuff expands and sets would it put undue
stress on the bond between the inner and outer parts of the door.
Regards
Paul Atkinson
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