You KNOW My love of Foam.....................

[Bondo]

Almost 1350 posts,+ Believe it or Not, This is My 1st Thread........<br /><br />I just had to Remove a "Poured in Place" block of rigid closed-cell foam, 24"x18"x29".... Nice Dry stuff.....<br />I Tried about Every Tool in my Shop..... <br />And, I have a Very Well Equipped Shop......<br />The Tool of Choice so far is an Old Ground Screw....... A Two Inch Cork-Screw, made out of 3/8s rod,about 15"s long with a Ring on the end..... Originally to hook your Dog to it....<br />I can screw it in about 2 1/2 turns,+ Still be able to Rip it out..... That leaves a hole about 2"x3"... <br />There's Alot of Little Holes in a block of foam that Big.... <br />I Need the 29"s for Fuel.... The Engine is going where the fuel tank Was.....<br />The remaining foam is Dry,+ in compartments set high in the bilge.... Not Sealed,+ Well Drained.... I'll leave it, Unless it's in the way of something......<br /><br />Ya, I Know... I Need a Camera....<br />I'll head over to tigerdirect or ebay,+ see what I can find.....

 

[crab bait]

Re: You KNOW My love of Foam.....................

the darnest things make the darnest tools..!!<br /><br />thanks for the post ,BONDO... i see your havin' fun..!!

 

[18rabbit]

Re: You KNOW My love of Foam.....................

Well, if you ever need to do it again...rigid closed cell foam is easily removed with a saw-all. Quickly comes out in really big chunks. With a minimum of care, you can “feel” where the blade is to prevent damage to surrounding structures. To remove remaining bits of foam, a 2” steel wire cup in a hand drill works wonders. Fast! Removes foam and bounces off fiberglass. Wear appropriate dust mask and eye protection!!!<br /><br />Sometimes there is a difference between "getting the job done" and "enjoying getting the job done." The corkscrew sounds like more fun. –joe

 

[CCrew]

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I'll second the 2" Wire cup brush. Works like a champ. Makes mucho dust tho!<br /><br />Bondo, would been easier if it had been ping pong balls! <br /><br />-Roger

 

[Hooty]

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I cut the stuff out with an old hand saw. Eats it right up.<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[Boomyal]

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You can't hurt my feeling CC, 'sides I'm into noodles now.

 

[Craig W]

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interesting tip Bondo. I'm just finishing up stripping some nice WET foam from the entire boat and what seemed to work decent as well was a drywall keyhole saw which cuts nicely, in combination with one of those small pry-bars (about 1 1/4" wide with a very slight curve and a 90* at one end) After getting a section started I found cutting was no longer necessary and that it was possible to pop out decent size chuncks of foam with only the pry-bar.<br /><br />thanx 18rabbit on the wire brush tip I'm not too far along to utilize that one

 

[catfish1]

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i use a claw hammer! works good.

 

[Realgun]

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Now I feel its ok to say. I used a shovel.

 

[JasonJ]

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I used a large steel carpenters square (24x18"), pushed it through and popped the foam out in 6 inch sections, very fast and very easy. The easiest part of the rebuild...

 

[CTD]

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Gotta say I learning to love my electric chain saw, works good for all this kind of stuff.

 

[Bondo]

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Well Guys,<br />I Tried the Saw-zall, the BFHammer(claw), Several Prybars,+ Many other Implements of Destruction...<br />I Don't have the Floor out(it's in Excellent Shape),So, the hole I was working on was 18"X24"X 29"s Deep, Horizonally(Of course, in the Bottom of the Bilge, Stand on your Head Time)......<br />The Saw-zall(I even tried putting a Severe Bend in the blade),+ other Blade tools cut Real Well, but I couldn't make the Back-cuts to Remove the chunks... And moving it side to side was Impossible... Popping it was Not an Option, as there was No Place to Pop it Too....<br />I Love the Wire Wheel Idea.... I'll mount a small 1 in my Die-Grinder to see if I can get into some of the other 4 areas that are Still Foamed.....<br /> " i see your havin' fun..!! " Darn Right, crab bait......Working on my boats is right up there just below Chasing the Queenie around the berth,+ Fishing.......<br />-Roger, I'm the Soda Bottle guy... Boomyal is the Ping-Pong Ball guy...... <br />CTD, I Sure Wished I'd thought of this 1 before... I've got a Tiny Gas Saw, It probably would have Really been the Ticket.......

 

[GlastronJohn]

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I second the shovel idea. I removed 99% of each rear block in one piece. Of course it was so wet it just kida popped and came out. I acutally had to cut it up to get the garbage men to pick it up.