structural foam help
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Forum Name: Fiberglass, Fabrication, and Interiors
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Printed Date: May 04, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Topic: structural foam help
Posted By: stang351w
Subject: structural foam help
Date Posted: December 19, 2004 at 9:33 PM
hello, i'm trying to find some foam that i can shape to make a mold so i can make custom fiberglass peice's in my car, anyone know where i could possible get some of this foam or help me get point in the right direction?
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Posted By: darthness
Date Posted: December 20, 2004 at 6:26 AM
thtas a good question, i'm also interested.
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: December 20, 2004 at 8:51 AM
Alot of people use that green foam, that you buy at wal mart. That they use to plant in pots and stuff.
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: darthness
Date Posted: December 20, 2004 at 10:00 AM
whats that foam stuff used in that Alpine Civic Si (or whatever...) install? they used it to make the mold for the moniters.
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: December 20, 2004 at 1:36 PM
I know what you're talking about, its urethane foam. You can order from places you might could even find someone in your area that sells it.
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: randman1
Date Posted: December 23, 2004 at 12:54 PM
Check with marine supply stores. The urethane foam is used in this industry for boyancy and to fill voids but the higher densities can be sculpted asd used as molds. Be sure to seal the foam surface with shellac or other similar product prior to applying the glass or you'll never separate it.
Here's some online info
Posted By: arkansasboy
Date Posted: December 23, 2004 at 3:02 PM
Hey if ya wanna use that foam ya get from walmart you'll have to cover it with something since the resin eats it. I was making a console one time and covered the foam with joint compound and then after it had dried I put the resin on, it worked very well.
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Dan Tha Man
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: December 23, 2004 at 3:34 PM
Hey I got another idea that I was gonna use. I was going to get that stuff that comes in the squirt can that you fill in holes with. The squirt foam or whatever and put it in a bucket and fill it up with that stuff and then make my mold once it dried it may not work I dont know but I figure it would.
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: realitycheck
Date Posted: December 23, 2004 at 3:34 PM
Hey I got another idea that I was gonna use. I was going to get that stuff that comes in the squirt can that you fill in holes with. The squirt foam or whatever and put it in a bucket and fill it up with that stuff and then make my mold once it dried it may not work I dont know but I figure it would. It has urethane in it also
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Learning the trade one fiberglass creation at a time!
Posted By: novakid
Date Posted: January 21, 2005 at 5:04 PM
here ya go https://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cm/index.html I know a guy who uses alot of the home insulating foam (yellow sheets) that menards,lowes etc sells - to make em thicker he just glues em together with body putty, carves to shape and then glasses over it
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