Important tricks when working with assembly foam

Polyurethane foam excellent material that will help you not only to patch up some kind of slot or hole, but also glue things and securely pack fragile items for mailing.

These and other tricks you teach Zeke and Zack in this article, after reading that even the most ordinary housewife can quite normal to work with assembly foam.

For clarity, the article uses footage from the video channel "Stroyhak»

How to choose the assembly foam?

Even if you buy an expensive professional and foam, then always pay attention to the expiration date, since the end of the term of the foam significantly lose their properties and will not be so effective.

Why turn the bottle?

Before using the foam it must be necessarily shake for 20-30 seconds to thoroughly mix the components.

A use foam need turning the can upside down, since the gas inside the balloon is propylene, which is lighter than foam, and through which the foam exits the balloon outwards.

Moisten the surface with water

Before applying the foam is required to shake off dust brush, and sprinkle water on the surface to foam adheres better. You can also sprinkle a little, and after applying the foam, because polyurethane for its expansion requires a lot of moisture.

After solidification of the foam it is easiest to cut off the excess with a knife with teeth (cut down), because it is quite dense.

We are working in confined spaces

Sometimes there are places where the work with the balloon rather hard and uncomfortable. So to those remote zapenit slots need to wear a long tube, and the tube tip primotat tape to any stick, which is comfortable to hold.

As zapenit big hole?

Zapenit just a large hole will not work, since the foam will just fall off. Therefore, it should be done in several layers: One coat, waiting when will dry up, we put the next layer.

And in the interlayer can be used as foam pieces - Apply foam, put the foam and another layer on top of foam as to obtain a kind of sandwich.

The scrub assembly foam?

None of us are perfect, so sometimes the foam can drip on the floor and other places where it should not be. But do not rush her to scour - after curing foam is fairly easy to tear with your bare hands.

But if you have smeared the foam, then scrub it can be an ordinary acetone, as well as fluid or tissues, nail polish remover, which also contain acetone.

That's all, dear friends! And about how to use the foam core as an adhesive, and more will be discussed in the following articles in the channel, so subscribe to Zeke and ZackNot to miss!

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