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| What is the most efficient method of replacing the flotation foam during a boat rebuild. I plan on putting back under the floor and storage areas of a Tufffy Rampage 160XT.
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Location: Hayward, WI | I've never done it, but the stuff used in boats looks a lot like that expand-a-foam you can get in the spray cans. Seems like that would work, and the stuff is easy to work with.
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 1 pound density spray foam works great. Basically insulation 'expandable' foam. |
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Location: Antioch, IL | I've used "Great-Stuff" to fill my net handle so it won't sink. (Name brand of the stuff mentioned above)
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| Fish and Whistle - 6/12/2009 1:07 PM
I've used "Great-Stuff" to fill my net handle so it won't sink. (Name brand of the stuff mentioned above)
Man! Don't get it on ya!
Don't get it on 'ya is right. It's great stuff until you try to get it off your hands, then it quickly becomes "that #*^@ %&^"  |
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Location: Kildeer, IL | Use the mix and pour stuff sold at marine shops. It is much easier to work with. Cover a small sheet of plywood with a garbage bag. Make sure the plywood is big enough to fully cover both stringers. Then Pour the foam between the stingers, and place the plywood over the stingers. Stand on the plywood for 3 or 4 minutes. This will stop the foam from expanding over your stingers. This also ensures that the foam will expand evenly from top to bottom. If you start from the back of the boat and work your way forward, this will ensure that it expands evenly front to back.
See this thread for how I rebuilt my Tuffy.
http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=38...
Edited by setme31 6/12/2009 4:31 PM
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Location: Minnesota | Yeah... Other recommendation for the two-part Floatation Foam... I did consider the spray foam but after doing some researching online, I found out that its better and safer to use marine two-parts foam... 2 gallons (1 gallon A, 1 gallon B) is enough to fill a 55-gallon drum...
Foam is there for a reason... safety... its there to make sure your boat has some bounacy if it gets submerged somehow... rather than just sink all the way down to the bottom of the lake...
Thanks, Setme, for that advice... Im doing a complete inside out renovation of my Bass Tracker and was trying to figure out how I could get the foam to set... that garbage bag or roll of polywrap would work too...
Decaf... you have a PM...
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