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MetroMPG · 02-25-2013, 11:17 PM

Well here's how it didn't turn out, using the old expanding spray foam in a can trick:

Too hard to shape, big voids in the middle, not evenly cured, not stiff. Blah blah blah.

Foam board-based version 2.0 will be much more betterer. Pics tomorrow.

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