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Old 09-26-2013, 03:01 PM   #86 (permalink)
jedi_sol
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
My can of Great Foam had a little plastic screw-on nozzle\straw. The instructions do not say how to reuse it if you did not empty the can in the first place.

Are you spraying the foam directly on the foil\plastic wrap\painter's tape?

Mine stuck to foil, plastic, and everything else, except itself.
to reuse the plastic straw, you pretty much have to stick something skinny into the straw to unclog the straw. Even though great foam sticks to everything else, it does not stick to the actual straw that hard, so it's easy to unclog the straw for repeated uses.

Typically what i do is:
1) cover the piece of the car with painters tape for the "base layer of protection

2) then cover the painters tape with foil. the foil acts as the "release agent." Be sure to tape the edges of the foil really well so that the foil does not shift around and lose its shape

3) spray the great foam directly onto the foil.

4) wait 24 hours to allow great foam to fully cure

5) after fully cured, you should be able to easily lift off the foil that has the great foam on it. Use this time to trim/sand the foam to whatever shape you want. Then apply resin (polyester or expoxy) to harden the foam so that the foam does not shrink.

check out my old thread on my Del Sol on how I made my fog light plug
http://ecomodder.com/forum/189201-post66.html
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