foam insulation removal? #537016 February 06th 2012 11:45 pm | Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 11 stranger | OP stranger Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 11 | this is my first time posting anything, but i need help. I'm 16 and i have a 77 dodge van that is completly full of spray foam insulation.
the van needs body work but the foam turns out to be realy flamable. I'm afaid to do anything with it all in there. is there any chemical i can use to remove it. or anything i can do to make it easier to remove, aside from just scraping it all off? | | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 569 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,308 Likes: 569 | Welcome to the site....the Dodge boys will be along shortly
SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 veteran | veteran Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 | Welcome to the site. Before adding chemicals I'd recommend physically removing as much as possible through mechanical means. This tool will become your friend once you learn to use it, and can sharpen the blade yourself. Use it with the putty knife looking attachment. http://www.harborfreight.com/oscillating-multifunction-power-tool-68303.htmlBetter versions certainly exist. They get you on the replacement blades. I've beat this tool up pretty good and lent it out not expecting it back working right. Still does though | | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,473 Likes: 1 | I had a beautiful 75 Dodge and it had sprey foam in it also and the great thing about spray foam is the you can sleep in the van until noon on a hundred degree day. It is like sleeping in a styrofaom cooler. The bad thing about spray foam is it will rust your van completely out from the inside out. By the time you see rust on the outside it is too late. The chemical that makes the foam... foam, is corrosive. kind of like throwing salt in a beer. My 75 was new when it got the spray foam and seven years later it was showing signs of rust so went through a restoration and new paint. within a year it was back and went down quick, By '86 I bough the Phoenix and by 89 had to retire old silver, the paint was the only thing holding it together. Just a word of warning and experience. be watchful.
Cheers! Been There, done that, Member of those.... Built for comfort not for speed ....Well speed too !... I am a vanner, Promise me the world, give me nothing, I'll be back ... next year ! | | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 Festerus Vannimus | Festerus Vannimus Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 | Thanks for that heads up Phoenix, I was considering foam in Wolf-Den. . . . guess not ! lol Any tips for a good insulation for my big girl ?
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My van : 1989 Ford E-150 Econoline, currently named “WOLF-DEN IIâ€
Founder & President of Sooner or Later United Truckers and PROUD TO BE A S.L.U.T. ! !
| | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 Madman! | Madman! Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 28,125 | Welcome aboard! I did a van a few months ago, and depending on the foam (there are different kinds) you won't find a chemical that will dissolve it. I even bought a chemical that was made to remove it and the stuff will barely remove the residue left behind by it.
The tool that wrcsixeight posted is the best thing I found for getting it out. Work in small areas, take your time and wear a dust mask as the shit won't dissolve in you lungs either.
Also, be very careful not to hit the outer body sheet metal with any tools you are using as it will gouge the metal outward. | | | Re: foam insulation removal? | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 Festerus Vannimus | Festerus Vannimus Joined: May 2007 Posts: 9,854 Likes: 8 | Good tip Super Beast ! I would not have thought of that, until about 15 seconds too late ! lol
My van : 1989 Ford E-150 Econoline, currently named “WOLF-DEN IIâ€
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