Despite the obvious drawbacks-it's messy, sticky and impossible to remove once it cures-there's nothing better than spray ...

We’ve used expanding foam in many DIY and construction tasks in our career, from smaller sealing tasks to large-scale insulation work in factories and warehouses. This hands-on experience ...

Q: My question is about foam insulation. I went to a meeting about insulating attics, and the speaker said that you could seal up the entire attic with foam with no ill effects. He would spray the ...

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In this case, [Eric] is using it to build up the surface of the foam and seal up all the open pores. The downside is that the gesso requires several coats to really build up. [Eric] puts six coats ...

Schmaltz introduces Sealing Foams with Optimized Adhesive Films for large area gripping systems, offering the benefit of an up to 90 percent reduction in time consumption to replace the foam ...

These kits typically yield 200 board feets’ worth of spray foam, making them a good candidate for medium-sized projects, like sealing roof and wall junctions, attic walls and basement sill plates.

The foam is a great sealing agent, but it can be unattractive if exposed outside. It is recommended that a heating/cooling vent be installed in the foamed attic to condition the space.