Thread: Spray Foam Insulation for project.

I think I have solved the problem with my car. I bought a Toyota.

Har har har. Laugh it up at the guy who finds "thinking outside the box" to be an entertaining pastime. And no, I won't be doing anything to ruin my car's interior.

Generally (& especially on things I haven't tried before), I put emphasis on Research, Planning, & Preparation. If I go the spray foam insulation route, this will likely include some sort of mockup or trial run.

I keep thinking that it might be easier and more flexible if you fabricated something rather than foam molding.

I once had this wonderful older BMW - the previous owner had fabricated a cup holder out of high density black foam and mounted in on the console.
Seems that when the car was made they held to the same thinking as my German friends and clients.
If you want to drink, you stop and drink.
When you are driving (often at near time warp speeds) you should be driving...

But I know that in the US we have a cup of coffee or a bottle of water in the car often, I do it.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you solve this...Good luck..

Yes, I recall watching an educational show about either the US interstate system, or the German Autobahn. They said that the American concept of food or drink in the car, especially the cup holder, was mind boggling for Germans. "Why do they have a drink receptacle in the car?! You don't drink & have dinner there, you drive!" Interesting stuff.

Here is my similar "silly" project.

Boker pocket knife for 50 cents. A couple of inches of duct tape for forms. Two dollops of JB Weld. Two lunch breaks at work. [Paid.] DARN air bubbles!

Originally Posted by 32t

Here is my similar "silly" project.

Boker pocket knife for 50 cents. A couple of inches of duct tape for forms. Two dollops of JB Weld. Two lunch breaks at work. [Paid.] DARN air bubbles!

You could probably "spatula in" some JB Weld into the bubbles with a plastic butter knife or something lol. Nice job, though. A melding of organic & non-organic can come out lookin pretty neat, like yours did.

Well done, sir.

Originally Posted by Crawler

You could probably "spatula in" some JB Weld into the bubbles with a plastic butter knife or something lol. Nice job, though. A melding of organic & non-organic can come out lookin pretty neat, like yours did.

Well done, sir.

I hadn't thought of the organic/non-organic thing.

I wanted a cheap useful tool. As far as the bubbles go I have used it for EDC for a week and in normal use I haven't noticed. I would be disapointed if I lost it but not mad.

For me it has been a fun experiment and learning experience.

Just to provide you guys with some insight into my meticulous nature, here is the slap-dash job I did to prep our kitchen before I treated the carpets with aerosol chemicals to kill/protect against fleas etc. This was the "spray affected surfaces, let dry" kind, not a bomb/fogger type...


Captioned under "Dexter murder room level: Beginner!"

The kitchen wasn't even a target for treatment (though I took the pic from the living room), but I don't screw around with food safety. It could have been better (sealed in with duck tape on all seams), but it was just thrown together in a pinch with what I had laying around .

Back on topic...

I might have found a decent spray foam to try out on this project. The can mentioned something about "over [X amount] feet of insulation as a 1/4" (quarter inch) bead of product". So it might be low expansion enough to not go all "science fair volcano" on me in the car...


I still need to do more research on it, beyond the quick look at the can in the store.

I think going the route of mold maker substances found in craft stores would be more expensive than ebay'ing a replacement. Plus... ebay isn't nearly as fun!