Foam insulation board ?

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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I just purcahsed a bunch of foam insulation board for my layout. However, it has a metalic looking film over it on one side and a clear plastic film on the other side. Do I remove this film or leave it on the board? I have 1" board. Thanks for your help!

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Yes remove teh clear plastic coating. Carefully.

I am not sure how easy it is IF it is at all to remove the foil.

I use the blue extruded foam from Lowes without any coating. The pink extruded from Home Depot is about the same stuff as the blue.

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They have a version that doesn’t have any foil or plastic on it. I would do foil down and remove the plastic if you cant return it for the other stuff.

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The blue foam I purchased at Lowes had plastic on both sides which I peeled off before gluing.

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Sounds to me like you bought the white beaded type foam. I used some on a different project and had to peel the clear plastic off. Was really a pain as it tore off in strips. This foam is a real hassle to cut and really makes a mess.

If possible, I would return it and get either the blue or pink extruded foam.

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Here’s the foam I used from Home depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?keyword=foam+insulation&langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053