got my sheet of dow (blue ) today finally. i did find that in north florida at least in this area 3/4 is the thickest. that can be had without using the old style brittle white.
and low and behold i got it home without breaking it . no small feat without a flatbed with straps.
also i now also find my blind boy carpenter skills are lacking and im not exactly square on my table i built . oh well i did my best. at least all is level and stable
is a latex adhesive caulk the proper way to fasten the foam to my benchwork? or might i be better to tack it at edges with finishing nails the spot putty them before base coat of flat latex??
3/4" was all I could find too when I bought mine when I still lived based in Houston.
I used Liquid Nails for Projects to glue mine down, so I suspect that latex adhesive caulk ought to work fine. Forget the nails, just get a good bead spread all over first, then weight the foam down with books overnight (I put my collection of model railroad magazines to good use here).
Nice work John. Foam is definitely the way to go, and what I am going to be using on my portable layout that I am designing now (two foldable 9’ x 3’ tables connected with bolts). I’m putting two sheets down (1 1/2" of foam) because I will be modeling some water and rolling hills, and its a lot easier to shave foam up or down that it is to build a portable with wooden risers!!
John
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thank you guys . i do plan to test this adhesive first. . i tried to search for liquid nails but not a soul around to ask or read me the labels and there were at least 25 choices in the liquid nails line. so undauted i went for cheapest tube of caulk as i knew its latex . and sure enough
at least there are no grades in my benchwork i did not plan for right me and the pocketdog are off to the shop to start caulking us some foam.
crandell my friend them drones at the depot had me totally torqued . at least we were already down there with lesia’s doctor.appt. and preop as im sure it would have been worse if i had called and then driven 79 miles to there biz and there was no blue or pink foam for john.
it feels really good to get stuff done. foam is the right stuff to use and thanks to you all i did use it.
John, I can recommend the Liquid Nails for Projects… it won’t eat your foam and as hard as that stuff is to find here in the South, you don’t to waste it. I just piled books on top of it and left it alone for a couple of days. Now you can’t pull it off! Be sure to run a bead of the LN for P right out to the edge (if possible) and weight it down there also.
Jarrell
i got my blue foam from lowlifes i mean lowes in lake city so yes another trip. as always no-one to help as all of the open foam was crunched and bent. so being ex sign installer and typical john i went 3 aisles over and got rollaround ladder
and opened another good bundle from up top
a drone did hurry on down when he seen me up the ladder but said not a word when i produced my kabar and opened the bundle. smiling all the while at him.
blind johns foam hunt was complete lowlides even gave me a florida rebate for weatherization purchase hehe
I’ve got a Lowes 5 minutes away with excellent customer service but only one thickness of foam. Home Depot is 15 minutes away with OK customer service but 6 thicknesses of foam. And beyond those 2, there are 5 more Lowes or HDs within 30 miles. Competition breeds good service.
I’m not quite that blessed. I have one hobby shop 15 minutes away, but they cater mostly to model builders and role players. The one I normally go to is 45 minutes away.
use only the hard foam - blue or pink ( never white starafoam)- can get 1/2 " - 3/4 " – 1" – 1 1/2" and 2" thick - up to 4’ X 8’ sheets - can get some of them 2’ X 8’ - Be careful when working with foam - laying track etc. if you lean on it wil elbows or press hard on it, it will dent and not look as good as it should.
me and the pocketdog are off to the shop to start caulking us some foam.