If you try it, cover EVERYTHING in plastic. Also, it will take longer to dry than is typical because the plastic doesn't allow air to get to the expanding foam
You gave me hope that I might actually be able to repair this ancient old road case my stepfather left me when he passed. It had a 62 Fender Stratocaster in it that rattled around. It also put (for lack of a better term) an adhesive residue on the neck of the guitar. I got the guitar cleaned up and it rests in a new case. I have kept this case knowing I would eventually find a way to repair it. I initially reached out to the manufacturer but they wouldn't return any kind of emails or phone calls asking about repairing the interior of this extremely heavy metal exterior road case. Now I think I have a couple more things to figure out before trying this. 1 I have to clean out the old interior so if I use the Strat for a mold like you did I will somehow need to raise the guitar off the bottom of the case in order to "foam the bottom". 2 will this raise the guitar and should I also weigh it down somehow? 3 what do I do with the top of the case? And 4 what kind of fuzzy stuff do I cover this new interior with? You gave me hope now I just need to answer some questions. Thank you!
Great idea sir! I'm in a similar position with a resonator guitar I have and I think you may have inspired a solution. One question, how hard was it to remove the foam from the guitar without breaking it to bits or accidentally nicking your bass? Any tricks or suggestions on that part would be appreciated.
Make sure you wrap the body of the guitar with plastic wrap. That's one step that didn't quite make it into the video. It was easy to remove. I am glad that the foam didn't need to be any thicker. When I first pulled the guitar with the foam out of the case, the underneath portion of the foam wasn't quite dry. I gave it a few more hours out of the case in the air to cure before I separated it.
It's perfect. It holds it like a glove. I feel like this would be a lot harder to do on acoustic. Much bigger scale. you may be better off cutting foam to size and covering it
If you want to get foam all over your house, your guitar, yourself - then sure: try this. But it is way, way, way not as easy as this makes it look. If you want a mess on your hands, give this a go! I highly recommend it for anyone that wants a gooey mess.
