Great presentation, Take home notes fan nozzle preferred. For my situation giving the age of my house I used a few cans 1st to fill in the larger gaps. Remember there's a 30sec time limit when you're not blowing the foam from the Froth Pack. Then I used the pack to seal over everything. Use a direct shot like air brushing paint. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast!
Very helpful vid! I’m working on an 8x18 container and converting it to a tiny home. Was looking around for good spray foam and found this product and had to see if it will work well. Seems like it will!
good stuff. Your work is exactly what I'm trying to do at my house except it's already insulated. I'm ripping out the loose batting that's stuffed in the pockets and doing spray foam then putting it all back
Good DIY video! I know you mentioned you placed the tanks on your heat register to bring them up to the recommended temperature did you find any problems with the surfaces you were spraying not being as warm as the temp of the tanks?
im doing my rim joists with this. i got a 620 pack to spray out. we will see how it goes. i nail gunned 2" strips of wood to create a pocket by the concrete. gonna go to 2" depth where i can with it
Excellent advice 👍 What about the VOC smell? Assuming proper curing how long does it offgas? Trying to determine if I should put pregnant wife in a hotel overnight
I was surprised by how little it smelled. It finishes curing in 15 to 30 minutes. As for the hotel room I’m not sure. Since your wife is expecting it never hurts to be cautious.
Below are links to the Froth Pak kit and respirator cartridge's I used. I was able to find better pricing on Amazon vs the big box retailers. Froth Pak Kits amzn.to/3gsU2qv Respirator Cartridge's amzn.to/3aChhKW
Man this was a mess. The gun gets absolutely covered in spray and it drips a little bit every time you stop spraying so that adds up and then I had one of the hoses leak so without realizing it a whole crap load of a Spilled Out onto the floor. Then the tanks are heavy as shit, each one I think is about 70 pounds so I'm having to constantly pick those things up and carry them around the basement and outside to do around the windows. The hose is constantly getting bound up and kinked and twisted the wrong way... By the end of it I was covered in spray foam
Yeah you have to plan for all of that and be careful. I covered everything I didn’t want to get sprayed. Also I think I mentioned in the video about the hoses getting kinked. I think I also purchased a set of longer hoses. I didn’t have much trouble with the sprayer tip dripping or the hoses not leaking but I definitely see how that can happen. Also I wore a tyvek suit, gloves and a hat.
@@HowtoHacks you know what also happened are those tips shot out of the gun a couple of times. So I'm in the middle of spraying and then I just get two unmixed streams hitting my wall
I had a little of that, but to be honest it was a lot cleaner than I thought it would be initially. I was prepared for a mess but clean up was minimal for me for whatever reason.
@@HowtoHacks you're actually using Froth-pak sealant (green box that says "sealant") in the video, and not Froth-pak insulation (red box that says "insulation"). The two products are very similar, but they do have different specs. This is why I was asking. Edit: I don't know if the specs vary simply because of the testing/certifications and the way they decided to describe them, or if they are actually different.
The link below explains the difference. The sealant is insulation and they have the same r value per inch however the insulation formula has a fire retardant in it. So depending on where you spray it you may have to cover the sealant with a fire barrier like drywall. Notice where it says, “You could apply the Froth-Pak Sealant to the board faces but your local building code may require you to cover the sealant with a fire barrier.” Also to get this fire rating you have to spray 2 inches thick. To spray that thick I would have had to buy a much larger kit and spend more. Also I covered where I sprayed with drywall or fiberglass anyway. www.awarehousefull.com/awf-blog/dupont-froth-pak-which-one-is-right-for-you/
The problem isn’t the smell, the problem is you will get sensitized to the iso which will then give you a potentially deadly reaction in future contact. Skin contact too. Google it
How to Hacks I used about 10 froth 200 and 30 froth 650 kits. The only alternative is hiring these guys with foam insulation truck, but these days they are very hard to find.
How to Hacks just feels very expensive. I managed to buy from Lowes with their contractor savings program so it was only $650 per 650 kit which is not bad. But now even Lowes stopped carrying it.
