Insulation Foam Nightmare

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

You know that expanding foam in a can? I was sealing a large gap between the frame and wall on the top top my balcony sliding door and when I got the stuff all over my hands catching a large clump as it was falling.

I've tried WD40, bleach, an SOS pad, steel wool and various cleaning solvents to remove this crap. I've tried the manufactures web site for hints. It said to rub petroleum jelly over my hands and place in a plastic bag for an hour....nope. It did look hilarious trying to light a smoke with zip lock bags tied down around my wrist with rubber bands.

Nothing is working. My hands and fingers looks as if they have a serious skin disease.

//shoves hands back into pockets//

[downhill]

That stuff is nasty to get off. Eventually it'll wear off.

[Think]

Since it's already dried up, there's nothing that will remove it except time - it will flake off. You can only clean it when it's still not dry with finger nail polish remover and acetone.

Just wear Michael Jackson gloves for a few days

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

That stuff is nasty to get off. Eventually it'll wear off.

Yeah it doesn't just peal off. It looks like scales all over my hands.

[blebs]

Turpentine! That's what we used to clean the nozzles and hoses after using that junk in new home insulation.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

Since it's already dried up, there's nothing that will remove it except time - it will flake off. You can only clean it when it's still not dry with finger nail polish remover and acetone.

Just wear Michael Jackson gloves for a few days

Guess what I did. Put my hands under hot water immediately following the "incident". Dude! Like a sticky mixture. Sometimes I'm such a *******.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

Turpentine! That's what we used to clean the nozzles and hoses after using that junk in new home insulation.

Even when dried?

[blebs]

Yeap, take a little while, but it slowly dissolves it. Not the best thing for a human body, but if you want it off, give it a try.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

Yeap, take a little while, but it slowly dissolves it. Not the best thing for a human body, but if you want it off, give it a try.

Okay I'm game.

Heading out in a bit so I'll stop by Ace Hardware for a can and a toothbrush. lol

I'll report progress later like a good little guinea pig.

[Lefty]

nasty stuff for sure. I had the same problem. Now every time I use it I wear latex gloves under cotton gloves just to be safe.

[Chris]

Crawl around in the desert for a bit on your hands and knees, the sand should wear that chit off, will toughen up the knees too

[TonyT]

acetone

[blebs]

acetone

CRAP JCOS, this is what I meant to say, not turpentine!!!!! Acetone is what dissolves it. Shoot me now.

[Prey521]

Pics!!!!! :d

[RoundEye]

.....It did look hilarious trying to light a smoke with zip lock bags tied down around my wrist with rubber bands....

If you think that looked funny, just wait untill you see the look your lady gives you when you are ready for some action, and the only thing you have on is those plastic bags.

[blebs]

I have a work jacket in the closet covered with that stuff. Ticked me off too. Nice new jacket and got ruined day one with foam.

[Levity_Kitty]

There is this stuff called "Goop-Off", it works wonders!

[Randy]

I hope you used low expansion! I dont reccomend using that stuff around doors and windows that need to open. next time

got any pic jcos?

you'll have fun picking for 3 days maybe try some vegtable oil

[Randy]

There is this stuff called "Goop-Off", it works wonders!

I may be wrong but i think your supposed to avoid contact with skin, that stuff works really good for getting stickers off the fridge etc

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

nasty stuff for sure. I had the same problem. Now every time I use it I wear latex gloves under cotton gloves just to be safe.

I had that big light bulb go off in my head after the fact. Live and learn I guess.

Now on a manly note. I never use gloves while working. I like to feel the tools I'm using etc. I'll make an exception next time I paint or use evil in a can.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

CRAP JCOS, this is what I meant to say, not turpentine!!!!! Acetone is what dissolves it. Shoot me now.

Bought a gallon of turpentine at Ace. Worked after soaking my hands for 5 minutes. Now I smell like a pine tree. lol

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

If you think that looked funny, just wait untill you see the look your lady gives you when you are ready for some action, and the only thing you have on is those plastic bags.

Been there done that about 8 hours ago.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

There is this stuff called "Goop-Off", it works wonders!

Goop-B-Gone here. Nope, it didn't work and it burnt like hell.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

I hope you used low expansion! I dont reccomend using that stuff around doors and windows that need to open. next time

got any pic jcos?

you'll have fun picking for 3 days maybe try some vegtable oil

It was just around the sliding door frame. Where the frame is suppose butt up nicely against the wall. In this case there was a 1/2 gap in places. When the wind blows here we couldn't understand why it was dusty in the flat. Problem fixed.

I weather stripped the door edges as well for extra measure.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

I may be wrong but i think your supposed to avoid contact with skin

Yup, don't rub this crap on your hands.

And of course I only read the instructions on something after the fact.

[Randy]

It was just around the sliding door frame. Where the frame is suppose butt up nicely against the wall. In this case there was a 1/2 gap in places. When the wind blows here we couldn't understand why it was dusty in the flat. Problem fixed.

I weather stripped the door edges as well for extra measure.

I have seen the expanding foam> especially high expansion foam bow/ push the frame (edge) so bad that the doors cannot be locked. also i have seen it used on the header making it bow so bad that the slider becomes trapped in the frame. that foam can literally push nails thru wood casings!

[RoundEye]

I have seen the expanding foam> especially high expansion foam bow/ push the frame (edge) so bad that the doors cannot be locked. also i have seen it used on the header making it bow so bad that the slider becomes trapped in the frame. that foam can literally push nails thru wood casings!

I used it to fill a mouse hole in the wall, and it expanded, pushed out the baseboard and cracked the sheetrock.

I think I'll use a little less next time.

[Joint Chiefs of Staff]

I have seen the expanding foam> especially high expansion foam bow/ push the frame (edge) so bad that the doors cannot be locked. also i have seen it used on the header making it bow so bad that the slider becomes trapped in the frame. that foam can literally push nails thru wood casings!

Guess I got lucky. I didn't spray too much foam. Just enough and used a putty knife to spread the foam into the crack along the top of the frame.

[blebs]

Well the stuff works, but man is it nasty to whatever it comes in contact with.

[De Plano]

There is this stuff called "Goop-Off", it works wonders!

Do you mean Goo Gone?

you'll have fun picking for 3 days maybe try some vegtable oil

I think you are thinking about trimmers, doubt it works on foam


I used the foam stuff at the end of a long night one time, some I got off the next day, some I got off three days later, almost a week later I got it all off. Man did I feel miserable the next day and then I had to look at my splotchy hands for the next few days to remind me not to start projects when I was drunk

[Mark]

true story about 2 rednecks and a can of foam-o-fill, which is what we call that stuff down here.

had 2 guys at my plumbing shop, both in their mid 40's and have been around long enough to know a thing or 2 about construction.

the one guy,an old time biker nicknamed gator, ya like that is a original name here in FLA, couldn't get the foam-o-fill can to work, so the other guy named John ********, a good old boy from Pasco county, if ya live here ya know what that means , told gator to fetch him a hammer.

i wasn't there but the story goes that gator was holding the can as John was trying to hit the nozzle of the can of foam-o-fill to see if it was just stuck

most people know that those cans are pressurized and that foam-o-fill is really sticky, it even says to avoid skin/hair contact, if ya take the time to read the instructions

forgot to mention that gator also had a ZZ Top kinda beard and a long ponytail, see where this is going

i guess after a few wacks with the hammer, the foam-o-fill decided to come out of the can, all at once, like the nozzle broke clean off.

gator ended up going to the E.R. to get his ZZ Top beard cut off and to treat the chemical burns to his face and neck.

lucky for him he wears glasses and his eyes were not foam-o-filled shut.

this was a about 8 years ago and last time i saw gator, about 4 years ago he still had some scaring to his face.

sorry no pics, end of story

[axtrader]

without pics this thread's worth = 0