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Expanding foam.

  • 07-06-2019 4:28pm
    #1
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭


    Need a little help plz lads. Was passing a lorryt oday and the fooker drove over a tube of expanding foam. The **** exploded all over the car and most windows. Have tried petrol but it's not really moving it. Any ideas. ? The adhesive seems to be the most difficult to remove


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  • #2
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,282 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    There's no solvent that will remove expanded foam without also ruining your paint AFAIK.
    I'd be checking my insurance coverage and that of the lorry if I could.


  • #3
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,282 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    You can use Acetone and there is a foam remover product but I've no idea what effect either will have on your paintwork.


  • #4
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,282 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    There is also this https://www.handyhardware.ie/product/30890/Foam-Eater-Expanding-Foam-Remover-250ml?gclid=CjwKEAjwlujnBRDl2teOp_veulQSJAC5bHgtw4wYrRlxjYZ8Lb_5vE1dy1R0fcHWvjUaCFC6b5W2xBoC_Pbw_wcB which seems to be recommended for removal of foam from PVC.
    PVC is fairly unreactive tho, and anytime I've had to remove PU firm it's either be fairly immediate with acetone before its cured/hardened.
    Or mechanical removal which is a nightmare when you get to the contact point.


  • #5
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    A quick Google around seems to reveal that "Autosmart TARDIS Tar and Glue Remover" does the job. No idea if its true. Got a pic of the damage?


  • #6
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Miike wrote: »
    A quick Google around seems to reveal that "Autosmart TARDIS Tar and Glue Remover" does the job. No idea if its true. Got a pic of the damage?

    I'll get one when the car returns. Thanks for the recommendation.


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  • #7
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Why was a tube of expanding foam on the road?


  • #8
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭Odyssey 2005


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Why was a tube of expanding foam on the road?

    I blame trump


  • #9
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Odyssey 2005 wrote: »
    I blame trump


    Always them foreigners to blame


  • #10
    RobbieMD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭RobbieMD


    Odyssey 2005 wrote: »
    Need a little help plz lads. Was passing a lorryt oday and the fooker drove over a tube of expanding foam. The **** exploded all over the car and most windows. Have tried petrol but it's not really moving it. Any ideas. ? The adhesive seems to be the most difficult to remove

    Try Tec7 remove all. B&Q woodies etc stock it. Designed for cleaning off foam


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