Re: [AMC-list] Foam filled rocker panels

[markprice242 <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most likely the homeowners are ill informed because they did not bother to bring their reading glasses to the store. No, I'm not shooting foam in any rockers even though it is supposedly already in the rockers of my 2004. Besides the corrosion if you don't get the drains right the water will likely fill the kick and 1/4 panels then run inside the car. ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 8:21:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Foam filled rocker panels
> Most boats are made of fiberglass, I'm guessing the foam is used for
> flotation, not corrosion protection.
> My concern is trapped moisture that can't get out.
> I'm gonna stick with using undercoatings to protect and seal, not
> foams.
> The foams remind me of the ill informed homeowners who want to seal
> every
> little crack in the house,
> so they use insulating foam (keyword insulating not crack seal)
> instead of
> the proper caulk, and then in two weeks the sun has deteriorated the
> foam
> and it turns to powder. Tacky at best.
> Yes acetone will reduce most foams.
> But hey you guys use what ever product you want to, it's your future
> rust
> bucket.
> Armand
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Dornbos" <dornbos@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 4:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Foam filled rocker panels
> > Hi all
> >
> > If you google search for waterproof spray foam for marine use or
> > some such
> > mixture of words, you can get an idea of the vast amount of product
> > out
> > there. I would have NO problem using some of that stuff in rocker
> > panels
> > especially if the boat builder guys are using it. Back in the day of
> > 10-12' backyard satellite dish installs, we sometimes used a 2-part
> > foam
> > product instead of cement to hold those big dishes in the ground. I
> > don't
> > recall if we even mixed it before we poured it in, I think we may
> > have
> > just simultaneously poured the two parts into the hole and let it do
> > it's
> > magic. I can't vouch for how much the cheap stuff expands but I can
> > vouch
> > for the fact that the foam we used expanded so much that the pole
> > was not
> > moveable at all within a short period of time even with the windload
> > on it
> > from the big dish. I have never known of any of these installs to
> > have a
> > problem with the foam. If I remember correctly, to remove the pole,
> > all we
> > needed to do was pour acetone into the hole and the foam would
> > disappear.
> >
> > Doug
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