Re: [AMC-list] Foam filled rocker panels

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup, what Mark said.........



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "markprice242" <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Foam filled rocker panels


> 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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