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Glueing foam board. (post #87952)

DaveRicheson on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 12:59
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I need to glue some blue board to new concrete walls


What to use?

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by BigBill in reply to DaveRicheson [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 13:06

I think that it is PL 200.  They make one that is specifically for gluing foam.

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by Shoeman in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 14:42

Pretty sure it is PL 300

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by renosteinke in reply to DaveRicheson [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 14:59

How about the cans of expanding foam? Glue foam with foam.

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by Dinosaur in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 15:16

Way more expensive.


The stuff to use is PL 300, IIRC. Cost about 1/3 as much as a can of foam.


That said, if somebody needs to seal the edge of a foam panel to, say, the rafters or joists in a bay, 1-part foam is the way to go. But Dave just needs to stick the panels in place, I think.





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Edited 10/1/2009 11:20 am ET by Dinosaur

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by DaveRicheson in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 17:09

Thanks.


Must have used the wrong Pl# when I made up the props for the high school marching band. I glued 2" foam board to some 1x s and the glue melted the foam. Glad I had backed it up with screws and fender washers. I would have been embarrassed as hell if the props had totally fallen apart durring thier first competition.


I just need to stick some 1" board up inside my foundation wall before I have the rock slinger  come in to place the crushed stone. If I were placing the rock  with my tractor and hand grading I would bother with the glue. Shooting the stone in with equipment is a little tougher to keep the board in place.


Since I'm not going to be on site when the work is done, I leave as little to chance as posssible.

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by Dinosaur in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 17:24

I just checked; LePage's brand of foamboard adhesive is indeed PL300. It's labelled in large letters "Foamboard".


I did a similar job in an old cinderblock basement a few years ago; shooting in 15T of gravel through a window and the whole megilla. Damned cinderblocks were so old and uneven that even the PL 300 had trouble holding the foamboard in place. I wound up strapping them with 1x3 and Tapcons.



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by Snort in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 18:15

If you're just tacking it up, I've used some foamboard stuff from Lowe's that is 1/2 the price of PL. Circles of either adhesive seem to hold better than squiggles or dots.

I have had no luck with Power Grab working on foam and block or poured concrete.

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by DaveRicheson in reply to Anonymous [original] on Fri, 10/02/2009 - 13:09

Thanks, I'll look for it.


Cheap is good.


Stone will hold it in place after words. I just need it to stay put while they shoot the crushed stone in.


 Going to be a liitle over 100 tons of #9 crushed limestone going in.

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by barmil in reply to DaveRicheson [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 15:26

Maybe I'm wrong, but I recall "blue board" as being an alternative to gypsum wall board for rooms that have moisture, like bathrooms. It's not a foam. Which are we talking about?

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by DaveRicheson in reply to Anonymous [original] on Thu, 10/01/2009 - 16:56

Reginal thing.


We call Dow rigid foamboard "blue board"


More manly than saying pink board, even when we do use it :)