Black foam insulation for the windows
Somewhere in here, within the last few months there was a thread regarding winter camping. In that thread there was mention of using a somewhat rigid black foam, cut to fit the windows. Someone fr...
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Two types of closed cell foam used for insulation that I'm aware of are the polyethylene based variety and an elastomeric nbr/pvc variety. Both come in sheets and rolls.
IIRC Buzzcut1 found a sheet black polyethylene closed cell foam in one of the building center box stores in the Bay Area. I could never find one at any of the building centers on the peninsula when I lived there.
Online I ended up using Foam Factory when I needed some thicker pieces. If you only need small pieces of thicker foam, it can be built up from thinner material available at packaging vendors and using a hot glue gun.
Absent ordering online, a google search found the following place in Fife, WA IR Specialty Foam LLC.
They have both elastomeric and polyethylene closed cell foams. Worth a call 800.426.7944
If they are what I think they are, they do the foam production on site and then cut up 20' x 10' x 8' blocks of foam to the desired size on huge moving table band saws or hot wire rigs. Something to see ...
IIRC Buzzcut1 found a sheet black polyethylene closed cell foam in one of the building center box stores in the Bay Area. I could never find one at any of the building centers on the peninsula when I lived there.
Online I ended up using Foam Factory when I needed some thicker pieces. If you only need small pieces of thicker foam, it can be built up from thinner material available at packaging vendors and using a hot glue gun.
Absent ordering online, a google search found the following place in Fife, WA IR Specialty Foam LLC.
They have both elastomeric and polyethylene closed cell foams. Worth a call 800.426.7944
If they are what I think they are, they do the foam production on site and then cut up 20' x 10' x 8' blocks of foam to the desired size on huge moving table band saws or hot wire rigs. Something to see ...
