How to Use a Froth-Pak Spray Foam Kit
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Below are links to the Froth Pak kit and respirator cartridge's I used. I was able to find better pricing on Amazon vs the big box retailers.
Froth Pak Kits
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Respirator Cartridge's
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Froth Pak kits are easy to use, excellent at air sealing gaps in a building envelope, and are much cheaper that hiring a spray foam contractor (so you'll get some DIY savings). - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Great presentation, Take home notes fan nozzle preferred. For my situation giving the age of my house I used a few cans 1st to fill in the larger gaps. Remember there's a 30sec time limit when you're not blowing the foam from the Froth Pack. Then I used the pack to seal over everything. Use a direct shot like air brushing paint. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast!
thank you for doing such a wonderful job explaining this. I will use your advice next week.
You’re welcome
Thank you for making this. Been wanting to insulate the floor of my cabin in northern Michigan. This is what I was looking for.
You’re welcome.
Very helpful vid! I’m working on an 8x18 container and converting it to a tiny home. Was looking around for good spray foam and found this product and had to see if it will work well. Seems like it will!
Did it?
good stuff. Your work is exactly what I'm trying to do at my house except it's already insulated. I'm ripping out the loose batting that's stuffed in the pockets and doing spray foam then putting it all back
Thanks. That’s what I did in several locations.
im doing my rim joists with this. i got a 620 pack to spray out. we will see how it goes. i nail gunned 2" strips of wood to create a pocket by the concrete. gonna go to 2" depth where i can with it
Good DIY video! I know you mentioned you placed the tanks on your heat register to bring them up to the recommended temperature did you find any problems with the surfaces you were spraying not being as warm as the temp of the tanks?
Thanks. I found no issue spraying on a colder surface. Very cold surface could give problems I suppose but I don’t really know.
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Nice work --was temp a concern for you? I noticed it looked a touch chilly outside.
Yeah. I set the tanks on a heat register until they were in the right temperature range.
thanks for the video and tips!! But I found the 650 kit is cheaper at Lowes than it is on Amazon
Thanks. The pricing is constantly changing on Amazon and the big box stores. It’s worth checking both.
What R-Value do you get from 2" of this froth pack kit?..
Why not use a 2lb closed cell Iso base foam?
R value is 6.6 per inch according to the website
Excellent advice 👍
What about the VOC smell? Assuming proper curing how long does it offgas? Trying to determine if I should put pregnant wife in a hotel overnight
I was surprised by how little it smelled. It finishes curing in 15 to 30 minutes. As for the hotel room I’m not sure. Since your wife is expecting it never hurts to be cautious.
Great job. Which tip did you use the Fan? over-spray seems next to nothing?
Thanks. Yeah fan tip works the best. If you watch the end of the video I discuss this.
@@HowtoHacks sorry yes I did get it at the end. Spray back or overspray onto other parts of the room is not an issue though?
@@jamieforman8845 No it was very minimal. I would still wear a tyvek suit and cover anything important though.
Curious. Where do you live? Canada? Hows the foam holding up? Floors warmer and rooms?
Live in northern Indiana. Foam is holding up just like the day I sprayed it. Though it’s hard to judge I think the floors are warmer.
After its sparyed how much does it raise out?
It depends how fast you are moving when spraying but generally 1/2 to 1 inch is what you want per pass.
Ok thank you so much for letting me know cause am bout to do my sled.
Is there a reason you decided to use sealant instead of insulation?
Spray foam is insulation. This has a better R value than fiberglass. Also it’s better at air sealing.
@@HowtoHacks you're actually using Froth-pak sealant (green box that says "sealant") in the video, and not Froth-pak insulation (red box that says "insulation"). The two products are very similar, but they do have different specs. This is why I was asking.
Edit: I don't know if the specs vary simply because of the testing/certifications and the way they decided to describe them, or if they are actually different.
The link below explains the difference. The sealant is insulation and they have the same r value per inch however the insulation formula has a fire retardant in it. So depending on where you spray it you may have to cover the sealant with a fire barrier like drywall. Notice where it says, “You could apply the Froth-Pak Sealant to the board faces but your local building code may require you to cover the sealant with a fire barrier.” Also to get this fire rating you have to spray 2 inches thick. To spray that thick I would have had to buy a much larger kit and spend more. Also I covered where I sprayed with drywall or fiberglass anyway.
www.awarehousefull.com/awf-blog/dupont-froth-pak-which-one-is-right-for-you/
Is fireproof??
The one I used wasn't class A fire rated but the kit at this link is...
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How bad were the fumes
Not bad at all actually. I would still wear a respirator while spraying though.
The problem isn’t the smell, the problem is you will get sensitized to the iso which will then give you a potentially deadly reaction in future contact. Skin contact too. Google it
Below are links to the Froth Pak kit and respirator cartridge's I used. I was able to find better pricing on Amazon vs the big box retailers.
Froth Pak Kits
amzn.to/3gsU2qv
Respirator Cartridge's
amzn.to/3aChhKW
Man this was a mess. The gun gets absolutely covered in spray and it drips a little bit every time you stop spraying so that adds up and then I had one of the hoses leak so without realizing it a whole crap load of a Spilled Out onto the floor. Then the tanks are heavy as shit, each one I think is about 70 pounds so I'm having to constantly pick those things up and carry them around the basement and outside to do around the windows. The hose is constantly getting bound up and kinked and twisted the wrong way...
By the end of it I was covered in spray foam
Yeah you have to plan for all of that and be careful. I covered everything I didn’t want to get sprayed. Also I think I mentioned in the video about the hoses getting kinked. I think I also purchased a set of longer hoses. I didn’t have much trouble with the sprayer tip dripping or the hoses not leaking but I definitely see how that can happen. Also I wore a tyvek suit, gloves and a hat.
@@HowtoHacks i had gloves, goggles, respirator, and old clothes. my goggles were peppered with foam...
@@HowtoHacks you know what also happened are those tips shot out of the gun a couple of times. So I'm in the middle of spraying and then I just get two unmixed streams hitting my wall
I had a little of that, but to be honest it was a lot cleaner than I thought it would be initially. I was prepared for a mess but clean up was minimal for me for whatever reason.
@@HowtoHacks on the plus side Everything feels off once it's dried
The thing that kills a building's heat is drafts. As long as you give it an air tight seal the "r" value doesnt really matter.
Low yield
Even 650 is not good
What would you recommend using? Just curious...
How to Hacks I used about 10 froth 200 and 30 froth 650 kits. The only alternative is hiring these guys with foam insulation truck, but these days they are very hard to find.
How to Hacks just feels very expensive. I managed to buy from Lowes with their contractor savings program so it was only $650 per 650 kit which is not bad. But now even Lowes stopped carrying it.