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Plugging up the gaps


Having taken my Kedon ATV across the Gibb River Road and experienced the corrugations and dust that resulted, I have been scratching my head trying to figure out how to plug all the little cracks and gaps to stop the dust getting in.

While down at the hardware store, I came across an interesting product which I am using to do just that. It is called Sika Boom AP and it is an expanding foam, used for insulation and gap plugging in such applicatons as air conditioning installations etc.

It cost me $15 per 850ml can. You just squirt it into the gaps and it expands and sets. Nothing gets past it.

You can also use it as filler when packing fragile goods for posting.

Regards,
Clyde Camel



-- Edited by Clyde Camel on Sunday 24th of June 2012 11:56:36 AM

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What a good idea. I could use that in the cupboards around the gas bottle container where I thinnk the mice got in last time and at the moment have the washing s/s steelo pads in there.

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sellys put out a similar product but no where near as good as the Sikaflex stuff but a lot cheaper I think



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we used this under the van to plug holes where hoses go through the floor - worked a treat

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its been around for a long time, also good for putting under kits in tool boxes like kincrome etc; where the spanners fit into their own slots, if you know what i mean

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Happywanderer wrote:

What a good idea. I could use that in the cupboards around the gas bottle container where I thinnk the mice got in last time and at the moment have the washing s/s steelo pads in there.


 if you block up the holes the mice will not be able to get it, then the poor bugga's will have to walk, I will report you to the RSPCA biggrin



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Maybe if you spray it around a wombat hole the resident wombat might get stuck in it when he comes out. biggrin

Then again you could block a wombat hole and he will be stuck in there. biggrin

Qiuet time, YES. smile

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Dougwe wrote:

Maybe if you spray it around a wombat hole the resident wombat might get stuck in it when he comes out. biggrin

Then again you could block a wombat hole and he will be stuck in there. biggrin

Qiuet time, YES. smile

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That's alright, I have 3 cans of the spray.

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Dougwe wrote:

That's alright, I have 3 cans of the spray.

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 How did I know you were going to say that ? biggrin



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The way Keddron brag their vans that shouldn't happen.

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