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Re: Europa-List: Tunnel Bulkhead Substrate

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Tunnel Bulkhead Substrate
From: Fred Klein <fklein@orcasonline.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 08:16:03

On Jun 8, 2010, at 4:59 AM, Tony Renshaw wrote:

> I am after advice on stiffening bulkheads in my tunnel, now that I  
> have opened it up at the top to gain access to finger brake shelf  
> etc. Like all of us, I have blue foam coming out of my ears, but  
> I've also used ply as a substrate here and there, and I know about  
> light weight composite substrates like Divinycell. So, does anyone  
> speak positively about using a specialised foam substrate instead of  
> blue foam with BID either side, or should I just use ply, or is even  
> good old blue foam good enough???

Tony,

Personally, I would never use blue foam where thin sheets are called  
for, even if I could make a simple jig and sand it down to say 1/8" or  
1/4". For what you describe, I would find some LastaFoam...however,  
since the amount you're talkin bout is so small, I would think 1/8"  
birch acft plywood would serve.

Fred



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