Foam Guns

endecotp · 14 Mar 2020

Is there anyone who doesn’t have a disaster story involving an expanding foam gun?

The other day, I was looking at mine wondering whether the valve on the top of the can was resealable or not. I.e. can you swap your can before it’s empty, or not.

You can imagine the rest.

johnny2007 · 15 Mar 2020

I gave up on foam guns and now i just buy hand held and use it in one go.
Lots of waste on occasions, but what can you do.
I spent too much time battling with those foam guns.
Possibly they are ok for people who use them every day, but for anyone else it must be hand held.

catlad · 15 Mar 2020

I gave up on foam guns years ago because of problems with clogging up! Anyway I needed some foam a few weeks ago and they only had gun cartridges so I bought a gun and away I went. For the first few times everything was dandy so I thought I would carry on using the gun. Then it got blocked so I thought I would remove the cartridge and clean it. Well that was a mistake! f00kin foam everywhere.

phatboy · 18 Mar 2020

Had the same, caught once. Happened one other time, but I was already undoing it outside into a rubble bag just in case!

Worth the risk I find, the gun is a much better tool that the disposables.

And cheap guns seem just as good/bad as the expensive ones!

endecotp · 18 Mar 2020

phatboy said:
And cheap guns seem just as good/bad as the expensive ones!

Yes, there are some “2 for £9.99” on eBay vs. £20 at Screwfix.

Munroast · 19 Mar 2020

johnny2007 said:
I gave up on foam guns and now i just buy hand held and use it in one go.
Lots of waste on occasions, but what can you do.
I spent too much time battling with those foam guns.
Possibly they are ok for people who use them every day, but for anyone else it must be hand held.

I have no idea if this is dangerous or not so you should find out from experts first!

On the disposable cans I use acetone to clean the tubes and top out afterwards, you will be amazed at how quick and easy acetone dissolves the gunge, leaves it looking as clean as new. I have reused a half full cans a couple of months later with no problems, even had 3 or 4 goes out of the same can. And the acetone I use is just stuff the wife buys for her nails or something

I have no idea if this is dangerous or not so you should find out from experts first!

endecotp · 19 Mar 2020

Munroist said:
I have no idea if this is dangerous or not so you should find out from experts first!

On the disposable cans I use acetone to clean the tubes and top out afterwards, you will be amazed at how quick and easy acetone dissolves the gunge, leaves it looking as clean as new. I have reused a half full cans a couple of months later with no problems, even had 3 or 4 goes out of the same can. And the acetone I use is just stuff the wife buys for her nails or something

I have no idea if this is dangerous or not so you should find out from experts first!

You could get a foam gun cleaner can and use that to clean a disposable foam can. It is just acetone with a propellant I believe.

JohnD · 19 Mar 2020

doesn't work if the foam has set inside the gun.

WabbitPoo · 21 Mar 2020

I'd never go back to disposable now I've got a gun. The tip of mine blocks when it dries but just scrape off with a knife and you're away. It's never blocked the tube itself. So much more controllable, too.

nauseous · 24 Mar 2020

DO NOT FILL SOFT TOYS WITH THIS

lostinthelight · 26 Mar 2020

johnny2007 said:
I gave up on foam guns and now i just buy hand held and use it in one go.
Lots of waste on occasions, but what can you do.
I spent too much time battling with those foam guns.
Possibly they are ok for people who use them every day, but for anyone else it must be hand held.

I needed to use my foam gun today so as it hadnt been used since before Christmas I thought Id make a vid of using after it had been stored,can up.

phatboy · 26 Mar 2020

lostinthelight said:
I needed to use my foam gun today so as it hadnt been used since before Christmas I thought Id make a vid of using after it had been stored,can up.

Easy peasy!!

endecotp · 27 Mar 2020

lostinthelight said:
I needed to use my foam gun today so as it hadnt been used since before Christmas I thought Id make a vid of using after it had been stored,can up.

I see you’re using non-flame-retardant foam in that vid.
Imagine you now needed pink flame-retardant foam, or maybe sticky foam.
This is the scenario I found myself in....

catlad · 27 Mar 2020

Ok enjoy the honeymoon period!

lostinthelight · 27 Mar 2020

catlad said:
Ok enjoy the honeymoon period!

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