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Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
By:Pete Strand
Date: 3/30/2002, 5:49 am
In Response To: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam? (Robert Beggs)

: The builder then sat on the bag before the foam hardened. In theory you
: ended up with a foam seat that matched your butt. Has anybody tried this?
: If so, can you give me some helpful hints? Thanks!

Robert

I did and I found that this is true. If you don't have the time to do it right you will always have time to do it over. All of the other posts are true and it looks like they learned after the first try. I didn't. If you want a molded seat, make a plaster mold and then layup glass over it and hang that in the boat. That is the best and definitely worth the time.

Pete

Messages In This Thread

Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
Robert Beggs -- 3/29/2002, 7:41 am
Just a thought... in good humor :D
Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/5/2002, 2:05 pm
Re: Just a thought... in good humor :D
Canary -- 4/5/2002, 2:47 pm
Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
Tom Graham -- 4/4/2002, 10:40 pm
It's "vinyl" *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 4/5/2002, 1:03 pm
Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
KenB -- 4/1/2002, 12:32 pm
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David Ross -- 4/1/2002, 12:45 pm
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LeeG -- 4/1/2002, 1:00 pm
Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
Pete Strand -- 3/30/2002, 5:49 am
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John Monfoe -- 3/30/2002, 4:59 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/29/2002, 8:07 pm
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LeeG -- 3/29/2002, 9:13 am
Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
Shawn Baker -- 3/31/2002, 5:35 pm
Re: Seeking: building a seat from expansion foam?
LeeG -- 3/31/2002, 8:21 pm