[PSUBS-MAILIST] dissolving foam

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank,
the polystyrene I used ended up a sloppy jelly consistency.
Not sure whether you could pour it out. Mine was a large area though
and it reduces to a small amount. Depending on what you are doing you
may want to leave it in there to get hard.
Apparently if you set the slop on fire it is like napalm, keeps on burning.
Alan
 

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> On 30/07/2018, at 11:25 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> Alan,
> Thanks' I heard that gasoline works but I only want to make a small hole in the tank, so it needs to all come out.  
> Hank
> 
> On Sunday, July 29, 2018, 5:18:47 PM MDT, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hank,
> I formed my ballast tank out of polystyrene, fibreglassed over the top
> & dissolved the polystyrene out with petrol. Petrol being cheaper than acetone.
> It dissolved it to a sloppy consistency that you could scrape out, but left
> a hard shell of plastic in places. Maybe check a sample out to see how it dissolves
> with  petrol & acetone.
> Alan
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 30/07/2018, at 10:04 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> I am going to repurpose a couple of dock floats that are ABS plastic I think and foam filled.  I need to remove the foam.  I understand that Acetone works for that.  I have never done this, so what do I do?  
>> Hank
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