Thanks for posting! I haven't uncorked my Frothpack 650 yet. I've been using 1-part Kraken cans, which also have a learning curve, but a smaller investment in $ and time. I'd suggest trying those too. My expectations of tge Frothpack solving all the quirky challenges of the Kraken, are now temperred... 😜 I think (?) that the pro guys have an air-assist spray gun (it sounds like it in their videos). They get a uniform coat of the stuff on the surface, that uniformly expands out. In contrast, I think (...) our amateur stuff tends to splatter more, and all the little spots expand more or less okay, but its harder to get a uniform surface.
I'm here doing my research on Froth Pak. I'm trying to spray foam a skoolie and have been hearing nothing but a mixed bag of opinions. One opinion I respect above most on this product is that of Chuck Cassady, who has been using these Froth Paks with success in Colorado since 2014, doing bus conversions. He's not a professional spray foamer, but he's a pro at Froth Pak, and that's important. Nevertheless, he stopped using it around November of 2022. His best guess as to why the product changed is around the 18:30 mark. ua-cam.com/video/uvP7EDSS0uc/v-deo.html Essentially legislation was passed that required spray foam kits to have a less ozone depleting and less green-house contributing blowing agent. After 3 failed attempts at spraying a customer's van, with DAP sending two replacement kits with each fail, Chuck decided that it's just not worth it, and that hiring it out to a professional is the better route. So it's hard for me to say the cause of your Froth Pak fail is your own amateurism nor your lack of understanding the directions. That said, the one factor I have heard has a great influence on spray foam kits is humidity, and that seems much more difficult to control. Thanks for your review. Very helpful.
When building a house in Massachusetts… to give you an idea of climate… we would have wall cavities closed cell spray foamed, along with rafter cavities. Middle of winter, the home owner still hadn’t turned on the heat and the house stayed in mid 70’s. Nothing is added to fill the gap before you lay drywall. That is your insulation and vapor barrier. Be an awesome grow room!!! Hahaha! I got a shed insulated with 3 inch polyisio. Keeps it hot and keeps it cold when I want it to. You gonna get what you pay for. Better to pay it up front like you sayin before you gotta redo it 😊
I wanted the wall and roof cavities filled but this kit just couldn't do it. It did work as a vapor barrier but I used Rockwool insulation on the roof and some of the walls
Thanks for posting!
I haven't uncorked my Frothpack 650 yet. I've been using 1-part Kraken cans, which also have a learning curve, but a smaller investment in $ and time.
I'd suggest trying those too.
My expectations of tge Frothpack solving all the quirky challenges of the Kraken, are now temperred... 😜
I think (?) that the pro guys have an air-assist spray gun (it sounds like it in their videos). They get a uniform coat of the stuff on the surface, that uniformly expands out.
In contrast, I think (...) our amateur stuff tends to splatter more, and all the little spots expand more or less okay, but its harder to get a uniform surface.
I used Tiger Foam after this and it went on like a dream. Nowhere near the mess or gun clogging.
I'm here doing my research on Froth Pak. I'm trying to spray foam a skoolie and have been hearing nothing but a mixed bag of opinions. One opinion I respect above most on this product is that of Chuck Cassady, who has been using these Froth Paks with success in Colorado since 2014, doing bus conversions. He's not a professional spray foamer, but he's a pro at Froth Pak, and that's important. Nevertheless, he stopped using it around November of 2022. His best guess as to why the product changed is around the 18:30 mark. ua-cam.com/video/uvP7EDSS0uc/v-deo.html Essentially legislation was passed that required spray foam kits to have a less ozone depleting and less green-house contributing blowing agent. After 3 failed attempts at spraying a customer's van, with DAP sending two replacement kits with each fail, Chuck decided that it's just not worth it, and that hiring it out to a professional is the better route. So it's hard for me to say the cause of your Froth Pak fail is your own amateurism nor your lack of understanding the directions.
That said, the one factor I have heard has a great influence on spray foam kits is humidity, and that seems much more difficult to control.
Thanks for your review. Very helpful.
When building a house in Massachusetts… to give you an idea of climate… we would have wall cavities closed cell spray foamed, along with rafter cavities. Middle of winter, the home owner still hadn’t turned on the heat and the house stayed in mid 70’s. Nothing is added to fill the gap before you lay drywall. That is your insulation and vapor barrier. Be an awesome grow room!!! Hahaha! I got a shed insulated with 3 inch polyisio. Keeps it hot and keeps it cold when I want it to. You gonna get what you pay for. Better to pay it up front like you sayin before you gotta redo it 😊
I wanted the wall and roof cavities filled but this kit just couldn't do it. It did work as a vapor barrier but I used Rockwool insulation on the roof and some of the walls
@@OkieHomies make sure to put 6 mil poly over the cavities that don’t completely cover your exterior wall.
@@smokeCHRONICnotmeth for sure. I went back over the bare areas with canned foam.
@@OkieHomies doing the same thing, Great Stuff to the rescue.
I just tried the 200sqft product. Same experience. Way way too messy and questionable coverage as compared to what is claimed.
Tiger Foam is a much better product.
Its closed cell. It performed exactly as intended. You wanted open cell. Dont post videos exposing yourself its not classy.
If by "performed exactly as intended" you mean got all over the floor and me then sure.
What should have been a giveaway is you're not smart enough to read instructions
Read the instructions. Product doesn't perform, much like you in the bedroom.