Can anyone offer some tips on how to remove expanding foam from an acryllic bath. It is around the edge of the bath and was smeared when wet so now we have a thin layer all along the side. I have tried using a stanley knife blade to scratch away at it but if I continue to do this I will end up scratching the bath which will no doubt get quite dirty.
How to remove expanding foam from acrylic bath?
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There should be warnings on this stuff saying FFS dont get it on anything or anywhere you dont want it.Takes days to come off your hands.
- a job for your insuranceyours was a genuine diy mistake.
Thats the first time I have ever heard of insurance covering botched DIY jobs!
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its probably called accidental damage
Does your home insurance cover DIY blunders?
by David Masters
DIY Brits planning to do up their homes on the cheap should check their home insurance policy covers them for any DIY blunders before they get out the toolbox, Saga Insurance warned this week.
The over-50s insurance specialist issued the warning to coincide with new research showing that DIY is a popular past-time with the older generation.
Three quarters of over-50s opt to do up their home using DIY rather than hiring a professional tradesmen.
The over-50s also like others to share in their DIY hobby, with 47% calling in family members to help them with DIY tasks.
They’re also more carefully and less likely to cause an accident, with only 10% of over-50% having had to call in the professionals to fix a botched DIY job, compared to 21% of under-50s.
Nearly a third (31%) of over-50s have injured themselves whilst carrying out DIY.
“Homeowners should check they have accidental damage cover as part of their home insurance, just in case their DIY dreams turn in to DIY disasters,” said Andrew Goodsell, Saga’s executive chairman.
by David Masters
DIY Brits planning to do up their homes on the cheap should check their home insurance policy covers them for any DIY blunders before they get out the toolbox, Saga Insurance warned this week.
The over-50s insurance specialist issued the warning to coincide with new research showing that DIY is a popular past-time with the older generation.
Three quarters of over-50s opt to do up their home using DIY rather than hiring a professional tradesmen.
The over-50s also like others to share in their DIY hobby, with 47% calling in family members to help them with DIY tasks.
They’re also more carefully and less likely to cause an accident, with only 10% of over-50% having had to call in the professionals to fix a botched DIY job, compared to 21% of under-50s.
Nearly a third (31%) of over-50s have injured themselves whilst carrying out DIY.
“Homeowners should check they have accidental damage cover as part of their home insurance, just in case their DIY dreams turn in to DIY disasters,” said Andrew Goodsell, Saga’s executive chairman.
Ok thanks for the advice. Dont think I'll bother claiming for it, the excess is £100 so may as well just bite the bullet and buy a new bath.
You may as well buy a can of Foam Eater and try that cautiously first. It is made specifically for removing expanded foam.
http://www.everbuild.co.uk/images/pdf/technical/Foam-Eater.doc
The problem with whatever you use is that what attacks the plastic foam may also attack the plastic bath. Write to the foam manufacturers and see what they say.
http://www.everbuild.co.uk/images/pdf/technical/Foam-Eater.doc
The problem with whatever you use is that what attacks the plastic foam may also attack the plastic bath. Write to the foam manufacturers and see what they say.
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