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raccoon

(32,150 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:50 AM Nov 20

Can yall help me with this? What is the name of the stuff, you'd get it where you buy things for home improvement, it's

a foam and you spray it. Then it gets hard. You can use it to fill up holes in your wall or wherever.

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Can yall help me with this? What is the name of the stuff, you'd get it where you buy things for home improvement, it's (Original Post) raccoon Nov 20 OP
It's blow foam UpInArms Nov 20 #1
Thanks! raccoon Nov 20 #2
It looks like this UpInArms Nov 20 #5
They make for small and big gaps UpInArms Nov 20 #6
LOCTITE, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 20 #3
Great Stuff. n/t CousinIT Nov 20 #4
I work in a hardware store. We just call it Spray Foam. All the above posts are correct. Good luck! NBachers Nov 20 #7
Be Careful, lavoosh99 Nov 20 #8
And in most cases durablend Nov 20 #9
Oxygen deprivation hazard Kid Berwyn Nov 20 #10
Great Stuff, Window & Door Seal. There aqre tow types. Low expansion and High expansion. Hotler Nov 20 #11

UpInArms

(53,806 posts)
1. It's blow foam
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:52 AM
Nov 20

You get it at hardware store, but my local dollar general store also sells it

NBachers

(19,081 posts)
7. I work in a hardware store. We just call it Spray Foam. All the above posts are correct. Good luck!
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:30 AM
Nov 20

lavoosh99

(35 posts)
8. Be Careful,
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:23 AM
Nov 20

and read the directions to get the right kind. Some of those urethane foams expand so much that you can blow out drywall, warp door jambs, and bend window frames.

durablend

(8,803 posts)
9. And in most cases
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:30 AM
Nov 20

You need to use up the entire can at once or else it hardens in the sprayer

Kid Berwyn

(22,446 posts)
10. Oxygen deprivation hazard
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:34 AM
Nov 20

Make sure fresh air can still get in house. Carbon Monoxide builds up without outside air.

Hotler

(13,675 posts)
11. Great Stuff, Window & Door Seal. There aqre tow types. Low expansion and High expansion.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:55 AM
Nov 20

Use low expansion for door and windows. The high expansion can put too much pressure on stuff that slide and swing.

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