Bubble Wrap Flotation?
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Topic: Bubble Wrap Flotation?
Posted By: FrankT
Subject: Bubble Wrap Flotation?
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 12:08pm
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A friend of mine is half way through his stringer project (not a CC) and would like to add flotation. Not excited about the cost of foam he had the idea of using bubble wrap. Has anyone done this or can anyone offer an opinion on this concept?
Regards, FrankT |
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Posted By: charger496
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 12:57pm
| I wouldn't be confident that the plastic won't deteriorate and deflate over the years. Tell him to go to Wal-mart and buy a big box of pool noodles. It's been done before as a foamless alternative. |
Posted By: kapla
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 1:22pm
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another option seen around is the use of empty 1/2 gallon plastic soda bottles tied together... ------------- <a href="">1992 ski nautique |
Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 1:27pm
| Or, Ping pong balls. |
Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 1:35pm
| Another thread in here somewhere, talking about Home Insulators that will spray it in for around 150.00 |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 3:47pm
Al, You haven't been following the forum in your absence!! You'd better take a look http://www.correctcraftfan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19639&KW=ping+pong+balls&PID=241408&title=another-alternative-for-foam#241408 - at this thread .  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
DrCC wrote:Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 4:09pm
+ 1 on the pool noodles
------------- Mike N 1968 Mustang |
Posted By: ky82sn
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 4:12pm
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I work at Lowes and we carry a construction grade of foam spray insulator.
without looking at the product in hand I believe its water resistant. ------------- 1982 ski nautique 1966 Al Tyll Skier |
Posted By: ky82sn
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 4:15pm
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some types of those swim noodles will break down over time. ------------- 1982 ski nautique 1966 Al Tyll Skier |
Posted By: FrankT
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 7:37pm
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We calculated that he needs in the range of 20 cubic feet of foam (60 lbs/cf floatation). We looked at the balls but they only offer 2 cubic inches per which equates to some 17,000 balls. Does anyone know what flotation value a noodle provides?
FrankT |
Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 8:15pm
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The [gasoline] fumes alone would probably destroy bubble wrap. ------------- |
Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 8:55pm
I got the high test ones.
------------- Mike N 1968 Mustang |
Posted By: FrankT
Date Posted: February-11-2011 at 9:17pm
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If my math is correct the volume of a noodle is only a 1/4 of a cubic foot. If they have the same buoyancy as the pour foam you would need 80 of them to get 20 cubic feet of floatation. I guess another way to look at it would a 15 lb anchor sink a noodle?
FrankT |
Posted By: WakeSlayer
Date Posted: February-12-2011 at 11:18am
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To noodle, or to not noodle. ------------- Mike N 1968 Mustang |