3M Tech Tips: Installing Automotive Foams Part 2

[@eb0800]

Wish you guys could do a video on retro fitting classic vehicles with these products for improving NVH properties for the vehicles. A pillars, fenders, etc.

[@thequietrebel7695]

eb0800 YES! That would be awesome.....

[@driveclassic8979]

100%

[@vids595]

I would love that!

[@CelestisForgeUK]

Loving the C6 Vette in the background 😍.

[@showmethedammovie]

Interesting stuff. You guys make great stuff for all kinds of things.

[@user-mc1iz5mb1x]

wow using bloon is so smart. i will try nextime when i get b pillar sectioning job

[@3MCollision]

Our video on Installing Automotive Foams: Part 2 #autobody #collisionrepair #bodyshop

[@christoffer1973]

does that foam suck water? I'm thinking about if it suck up water and create rust...

[@eb0800]

christoffer1973 3m says they all cure into closed cell foam. So it shouldn't absorb water.

[@gorporpio]

It's a dam for sure. It's rust creator but long after new. It's there to make a new car quiter. Gives the door a nice sound when it's shut. Also makes the car warmer. Older cars used what were like small pillows of the various shapes placed in strategic spots that were deemed necessary to fill the given void to keep air out of the interior and for quieting from engine and road noise. They were made like a real pillow of similar materials. Basically a sponge. Over time the foam will collect dust and debris along the foam/steel interface preventing water from making it to the weep holes. At least it's not a pillow. Dampening crash energy? Apparently so.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I hate to say it, but I don't think I've ever seen a body man put foams back properly. If they put it back at all. And I'm the new guy with not much experience. So I can't say anything about anything. I've tried. But it just gets me dirty looks or snide comments. So I just try to make sure I do everything properly on the vehicles that I repair

[@michalsoltys171]

how many times did he say foam in this video

[@SURVEYSEZ]

Cheap body shops been using foam and Bondo as panel repair for decades.

[@hollywooddan1960]

That is great. Try to get insurance company's to pay for it and also its nice to see how much you're putting in when there is a piece of glass to see. but life is not like that in a body shop and very hard to tell if there is to much or not enough.

[@sanjeethnundcoomar7630]

What's the name of that foam.

[@sanjeethnundcoomar7630]

Thank you.

[@eviljoker303]

I was waiting for that balloon to pop 🎈so do techs have to keep balloons in their toolboxes now? 🧐