What are you up to in the workshop?

[KTM Farmer]

Any advice on the best cleaner to remove cured expanding foam from a painted wooden door frame.
It was poorly fitted so I removed the fixings and refitted it but now have a 15mm stain of residue on the adjoining frame as the original fitters had it out of line.
I have tried white spirits but no joy, afraid to do harm to paintwork.
Any advice appreciated.

 

[Bcl]

Any advice on the best cleaner to remove cured expanding foam from a painted wooden door frame.
It was poorly fitted so I removed the fixings and refitted it but now have a 15mm stain of residue on the adjoining frame as the original fitters had it out of line.
I have tried white spirits but no joy, afraid to do harm to paintwork.
Any advice appreciated.

Dry ice if you can get hold of some should lift it.
There is foam remover chemicals but they're hard enough on some finishes

 

[MF30]

Any advice on the best cleaner to remove cured expanding foam from a painted wooden door frame.
It was poorly fitted so I removed the fixings and refitted it but now have a 15mm stain of residue on the adjoining frame as the original fitters had it out of line.
I have tried white spirits but no joy, afraid to do harm to paintwork.
Any advice appreciated.

Petrol dissolves expanding foam or so a lad I did some digging for once told me. Some fella squirted expanding foam down his gulley traps around his house and blocked them solid. Petrol cleared them out, not sure if matches were involved or not.

 

[lough]

Petrol dissolves expanding foam or so a lad I did some digging for once told me. Some fella squirted expanding foam down his gulley traps around his house and blocked them solid. Petrol cleared them out, not sure if matches were involved or not.

Petrol dissolves the white aero board, I never tried it on the expanding foam

 

[Arthur]

Petrol dissolves expanding foam or so a lad I did some digging for once told me. Some fella squirted expanding foam down his gulley traps around his house and blocked them solid. Petrol cleared them out, not sure if matches were involved or not.

I doubt that matches were involved, petrol and matches aren't a great combination.

 

[diesel power]

I doubt that matches were involved, petrol and matches aren't a great combination.

They'd get on like a house on fire.

 

[Endah]

Any advice on the best cleaner to remove cured expanding foam from a painted wooden door frame.
It was poorly fitted so I removed the fixings and refitted it but now have a 15mm stain of residue on the adjoining frame as the original fitters had it out of line.
I have tried white spirits but no joy, afraid to do harm to paintwork.
Any advice appreciated.

I had something similar of a problem with my own house, PVC frames but i had a combo of expanding foam residue and the protective film that was left on too long, I tried many different chemicals but each one caused a different other problem, In the end i got a cheap steam cleaner from Argos and used it to clean off with a soft brush attachment, they came out very well but it was painfully slow, but iv had no issues that the chemicals were going to cause to seals or finish of the PVC.
It may or may not work for you but it is the least destructive option to try.

 

[Bot.exe]

Petrol dissolves the white aero board, I never tried it on the expanding foam

Were you making up a batch of napalm?

 

[lough]

Were you making up a batch of napalm?

It was to make a track in a cavity wall to bring a pipe up to bring in an ESB cable. It took a lot of petrol to melt a small track.
I wouldn't know anything about napalm

 

[JohnBoy]

It was to make a track in a cavity wall to bring a pipe up to bring in an ESB cable. It took a lot of petrol to melt a small track.
I wouldn't know anything about napalm

Saw a guy on a US TV show do that once with a SIP. blowtorch and a large ball bearing, got the ball hot in a tongs and put it in there and it dropped out the bottom a few seconds later leaving a perfect channel behind.

 

[Mid cork]

Put a new set of discs on the Lemken today, not much meat left on the old ones. The caps on the hubs were wearing a bit so I welded bits of 16 mm round on to protect them.

 

[MF30]

Put a new set of discs on the Lemken today, not much meat left on the old ones. The caps on the hubs were wearing a big so I welded bits of 16 mm round on to protect them.

Are new discs expensive for the Lemkem? Are they 500mm in diameter?

 

[Mid cork]

I can’t remember what I paid for them it’s nearly two years since I got them. Off the top of my head I think they are 720mm.

 

[Agri Power]

I can’t remember what I paid for them it’s nearly two years since I got them. Off the top of my head I think they are 720mm.

Typical farmer reply....

 

[Mid cork]

Typical farmer reply....

I am learning from you !!!!!

 

[c4l]

Typical farmer reply....

the fact he bought them 2 years ago and only fitting them now or not remembering the price?

 

[Agri Power]

the fact he bought them 2 years ago and only fitting them now or not remembering the price?

All of the above is fitting really

 

[Mid cork]

the fact he bought them 2 years ago and only fitting them now or not remembering the price?

Jesus, I must be getting a bit doddery!

 

[jd-baz]

Are new discs expensive for the Lemkem? Are they 500mm in diameter?

New ones for that model are 610mm