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Styrofoam - Floating Duck Blind
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:04 pm
Looking for the OBs help. We are building a floating duck blind, not the first time I have done this, but the first time I've had to come up with all the supplies myself. In the past, we stuffed the floats (wooden boxes) with styrofoam blocks. Does anyone know where I can these?
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Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:06 pm to SquirrelBones
Pierre Part Store sells them in blocks that are something like 3'x3'x12'
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:08 pm to MrPappagiorgio
I need something BR or Cenla area
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:09 pm to SquirrelBones
quote:
I need something BR or Cenla area
Brah the Pierre Part store is about an hour from BR.
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:10 pm to SquirrelBones
spray foam
Posted on 10/27/16 at 4:40 pm to Babewinkelman
Not sure I could spray foam 1' x 2' x 16'
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:08 pm to SquirrelBones
Make a few box templates out of plywood. However, I have a feeling it will be more expensive than pre made blocks. I call out foam blocking on some of my projects with elevated slabs so the contractors are getting them from somewhere. I'm actually heading out to do an inspection tomorrow on a job where we used them, so I'll ask the super.
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:15 pm to SquirrelBones
Plastic 55 gal drums are cheap. You would be surprised how many you can fit in a pick up truck 
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:28 pm to weadjust
The flagging
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:42 pm to SquirrelBones
I have a floating blind I'll sell you
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:45 pm to weadjust
quote:
You would be surprised how many you can fit in a pick up truck
well thats impressive as hell
Posted on 10/27/16 at 5:56 pm to SquirrelBones
Squirrel:
Call one of the offshore surveying companies in BR (Tesla) or Lafayette (Fugro/John Chance), or one of the diving firms in Morgan City, and ask them where they buy "logs" of styroroam. They use (used to use) these to make buoys for marking offshore pipeline routes and existing offshore pipelines.
In an earlier life I spent a couple of eternities doing this type of surveying. The logs we used were orange in color, about 8-10 feet long, roughly 2 ft. wide by 10-12" thick. We would saw them into usable blocks with regular old hand-held crosscut saws. Cutting this type of styrofoam would leave orange "sawdust" -- its composition isn't at all like the white packing peanuts you see.
This stuff LINK is about the size I remember. Color is different and composition might be different.
Call one of the offshore surveying companies in BR (Tesla) or Lafayette (Fugro/John Chance), or one of the diving firms in Morgan City, and ask them where they buy "logs" of styroroam. They use (used to use) these to make buoys for marking offshore pipeline routes and existing offshore pipelines.
In an earlier life I spent a couple of eternities doing this type of surveying. The logs we used were orange in color, about 8-10 feet long, roughly 2 ft. wide by 10-12" thick. We would saw them into usable blocks with regular old hand-held crosscut saws. Cutting this type of styrofoam would leave orange "sawdust" -- its composition isn't at all like the white packing peanuts you see.
This stuff LINK is about the size I remember. Color is different and composition might be different.
Posted on 10/27/16 at 6:02 pm to SquirrelBones
Poly styrene beads & steam is your friend
Posted on 10/27/16 at 8:41 pm to SquirrelBones
all you need are sheets of roofing insulation
any commercial roofing supply place will have them
cut them to fit your boxes and stuff them like a deck of cards
any commercial roofing supply place will have them
cut them to fit your boxes and stuff them like a deck of cards
Posted on 10/27/16 at 8:58 pm to SquirrelBones
Why not use plastic drums?
Posted on 10/28/16 at 1:52 am to Jenar Boy
Exactly styrofoam sucks baw
Posted on 10/28/16 at 6:53 am to TigerBait413
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Exactly styrofoam sucks up water fast unless it's closed cell baw
Fixed.
Posted on 10/28/16 at 7:12 am to weadjust
Spinoff question, If you were to build a deck on top of the 55 gal drums, how would you adhere the deck to the drums without piercing the drums? Basically, How can you ensure the drums wont leak?
Posted on 10/28/16 at 7:27 am to CajunCommander
Band strapping and boxing in the drums.
Adding a two part mixing foam. 2 lb density will do just in case some asswipe shoots the drums.
Adding a two part mixing foam. 2 lb density will do just in case some asswipe shoots the drums.
Posted on 10/28/16 at 8:19 am to fishfighter
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just in case some asswipe shoots the drums.
Nice!
Paging Redfish
This post was edited on 10/28/16 at 8:20 am
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