Insulfoam - Pls advise

I’ve gotten a quote from a company called Insulfoam for EPS blocks at 2 lb density. The price is right and the shipping is next to nothing. I wanted to be sure that this would be applicable to shaping boards. The rep said he had a customer in PA using them for shaping (is that anybody here?).

The quote listed the product as 2 lb density BEADboard…

Thanks in advance.

Paul

Check the archives. Greg Loehr has given great advice on the actual bead size to ask for. The smaller the bead the better.

EarlyRiser,

What was the approx combined quote, and what was their contact phone number? Sounds like you’re on the right path.

Thanks,

Herb Bean

Herb,

The total quote was $225.80 - 35 shipping (to South Jersey), 10.80 tax, and the blocks come in bundles of 12 due to it being a special order.

I’ve looked through a few older posts and found that 2lb seems acceptable.

8’x2’x4" blocks for $12 each.

I’ve asked if he has any higher densities, still waiting on a reply…

I buy EDRO EPS at about $2.50 per square foot.

Gary Geist

PS The attachment is a test…I’m kind of new to this.

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Looks like the rep for Insulfoam has called it a day, I’ll check tomorrow morning for his reply on what they have in different densities.

Hey Paul,

The way Gary cut the blanks out of a big block looks like a much better way to go than glueing sheets together then cutting the blank out. I am shaping a blank from glued pieces of 2" foam now and would rather not have the glue joints to work around. I have ordered an 11’x2’ piece of 2# c bead Insulfoam eps thru Lowes for my next blank. They charged me $3.80/square foot but no shipping. Gary got a much better price. I’ll shop around a little more next time.

Joe

There is a company in Penn. The phone # is 717-261-1125. I don’t know if they sell eps foam, but they have deals on XPS blue, 2.2 lb ($150.00 for 96" x 24" x 10.5").

It is slightly more than foam sales, but closer to you.

HDX buys foam from insulfoam in 1.5 lb blocks, sometimes B bead, sometimes C bead.

Joe,

The sheets that Insulfoam has are 4" x 24" x 96" - workable for a single board unless you want something longer or with a ton of rocker. Comes in packages of 12 due to being a special order. My last concern is the bead size they provide, for which I am waiting on a reply from their rep.

Jeff,

It seems to me that for the price the company in PA would charge, you might as well buy clark blanks. The block would only yield 2 - maybe 3 blanks if you’re stingy cutting it, then you’d have to glue in a stringer (if you so desire). Is that what you meant by ‘slightly more than foam sales’?

As for HDX, I still don’t know the bead designation Insulfoam uses - which is a bigger bead, ‘B’ or ‘C’ ?

C bead is the bigger, B is the smaller. Unless you specify B bead, you’ll get C bead.

Aren’t you going to cut and glue in stringers in the eps? That xps is just a pretty fair deal is the only reason I mentioned it. The xps that I’m able to buy is 96" x 24" x 5.5", AND the price jumps around. I’ve been quoted from $69.00 (good) to $81.00 (bad).

Jeff,

yeah, I’ll be cutting and adding stringers. I was just looking at the price per block…

If this stuff works out from Insulfoam, it works out to about 15.00 per 8ft blank after shipping.

If it doesn’t, I just might be trying your method.

We’ll see, I should have it in about a week and a half.

Paul

C bead is the smaller of the two. Ask for c bead and ask for the foam to be well fused. If the beads aren’t fused well you’ll have problems shaping and problems in the finished board. Two pound density is good stuff and Insulfoam makes it right.

Thanks Greg and everybody for the info, I’ll let you know how it turns out!