This thread had got me curious enough to come out of lurk mode :) Being no expert on fitting boats out I'm maybe missing the obvious. But after seeing the speed polystyrene burns and the acrid smoke produced when it burns its always given me some slightly worrying thoughts when I've seen it insulating some of the boats we have hired. Is it really the best product to use?
> > Most glues dissolve polystyrene (you'll be amazed how much it shrinks, when > hit by solvent). > Why condensation? You only get that *if* the warm damp boat air gets to the > hull. By making sure the polystyrene is always slightly large, you should > stop that. If you don't then by the same reasoning the cold air from the > steel surface will get into the boat! > Thinking laterally - has anyone stuck kitchen foil on the steel before > putting in the polystyrene? That would cut down on any radiant heat > transmission. > > Ron Jones > Process Safety & Development Specialist > Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at > http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and > human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert > Einstein >
