Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove?

Specifically, on a new cotton/acrylic sweater, and a new (what else?) pair of black jeans. You'd think, by now, that I'd know to change clothes before leaping into a home repair project, but, noooooooo. Cea <aka pigpen>

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Cea, the best way to remove this is to buy a new pair of jeans.

Seriously - I've never found anything that removes the damn stuff. Best of luck.

:( Trish

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Trishty

You can try acetone----------be careful.........

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Pat

Well, some years ago DD got some of the stuff on a new school uniform duffel coat (£LOTS) and the car carpets (imagine my delight :-[ ) and the dry cleaner called the foam manufacturers to try to find something that would shift it, to no avail. I can tell you what didn't work: dry cleaning fluid, nail polish remover (acetone), surgical spirit, white spirit.

But recently I saw this stuff:

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seems promising. Do you have an equivalent to Screwfix on your side ofthe pond? You could try Home Depot, I suppose, or call the foammanufacturer.

Sally H

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Sally Holmes

Re: Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove? Thanks, Sally; you've saved me tons of time by listing what does not work. I appreciate that. I will check HQ to see if they carry 'foam eater'. Couldn't quite read the name of the company who makes it, though--' iver old?' I think I'm missing some first letters there. :) River Gold? Liver Cold? Cea ---

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Re: Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove? Thanks, Sally; you've saved me tons of time by listing what does not work. I appreciate that. I will check HQ to see if they carry 'foam eater'. Couldn't quite read the name of the company who makes it, though--' iver old?' I think I'm missing some first letters there. :) River Gold? Liver Cold? Cea

Try 'Ever Build' Cea.

Larry

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Larry Green

Ever Build is what I see, quite clearly actually. Have you been trying solvents to see if they work? :-)

If you can't find it over there you could contact Screwfix Direct (there's a Contact Us button at the bottom of the page) and see if they can tell you what's in it, or put you in touch with the manufacturer.

I suspect that it involves some heavy-duty organic solvents. I wonder if petrol (gasoline to you) would work? I didn't try that.

Sally

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Sally Holmes

Have you tried soaking the area with Goo-Gone? Sometimes that nasty orangey stuff gets out stains that nothing else will. Couldn't hurt to try...

HTH

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Poohma

If it's more *on* the surface than *in* the fibers, try dry ice on the foam for a few minutes, then some sharp, light whacks to dislodge it.

If it's a polyurethane, you might try a 24 hour soak in a ketone solvent like acetone. Beware, ketones are usually flammable and fairly toxic, so I'd go with dry ice myself...

Kay Lancaster snipped-for-privacy@fern.com

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Re: Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove? snipped-for-privacy@nospam.sympatico.ca (Larry Green) snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote Re: Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove? <Thanks, Sally; you've saved me tons of time by listing what does not work. I appreciate that. I will check HQ to see if they carry 'foam eater'. Couldn't quite read the name of the company who makes it, though--' iver old?' I think I'm missing some first letters there. :) River Gold? Liver Cold?                                                               Cea Try 'Ever Build' Cea. Larry

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my clothes on their blocks of ice? Hmmmm? (I also wonder, in a desultory fashion, if I could hold my breath that long. Isn't dry ice toxic, and does a houseful put off toxic fumes?...where's Henley's Formulas when I need it?)

Just for information, dry ice is carbon dioxide (CO2) and is the same compound that is used to put the 'fizz' in 'fizzy' drinks (pop, soda, et al). When it is in solid form it is known as dry ice. It is the gaseous form that is used in drinks. When I was in high school (back in England) we used to make small quantities of dry ice for physics/chemistry experiments. We would take a black velvet bag (no idea why velvet was chosen but that was what we used, with the 'pile' to the inside) and pull it over the nozzle of a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher (the sort used for chemical/electrical fires). A quick blast of the extinguisher into the bag would produce chunks of dry ice as the carbon dioxide rapidly changed state from pressurized gas to a gas at atmospheric pressure which in turn rapidly reduced its temperature resulting in the dry ice condensate we collected.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is the killer gas, it is odourless, colourless and is usually produced by inefficient combustion of fossil based fuels. This is one of the gasses found in car exhaust emissions and is found in homes that have faulty natural gas heating equipment. Carbon monoxide poisoning has symptoms which include headache, nausea, sleepiness and sudden onset of 'flu like' symptoms. If multiple members of the household complain of the same symptoms at the same time open all the windows, turn off any natural gas appliances, get out of the house and call the local Fire Department! My wife used to work for the local Fire Department (as a Dispatcher) and would have several 'CO calls' a month between fall and spring. The advent of home CO detectors (like smoke detectors but different) has provided some early warning of problems but be aware that a lot of the cheaper brands have a reputation for giving false positive readings!

Hope you solve your problem Cea.

Larry

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Larry Green

How about embroidering or patching a (e.g.) butterfly or rampant dragon _over_ the mark if it doesn't come up 'excellent' ( and it sounds like you're down the _very_ hard to restore track..:( )...?

When admiring people remark on the attractive 'icon', you say... "Yeah, I think it's pretty cool , too. Just something 'different' ." ......... ( Rather than... "Yeah, I really cruelled a stain that's under it and it was either cover it up or keep the sweater for gardening!") ...... :)))

... frodo.

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Re: Sealant Foam on Fabric; How to Remove? <<(frodo) < snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote: <I am left with a very dry, but snotty-looking stain. A real Yeewwww! factor, especially as the sweater stain is on the outside of one sleeve. <<How about embroidering or patching a (e.g.) butterfly or rampant dragon _over_ the mark if it doesn't come up 'excellent' ( and it sounds like you're down the _very_ hard to restore track..:( <>... frodo.

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