We have a ton of wire that was foam insulated when the insulators came in and did their thing.Anyone have any tricks on getting that stuff off your wires. Man that stuff is tough to deal with.

Thanks.
Scott

Most hardware stores that stock expanding foam should also have products that will remove it too. The guys that did the insulation should be able to provide you with info on the foam used. Get onto the manufactures & they should be able to supply a de-foaming solvent.

Gary

Honestly, I'd use the call-the-insulators-and-have-them-do-it method. I've had drywall mudders fill electrical boxes with joint compound, and I've had them remove it without damaging the wire, because otherwise, I'd have gone after them for the cost, including labor, of replacing any "unusable" materials.

Trust me, they didn't want the hassle of a lawsuit or to pay my rate for fixing the problem.

Now, if you really want to take care of this yourself, just strip what you need to, and replace any necessary insulation with "spaghetti", heatshrink tubing, or a combination of the two.

Larry
www.fineelectricco.com

ounce of prevention worth a pound of scrap wire - I mean cure.

ALWAYS wrap your wires in Saran wrap. Keeps that junk off and keeps the painter from spraying over your labels.

Here's a trick we use that saves us every time. We put masking tape over the box and then spray paint it so we know which boxes are ours (and the drywallers know to cut around them). Takes less than a minute to cut the tape off and our wires are just the way we left them. Hope this helps, have an awsome day.

The trick is to either bag the wires before they insulate, ormake the insulators aware that your wires are "NOT" to be affected by their insulation. A good project manager will make this happen if you are aware that foam is going to be used and you raise the concern. all sub trades on a job, especially a high end residential job should co operate and consider each others component. Often times it's not that way on a large commercial project, but again, a good project manager in charge of a small residential build should see that those kinds of things don't happen

Drywallers can be a gig help, or your worst nightmare. I make a point of talking to the drywallers on any job where they will be involved in our wire or speaker layout. I find that if you approach it properly, you can make them aware that the wires are important. 9 times out of ten, they will end up poking your wires out for you. If you mark the studs or joists properly, they will even avoid poking them out right beside the framing. Sometimes I even buy them a case of beer or two