Or for a really crazy idea, how about treating the mast like a potato cannon? ? Cheap hairspray for fuel, a solid plug for one end of the mast, with an ignition source in it? ? The foam¡¯s got to be weaker than the aluminum, and maybe the solid plug isn¡¯t TOO well secured, so if it turns out that there¡¯s 3¡¯ of solid foam, the plug dislodges instead of blowing up the mast? ?I did say it¡¯s a crazy idea¡
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From: Scott Walters <scrottie@...>
To:
[email protected]
Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2022 7:52 am
Subject: Re: [T27Owners] Mast wiring
Steel rod would be the logical thing.? Google turns up
which
says acetone for dissolving styrofoam.? I've accidentally dissolved
styrofoam so it's definitely possible, but didn't make a note of
exactly what did it.? Trying to spray paint styrofoam usually does not
go well.? I'd avoid strong acids for the sake of the aluminium but
goog is saying acetone is fine.
It seems more likely that foam would be polyurethane foam (like the
popular Great Stuff expandable canned foam from the hardware store)
though, and
and says "time to get out the tools".? If you get a chunk out and its
kind of rubbery and yellow, it's polyurethane.
Cheers,
-scott
On 6/17/22,
acc_t@... <
acc_t@...> wrote:
> Great story Scott - but I doubt that water pressure will work in this case.
> There are at least two blockages. One about ten feet down from the top,
> another about six feet up from the base and who knows what in between.
> And they occupy the entire cross section of the mast.
> They do seem to be styrofoam-like. I'll try poking at them with a long steel
> rod that I happen to have, and report back.
>
> Hmmm - is there anything that will dissolve styrofoam and not attack
> aluminum?
>
