Showing posts with label vac-plane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vac-plane. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2010

Planing of the Spray Foam Complete!

Check!

Next.

It's taken me about a day to use my Masterbond-SP Vac-Plane tool to plane the exterior spray foam on my motorhome, completely flat. I've fine tuned the wall with the round brush as well. Here are some pictures of the flattened exterior walls.



Next step, acrylic base coat, then stucco finish!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Masterbond-SP Vac-Plane Tool Demonstration


This video can also be viewed on youtube.com

My office assistant and I have put together a video elaborating on the Vac-Plane tool, it's use and the general planing process.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Planing the Spray Foam

The next step in my patented Masterbond-SP wall system, is to use a tool I invented, the Vac-Planer. We use these on all of our exterior jobs as it is a crucial piece to my patented wall system process. I use my patented Vac-Planer tool to plane the dried spray foam insulation to a perfectly flat surface. It has an optional vacuum attachment that is great to keep job sites clean. It's optional as some jobs, such as this one, occupy such small spaces that the vacuum hose is not useful. Shaved foam chips are easy to sweep or vacuum up afterwards if you don't use the vacuum attachment.

The first thing I like to do is to dig out any fixtures. Here I've dug out the heater components. Here I am in action, planing the wall.
(NOTE: You may want to mute your computer or turn down volume before playing this video clip as it is live and full volume!)

This is a profile picture of the sprayed foam before I planed it. This is a profile picture of the same wall after I planed it. I've placed a straightedge on it to check for low and high spots.
Once I assess the high and low spots, I then fine tune the wall and sculpt desired portions with a round brush (actually designed for grooming horses!).

This is a sculpted flare above the wheel well.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Unearthed: Early Demolition Pictures

This week I dug deep into the vaults and unearthed pictures documenting the skeletal remains of the motor castle, pre massive remodeling overhaul.

After prying off all of the old wall covering, I was surprised to see that even in the late 70's, the motorhome was insulated with....SPRAY FOAM!


The next phase was to spray the insides with foam. I covered many of the windows and removed some. (This is my son peeking through an opening in the side). Looking towards the back.

Here is the spray foam layer, looking towards the front (my son again).

The next phase was to vac-plane the foam to be flush with the metal joists and completely flat. I used my patented Masterbond SP Vac-Plane tool.

Once that was complete I was able to attach the wood paneling I am using for my wall surface.