pink foam

[cuyama]

graymatter

Does the pink panther have more advantages than white polyshield

I'm not personally familiar with polyshield -- note that the pink and blue foams are extruded, polyshield is expanded. Looking at the spec sheets for each, the pink extruded foam is significantly more rigid than polyshield. I have no idea how easy or difficult the polyshield is to cut or shape.

[graymatter]

Cuyama

I found some expanded polystyrene foam board

by polysheild at lowes.

$16 for 8' x 4' x 1.5" sheet.

The pink stuff is avaialble here for $60 for the 8' x 4' x 2".

Does the pink panther have more advantages than white polyshield?

[cuyama]

Finding extruded foam insulation board in California

[BigDaddy]

There are insulation contractors in the mid-Atlantic.  I'm sure there must be some in the parts of California where it gets really hot, which would be closer to you than the high Sierras.  Maybe they could sell you a couple pieces. 

 

[graymatter]

Thanks Randy

I should see if 1" foam is a better option. 

[graymatter]

DSchmitt

Thanks for the info. I found that homedepot will order the pink stuff, 4' x 8' x2"

But....and its abig but

minium order is 64 sheets. 64 x $40 = $2560

Thats a lot of sheet!

[graymatter]

Thanks Henry! I need to find a sorce other than Homedepot and lowes.

[rrinker]

 They are all the same. For whatever reason, I have seen some Owens Corning pink that looks more purple than pink - messed up batch ooof dye or what I don't know. Maybe the stuff comes out blue and mixed with pink dye you get purple. Foamular is the trade mark of Owens Corning, so purple or pink, if it syas Foamular, it's theirs. Dow is blue, and for a while my local Lowes carried the green stuff - that in 4x8 1" thick sheets, while they had the full range of pink but all in 2x8 sheets.

                          --Randy

 

[DSchmitt]

The pink is an Owens Corning product.  On line Home Depot shows it as being carried in the Sacramento area stores. Entering a Los Anges zip code in their search yields no results.  

I used blue (not sure of brand) 20 years ago.  It and the pink were considered equal by model railroaders at that time. 

The blue you refer to is probably the Dow product, competitor to the Owens Corning. 

Pink (Owens Corning), Blue (Dow) and Green (Kingspan) are competing  XPS (extruded polystyrene) products. Probably all would work. 

[BigDaddy]

Maryland Home Depot foam, I would call purple, branded Fomular 2" x 2' x 8' is $29, Lowe's is called Kingspan, is blue green and the same price so $50 for a 4 x 8 isn't a bad price. 

You might check plastic distributors, big warehouse facilities in industrial parks, the kind of place where you might also buy a 4 x 8 sheet of styrene.

 

[graymatter]

I live in So. California and went to the Homedepot to buy the owens corning 4' x 8' x 2" ridgid foam board. They no longer stock it. Just the styrofoam type. I called around and found an 84 Lumber that can get it for $50 a sheet.  

I saw some blue ridgid foam board on the internet. Has anybody used the the blue stuff? 

I wanted to ask those who used foam on their layout, what type of foam and how much the cost? 

Thanks