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1. Expert Member
   Akos | Mar 18, 2020 08:57pm | #1

   I've never had issues with any canned foam. These don't contain any solvents like some of the caulking.

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   BILL WICHERS | Mar 18, 2020 10:27pm | #2

   Any of the canned one-part spray foams should work fine.

   I like to use loctite’s titefoam for critical spots (places that might shift a little with thermal cycling) since I think it holds up better over time. I use great stuff in the “pro” gun for everything else because it’s a lot cheaper.

   Bill

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   NICK KEENAN | Mar 18, 2020 11:11pm | #3

   I'd love to see a roundup of all of the spray foam formulations out their and their properties.

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   BILL WICHERS | Mar 19, 2020 12:09am | #4

   I would too :-)

   I’ve only used a few myself. Most are similar to the usual great stuff that everyone knows. Titefoam is very noticeably different (much denser, much more even expansion, much more solid once cured), and is the only one I know of that is so different. It’s also around 3x-4x more expansive. It would be my dream air sealing product if it was both cheaper and available in a can that would work on a foam gun.

   Bill

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   lance_p | Mar 19, 2020 08:28am | #5

   Bill, Titefoam does come in the large gun can. I picked some up on clearance at my local HD a couple months ago, both the straw can and the gun can for $3. 9 cans for $27, can't beat it!

   
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   lance_p | Mar 19, 2020 08:32am | #6

   Oops... I just saw you said Loctite, not LePage. I wonder if they're the same thing? They both claim to be a much denser than usual polyurethane foam. 4x more dense according to the can.

   I'm in Canada so...

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   BILL WICHERS | Mar 19, 2020 10:55am | #9

   Someone else a while back mentioned on here that lepage is the brand this stuff is sold under in Canada and that it is the same product. I haven’t seen it in the US in my area but now I’m going to have to look harder! If I have to, I suppose I can bring some back from Canada with me next time we visit my in-laws in Hamilton.

   Bill

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   lance_p | Mar 19, 2020 08:45am | #7

   Looks like it is. The safety data sheets both reference parent company Henkel Corporation and look to be carbon copies (besides the product name and IDH numbers), so LePage must be a Canadian thing? Odd that they'd offer it in a large can under one brand and not the other?

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   NICK KEENAN | Mar 19, 2020 09:04am | #8

   LePage is available in the northeast. It may be regional.