Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall!

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Mitsuru
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall

#11 Post by Mitsuru »

I used expnding foam in the car between the lpg tank and the car's wheel well for sound proofing.
I did layer the floor with cling film and did the same to the back of the carpet under the tank, so
that I could remove it if needed! The difference was amazing in deadening the sound.
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#12 Post by TerryG »

I have seen a MK4 escort that had expanding foam sills. It wouldn't have been my first choice for a structural repair.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall

#13 Post by rich. »

ive seen panels fitted to a car with gripfill....
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#14 Post by Luxobarge »

Ah! Expanding foam and Gripfill - the craftsman's choice eh? :roll:

The previous owner of my house must have had shares in expanding foam - it's basically held together with it. It's taking me an age to slowly go round and do things properly...... Grrr!
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#15 Post by TerryG »

rich. wrote:ive seen panels fitted to a car with gripfill....
Isn't that traditionally how the French make cars?
Here is a link to the factory where the Pug 206 was built:
http://www.barryboys.net/phpBB2/viewtop ... 79&start=0

(yes, I know it was made in England)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall

#16 Post by tractorman »

I would never use adhesive to hold a TV to a wall. A six inch mail in each corner is much more secure.

I don't know why, but the IT bods where I worked scorned my suggestion...
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Re: Don't use glue to put your flat screen telly on the wall

#17 Post by rich. »

it was a mates beetle with the gripfill... worse still he did it :shock:
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#18 Post by Richard Moss »

To be fair, I believe that early Minis had their sills filled with expanding foam to waterproof them and provide some extra torsional rigidity
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#19 Post by JPB »

Indeed they did, but why they used absorbent foam is anyone's guess! :(
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#20 Post by TerryG »

It was cheaper.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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