The job was now to remove all the blue foam for a nice clean finish to the insides of the pipes. That took quite a few hours. Most of the foam separated well after the wax and hairspray but quite a lot also stuck to the bottom and needed VERY careful work to get it to the pic 1 stage.

Next up was to epoxy the two halves together and add a 1″ tape to the outside. This was pretty tricky for the first one which I did yesterday and fast cured in front of the heater.

For the second one I floxed the two halves together and then gently held it in line with blue electricians tape. Again the heater was on full bore for a few hours. Tonight I taped them with BID. This time with .8″ tapes and then peel ply.

Pic 3 shows the usual setup of tapes done on foil. Its working out really nicely.

Tomorrow I’ll do the clean up and then look at another ply of BID on each pipe. It may need two more plies in fact. I’ll see how it feels. That would be 2 before the cut, a BID tape and two after. That might be strong enough.

Insides cleaned

Flox join

Taped with BID