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Step 9Apply table foam
After the opening is cut and the adjustment bolts are in, it's time to put the foam on which will be the base underneath our speedcloth.
First, clean the garage floor. This step was important to us, since we didn't want to risk getting the glue on the carpet, and we'd made a mess on the garage floor with the jigsaw when cutting out the opening.
After a good sweep, we laid the foam out on the ground beside the table.
We then sprayed the table first, and the foam second, both with a liberal amount of the spray adhesive.
The instructions stated to let the spray set up for between 1 and 10 minutes for the best results, so we only needed to wait for one additional minute after spraying the foam before proceeding.
Here's where two people is pretty much a requirement, and a third would be great. With a person on each end, gently pick up the foam and flip it glue side down. Lifting the ends high, we started to lay the foam down, making contact with the table first by dipping the middle down and holding the ends up high.
After the middle made contact, I then laid my end down slowly to cover one half of the table, and moved quickly to take the large cardboard roll that the foam arrived on and use it as a rolling pin to smooth out the foam. After I'd done this to one end, I rolled the cardboard towards the other end as my cohort slowly lowered his end of the foam.
Sorry there's no pictures of this process, but both of us were occupied at the time. A third person would have really helped though, as two people could hold up the ends, while the third works from the middle to flatten out the foam. With just two, we did end up with a bubble on one end that had to be worked out.
First, clean the garage floor. This step was important to us, since we didn't want to risk getting the glue on the carpet, and we'd made a mess on the garage floor with the jigsaw when cutting out the opening.
After a good sweep, we laid the foam out on the ground beside the table.
We then sprayed the table first, and the foam second, both with a liberal amount of the spray adhesive.
The instructions stated to let the spray set up for between 1 and 10 minutes for the best results, so we only needed to wait for one additional minute after spraying the foam before proceeding.
Here's where two people is pretty much a requirement, and a third would be great. With a person on each end, gently pick up the foam and flip it glue side down. Lifting the ends high, we started to lay the foam down, making contact with the table first by dipping the middle down and holding the ends up high.
After the middle made contact, I then laid my end down slowly to cover one half of the table, and moved quickly to take the large cardboard roll that the foam arrived on and use it as a rolling pin to smooth out the foam. After I'd done this to one end, I rolled the cardboard towards the other end as my cohort slowly lowered his end of the foam.
Sorry there's no pictures of this process, but both of us were occupied at the time. A third person would have really helped though, as two people could hold up the ends, while the third works from the middle to flatten out the foam. With just two, we did end up with a bubble on one end that had to be worked out.
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