GREAT STUFF Window & Door Gap Filler | Insulating Foam Sealant, 12 oz. – Yellow (8 Pack)

Reviewers are right... This stuff is a must to have on hand if you live in an older house. Just used my third can, learning a little more with each. Here goes:1) Treat this like a tube of Super Glue. It says on back it’s intended for one-time use only. (Speaking of, I totally don’t recommend buying a can any larger than 7 oz!) Clean as best you can every time you stop for more than 10 min.... and prepare to toss the can when you’ve stopped for more than an hour.2) DISPOSABLE GLOVES! Oh no, no kitchen or yard or work gloves. Find the cheapest box of medical gloves and bite the bullet.3) Darned near impossible to remove. If possible, tape off your area like you would for a paint job.4) Search for best removers and have them on hand before getting started. I’ve used acetone, alcohol & sanitizer, Vaseline, paint thinner, and mineral oil. They all helped a smidgen on some surface. Eachstill requires a lot of elbow grease.5) Long hair? Just cut it short ahead of time. Kidding. First usage cost me 4” of my hair, after two hours of trying to get it all out. Second usage was in freak-out mode, believing Hurricane Irma was about to make its way through a detached garage with an older roof, and big gaps in both the walk-through and drive-through doors. Yeah, I have layers now. If you have long hair, you need way more than a ponytail. Bobby pins. Lots of bobby pins. Let those fly-always bug you, even during a storm. Don’t brush them off no matter what. Don’t; I tell ya; DON’T!! Oh, but the garage is intact, as is our house, which wouldn’t have been if garage contents had been able to become projectiles.5) If you live in an area where you should keep a hurricane kit on hand, omg.... you need this stuff in it. You may never use it, but you’ll be so glad you have it if needed. I’ll have two from now on.... one to use to tackle areas of major concern during the storm, and one for potential complications during the aftermath. It’s insanely brutal to remove, so calculate risks and outcomes before diving in. 100% standing by the decision in our case.6) For huge gaps, try to think of something else to help fill the space. For underneath-the-house critter accesses, I finally figured out that chicken wire, stuffed with torn bits of SOS pads, did the trick. (Or steel wool pads, but since I needed a lot, SOS pads saved me 50%+ $. Critters don’t enjoy chewing through steel wool.) Any sheets of a mesh would likely work.... just had chicken wire on hand from a succulent project.7) Stock a dollar-basket with supplies ahead of time for mobile projects. Every time you stop and start, the hardening of the foam, inside of and around the dispenser straw, weakens the plastic. Pretty sure I’ve killed the can, breaking the nozzle of the can with it, at around 6 oz. usage at most. For me, Supplies were medical gloves, then more medical gloves, chicken wire, SOS pads, sanitizer (helps a tad to loosen sloppy mistakes if you catch quickly), paper bags to lay the can on and wipe the nozzle, a grocery bag for accumulating trash, &, oh yeah!... BOBBY PINS!8) The back of the can will warn you and I highly recommend... PRACTICE! Either on a cardboard box, trying to go down the inside seam on a straight line, to get a feel for appropriate pressure, or at least on the most inconspicuous area of your project, first.Yeah, this is so long I’m betting I’m the only one who’ll read it, but YES, future me, you’d better be finding this helpful, or you’ll make the same mistakes yet again!

The product works but it is very sticky and can be messy for first time users . The foam expand rapidly and will come out of any open holes or cracks in a contained areas . My advice is to first seal off any open holes or cracks you do not want this oozing out of . Wear gloves it stick to your skin very well and annoying after it dries but I did have some success removing it with WD-40 but not completely . If you do have overspray and unwanted foam build up then do not wipe with any cloth it will just make a bigger mess . Let it dry for about 30 - 45 minutes and then use a razor to trim or remove from your surface area. Water seems to make it harden even faster .

I didn't use this as insulation, but to waterproof around the foundation and man-door of my garage. It does keep out the water.It's not as easy to use as it seems. It's really pretty messy--wear gloves. Don't try to shape it when it's wet, but wait for it to dry and then use a serrated knife to cut off any excess. Remove the plastic holding the nozzle onto the can carefully: the nozzles break easily.

I used this to seal some flood vents in my garage. The nozzle is simple to attach and accurately dispenses the foam. Once it expands there is a solid seal around all the materials and no more worries about air exchange or small insects making there way in.The foam set up in a matter of seconds and I was able to use a razor blade to trim the areas that expanded more than I wanted. You can pant over it if you want a more finished look to your area.

I bought this as a cooler hack. I drilled tiny holes on the top of my cooler, then I inject the foam into my plastic Coleman cooler to add insulation and keep the ice longer. It worked, I used this because it’s denser and spreads more slowly vs. the yellow kind.

Just bought a house and trying to fill all the small holes and cracks and gaps and it seems to do well at that. I don’t know if it was just me but it seemed after shaking it and starting it I was racing to each spot I needed filled as this was like a can of pringles where once I popped it, it didn’t stop until the can was empty

THAT will keep the red wasps from building a nest in there again! Those things can really hurt! Messy to use when still wet, but cleans up with a knife and scraper when dry, Can't beat it for the price.

My partner and I always refer to this stuff as "alligator skin" - because no matter how careful we are, someone always ends up with a little bit of it on their skin somewhere, and your epidermis will feel like a gator's for a week or so. I wish there was a product to remove extra foam, like there is for superglue. I also hate how each can is single-use, because the hose will clog after use and you cannot squeeze more out: super wasteful.

Great Stuff Window and Door Sealant has worked very well to block drafts on my windows, so I recommend this product.

30$ = 6$ hom depo :-)