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Old 02-06-2009, 09:16 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by FrankP View Post
I was wondering if anyone can help me find a Specialty Products Inc in the San Diego area. I've tried the internet here

http://www.specialty-products.com/in...page=locations

I also tried my phone book with no luck.
1. wrong website, try here: http://www.spi-co.com/directory.html

2. SPI is by no means the best or only place to get this stuff, just one real-world example. Like saying that Stop and Shop sells bottled Coca-Cola for about $1. That doesn't mean that you need to drive across the state to find a Stop and Shop if there is not one close by, it's just an example.

3. Look in the yellow pages under insulation or building materials. You can also buy 703 or 705 from soundproofing companies but it's much more expensive. Welcome to the wonderful, pre-historic world of non-retail purchasing. Nothing is easy, nothing is clear, everything must be ordered at a counter, there is no real way to comparison-shop, etc. My example was just to give one real-world example of real-world prices from a real vendor to convey a sense of what's out there. Not to save anyone from having to make phone calls or fumble through counter salespeople who don't know what you're talking about. Sorry, that's just how supply houses work.

4. if you are really, really averse to spending an hour or two calling insulation and building materials supply houses, you can basically "make" rigid fiberglass by compressing regular pink fiberglass down to a much greater density, but this is such a PITA that you'll have to figure it out yourself.
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