What is styrofoam glue? Is styrofoam harmful to the human body?

Foam glueIt is generally used during home decoration, but many people are still unfamiliar with styrofoam. So, what exactly is styrofoam? Is styrofoam harmful to the human body when we use it?

1. What is styrofoam?

Foam glue is an adhesive with foaming and bonding properties, mainly used for building doors and windows Filling, sealing and bonding of side seams and holes. It is a polyurethane elastic sealing foam material that cures through moisture. This kind of adhesive is composed of polyurethane prepolymer, foaming agent, catalyst, cross-linking agent, etc. It is currently divided into two types: gun type and tube type, with different uses. The gun type can only be used with a special polyurethane foam gun, and the tube type can only be used with disposable hoses.

When the material is sprayed from the aerosol can, the foamed polyurethane material will expand rapidly and react with the air or moisture in the contact matrix to form foam. The cured foam plastic has various effects such as caulking, bonding, sealing, heat insulation, and sound insulation. It is an environmentally friendly, energy-saving and easy-to-use building material that can be used for sealing, caulking, fixed bonding, thermal insulation and sound insulation, especially for sealing and waterproofing between plastic steel or aluminum alloy doors, windows and walls.

2. Is styrofoam harmful to the human body?

Most of the styrofoam raw materials used now are polyurethane, of which paint is the main component. When using it, Pay attention to ventilation. It is recommended to purchase products produced by regular manufacturers and open windows for ventilation after gluing. Styrofoam is an environmentally friendly product and one of the new building materials recommended in my country. There will be a certain smell when using styrofoam, but the size of the smell depends on which product you choose, which can also reflect the quality of the product on the one hand. Additionally, the cured foam can come into contact with food. However, since this product is essentially a chemical substance, people need to be more careful when using it.