Claims
- 1. A method for insulating a surface, comprising:
- supplying loose insulation particles;
- providing an adhesive material;
- producing a mixture of said insulation particles, said adhesive material and a foam;
- applying said mixture on a first surface that is disposed to include a vertical component with sufficient force to cause said mixture to substantially adhere to said first surface;
- molding manually said mixture while in a flowable state, wherein as said molding manually step occurs said adhesive material rises to form a substantially smooth outer surface and, when cured, said outer surface has an exposed layer of said adhesive material that forms a protective coating over said insulation particles and in which the number of exposed insulation particles is few; and
- allowing said foam of said mixture to dissipate wherein a majority of insulation is provided by said insulation particles.
- 2. A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said molding step occurs substantially simultaneously with said applying step.
- 3. A method, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one of the following:
- cementing at least one panel of drywall to said exposed layer;
- painting at least a portion of said exposed layer; and attaching wallpaper to said exposed layer.
- 4. A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said applying step includes spraying said mixture.
- 5. A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said molding step includes troweling.
- 6. A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said adhesive material is foamable and said foam includes foam generated using said foamable adhesive.
- 7. A method, as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
- controlling compression and tensile strengths of said insulation particles by selecting a desired ratio of density of said insulation particles to density of said foam.
- 8. A method, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said applying step includes carrying said mixture using at least first and second hoses, said second hose having an inner diameter less than an inner diameter of said first hose.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 07/875,623, filed on Apr. 28, 1992, now abandoned, which application is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. application Ser. No. 07/744,367, filed Aug. 13, 1991, now Pat. No. 5,131,590.
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Continuations (1)
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