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AIRE raft Foam Floor New

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Date: May 10 2003, 18:12 GMT
From: JohnA


	Bought a used Aire PUMA last October. Self bailing Floor was filled with 3 layers of 2" thick mini cell foam. Foam had soaked up so much water, it took 3 people to lift this raft. I think I have finally got the foam dryed out by placing it outside on sunny days. Does this much foam actually come with the raft or did some one add an extra layer (or 2)??? I have a slab of closed cell foam as is used in life jackets, 1 3/4" thick and plan to replace all or part of the mini cell with it since I know it will not soak up water. Anyone got any idea as to why the mini cell soaked up water? The weight of it made the raft hard to handle on a class 3-4 river. Any ideas appreciated.

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