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Old 5th May 2020, 07:41
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Jwscud
 
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Originally Posted by capngrog
As an aside here, I noticed that the low expansion foam shown in Air Bubba's Post #3 has a brownish tint. In my long ago experience, this was a characteristic of protein foams whereas AFFF foams are all bright white in color. Of course the brownish tint could be due to some sort of contaminant.

Just a thought.

Cheers,
Grog
it was the brown colour that made me think it was the bio-friendly stuff. I don’t have any technical knowledge beyond being trained to use it in shipboard days, but I understand AFFF is very environmentally unfriendly when it washes off.

The smell of the bio stuff drying on your clothes in hot weather is definitely unforgettable
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