What to do with foam in rear quarters?, getting rid of seam sealer Options

[amfab]

So this past weekend I was using a little torch to heat up—and more than occasionally set on fire—the seam sealer so I could scrape off the big globs of it all over the car. I came to realize that the foam people speak of in the rear corner of the car is just put in there and covered with seam sealer.
How do the cool kids deal with this area when restoring?

Thanks

-Andrew

[914dave]

I used great stuff foam to replace the original. If you don’t reapply the foam, that area created a little shelf where mud and dirt will accumulate. If you don’t reapply it just clean the area about occasionally.

[tygaboy]

I used great stuff foam to replace the original. If you don’t reapply the foam, that area created a little shelf where mud and dirt will accumulate. If you don’t reapply it just clean the area about occasionally.

I just did the repair to fix a big rust hole caused by the foam and was concerned about this very thing - the shelf, that is. Good to know folks are able to address this in various ways w/out "refoaming".