Tom,

Thank you for the information. The boiling water and/or grill trick seem most appropriate. These can be done outside where there is no risk of releasing harmful chemicals inside your home-just into the atmosphere for your tobacco-smoking neighbors to breath.

To be frank, smoking tobacco, sanding fiberglass and getting drunk are all MUCH less dangerous than breathing dioxins and hydrogen chloride. Most people don't do the above activities inside their homes, and if they do it's usually only once. Hydrogen chloride can cause permanent lung damage with relatively short exposure times. Again, I'm not saying this is a bad idea, just advocating the use of proper safety measures and doing this outside in a well ventilated area counts as a proper safety measure.

It does sound like this is much easier and cheaper than building fiberglass cradles.