That seems to be at odds with the Wikipedia article.Eva foam makes toxic fumes too. Melting this stuff liberates all of the building blocks that its made of, so unless you feel like inhaling ethyl vinyl, wear your respirator.
Precaution to be taken
in handling and storage: Avoid breathing vapors during thermal forming or slicing. Store in dry area protected from external source of heat and direct sunlight.
Are you talking about as a sealer for the foam or gluing them together?Would Elmers glue work the same as well? Isn't it cheaper??
Would Elmers glue work the same as well? Isn't it cheaper??
Are the harbor frieght foam mats EVA or PVC?
Thanks, would you happen to know what type of foam those camping mats they are using @ the rpf??They are EVA.
Unfortunately, I do not. However, I really do not like the pads because their surfaces are much more rough than the Harbor Freight pads. You can paint the Harbor Freight pads as-is and get a good look. You would have to coat those camp pads with some kind of substance to fill in the surface. I have a green one by a different company which I believe is the same material as the Walmart ones and it is not nearly as rigid(because the cells are larger). It does not feel the same as the Harbor Freight pads but the size of the cells could be affecting that too.Thanks, would you happen to know what type of foam those camping mats they are using @ the rpf??
Thanks so much for these vids. Does anyone have a link to the foam on Harbor Freight's site? I tried looking myself and couldn't find it.
To clarify, they are not available to purchase on their website. But if you want a link:they aren't on the website, but are, instead, in store.
Are you talking about as a sealer for the foam or gluing them together?
I'm talking about as a sealer, not a bonding agent.a simple hot glue gun + glue sticks really isnt inexpensive too
plus it holds the foam together like a champ haha
To clarify, they are not available to purchase on their website. But if you want a link:
http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/itemdisplay/displayItem.do?itemid=94635
Not all that useful except maybe to help with calling around to see if they carry them locally.
Looks like my second coat is dry and results do not look promising. The first coat soaked right into the foam and mostly disappeared. The second coat took longer to dry but did seem to give it a pretty good sealing, however it scratched off without any effort and I was able to peel it straight back off the foam once a piece of it was lifted away.I'm talking about as a sealer, not a bonding agent.
If you saw the previous posts, we were talking about mod podge vs elmers as a sealing agent.
I've sealed foam with mod podge and also painted foam with acrylic paint. If the mod podge gets wet it clouds up. As for the acrylic paint the foam inhaled that ****.I'm talking about as a sealer, not a bonding agent.
If you saw the previous posts, we were talking about mod podge vs elmers as a sealing agent.
I know about the hot glue...!
I may have read this wrong, but are you possibly implying that Bondo could suffice as a "hardener" for the foam? If so, that is exactly what I wanted to hear.I've been testing a few thngs on the foam here. I'm using a "lightweight Body filler" by 3M, hopefully the equivalent of bondo in the US, on the top of foam which forms a hard shiny surface. doesn't want to shift particularly. Hasn't eaten or attacked the foam. Now, if you are just using the foam to build up detail, this would likely cover it very well. If your expecting the foam to flex *a lot* then you *may* have probs. But for flat pieces where you just want to give it a hard shiny surface, the filler/bondo seems to go great guns. Note: this was with a 9mm foam from a childrems foam square pack, which seem, if anything, slightly *less* quality than the 'Harbour freight" EVA mats (called "SCA" EVA mats in Oz, but exactly the same stuff, even the packaging looks similar). So I'm thinking that you would have no probs covering the foam for a nice hard shiny surface with a 'bondo' product. Gonna do FG resin tests later today. I'll post the results here soon as.