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Topic: Where to buy modelling foam?
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alix
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posted 01-30-2001 08:28 AM
Can anyone tell me where to buy white modelling foam please? - styrofoam or balsa foam as described in the modelling tips part of this site?IP: Logged |
well
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posted 01-30-2001 09:15 PM
white foam (styrofoam) is different that balsa foam. White foam is not different that the stuff that comes in a tv box for padding. Balsa foam is like a cheap version of polyurethiene foam, aka yellow foam.
YOu should be able to buy white foam locally, check your yellow pages under plastcis suppliers. Even if you find a supplier of plastic sheet stuff call them I'm sure they'll know where to send youIP: Logged |
ya921
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posted 01-31-2001 11:27 PM
The best stuff I've used is Last-A-Foam made by General Plastics. http://www.generalplastics.com/ . They have several grades and a variety of densities. It's easy to work with and doesn't 'shed' like balsa foam does. They should give you a sample kit if you call them up.IP: Logged |
KAV
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posted 02-01-2001 02:30 PM
Try some of these sources: Sign Supply(not sign maker)
They use it to CNC route lettering for
thermoformed signs. Pattern Supply(Freeman Pattern
Aircraft Supply(Aircraftspruce.com)
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Twist
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posted 02-06-2001 06:05 PM
Freeman Supply in Avon Lake, Ohio sells all types of modeling foams and patternmaker supplies.IP: Logged |
Jessica
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posted 02-18-2001 09:10 PM
Find a local plastic manufacture. (if there are any). If you are a student, you can probably get lots of scraps for free. When I was a student, I got a truck full of polyurethane scraps. I say scrap in a sense that there were cracks in the blocks, and they couldn't sell it to their normal customers (like Boeing) anymore. The scraps I got for free were about 2'x2'x4' blocks, and I remember using a chainsaw to make smaller blocks from them.If you are in NW, check out General Plastics. Alot of UW and WWU kids go there to get foam.
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David Brinkley
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posted 02-21-2001 01:27 PM
We use Balsa Foam. It's expensive but it works very easily (you can sand it with your fingertips)and comes in three grades of hardness. It makes an absolute mess and the presence of citric acid (lemon juice?)in the binder makes it rust any steel it comes in contact with. The benefits of it over urethane foams is that the material is chemically "non-toxic" unlike urethane. It's a phenolic powder with an "elmer's glue" like binder. This is pretty important.
Urethanes release CYANIDE when heated past a certain temperature.IP: Logged |
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