I have
seen someone once use a double edged shaving blade but it is serious work to
split the foam in half. If I need it that fine, I'd use foam sheets that
appliances come in(the ultra thin white stuff) and either colour of dye it. That
would fit the bill and I believe black is the simplest colour to dye too-someone
on the group should be able to help with that. I have been collecting this foam
sheeting and various other materials for a dyeing day we were meant to have had
at the club for a year or so. In a couple minutes you can do enough for a
lifetime....easy to cut and shape too-even for extended
bodies.
R
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Reuven Segal
B. Engineering (Aerospace)- 4th Year
B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and
Management)
RMIT University
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East St. Kilda, 3183
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
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-----Original Message-----Hi everyone,
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Peter Gramp
Sent: Thursday, 20 July 2006 9:43 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VFB] Closed Cell foam question...
Silly question for the group, but I thought I'd ask - I use the so-called "Razor Foam" (Closed- cell foam) all of the time in tying realistic stonefly nymphs. The problem is, money does not (nor 0.5mm foam) grow on trees. My question is this: is there a way someone could either compress or split a 2mm-thick sheet of closed-cell foam, not unlike the sheets available at Walmart for a quarter or so? I have been able to slice the edge of the sheet into a 2mm wide ribbon, perfect for wrapping the body, but can not wrap my head around how to get a piece wide enough for wing buds... I'm thinking of a re-polymerization, but I suspect that it would lose volume, if not re-anneal in a glob of rock-hard gunk... so melting and cooling is not seeming so 'hot'... but then I was thinking that compression - pasta press? - may not hold, if the foam has any sort of memory at all...
Any suggestions are most welcome!
Tight wraps,
Pete
