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Can you paint/spray foamboard ?
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teef two:

--- Quote from: ras2a on November 30, 2004, 11:47:25 am ---I would imagine acrylics as they are flexible paints, right?
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ras2a:

--- Quote from: teef two on November 30, 2004, 03:34:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: ras2a on November 30, 2004, 11:47:25 am ---I would imagine acrylics as they are flexible paints, right?  Thanks for that...also cheers for the info on the polishing wheel.  Maplins...the one in Manchester ?  Oxford road is it?

nice one teef

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ras - No, one of the several in London. Took a trip to Tottenham Court Road, a place a technofreak should never go, not with a loaded credit card anyway!

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ah, with ya...no worries.  I imagine they all stock the same products tho eh?
Chris:
When you cut it, use the sharpest blade you can find!  That foam will tear and shred in a heartbeat.  I ended up having to cover my cut edges with black tape.
ras2a:

--- Quote from: Chris on November 30, 2004, 04:40:54 pm ---When you cut it, use the sharpest blade you can find!  That foam will tear and shred in a heartbeat.  I ended up having to cover my cut edges with black tape.

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Well I have a swan morton scalpel from my days of model-making.  Also still have about 10 foil sealed blades.  That thing is the SHARPEST blade I've EVER used....was brilliant for trimming flash from the runners :)  Hopefully it should be like a knife through butter
ras2a:
Just spoke to someone who says 'foamex' is more like a PVC board and has to be cut with a saw etc.  i.e. can't be simply cut with a sharp knife.

EDIT:  Sod it, I'll pick a piece of 40" x 30" white foamboard up this weekend and spray it black.  I have some car spray paing that I can use.  If I use light coats (and build up) then I can't see there being a problem with it being saturated.  Spray dries a lot quicker than brush painting...

Craig
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