Thank you for this video. I tried all the others and got the same result....not holding detail, the annoying 'snow' that can't be cleaned up easily. I purchased some of these blue boards, laminated them for my desired thickness and just went at it with the knife, hot wire, and sandpaper. My end products are busts; covered with mortar.
Expanded polystyrene, extruded polystyrene, polyurethane, and, without watching the entire video again, that's really all I can remember. Thanks for watching.
I use a 50/50 mix of Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty mixed with USG Dust Control Joint Compound. The Druhams is WAY too hard to use on its own (it's like sanding iron) and the USG is way too soft. With this blend I get the best of both worlds. I have another video on sealants and hard coats. Thanks for watching.
Mr. Luigi B: what do you use to glue the sheets of extruded polystyrene together? Curious to know because I don't understand how you could hot wire thru the glues. Looking forward to your answer! Thx.
Andrew Johnson is correct. I used to use Glidden Gripper, a bonding primer that Glidden no longer makes. I've switched to Sherwin-Williams Extreme Bond Primer.
I'm about to start into sculpting foam and this is a valuable video for researching foams for it. I hope more people see it
Thank you, this is very useful and informative video
Very helpful
This video is informative AND satisfying. Thank you
I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video. I tried all the others and got the same result....not holding detail, the annoying 'snow' that can't be cleaned up easily. I purchased some of these blue boards, laminated them for my desired thickness and just went at it with the knife, hot wire, and sandpaper.
My end products are busts; covered with mortar.
Thank you so much!!!🌻 Hug from the Netherlands 😊
Thank your for you comment and thanks for watching.
Omg, thank you so much for this!
I hope it was helpful for you. Thanks for watching.
The floral foam cannot be cut by the hot knife ?
Great video thank you
How do you glue the foam together?
This is really nice information about types of carving foam. Kindly add technical names of all this foam in the in comment. Thank you.
Expanded polystyrene, extruded polystyrene, polyurethane, and, without watching the entire video again, that's really all I can remember. Thanks for watching.
Is there an easy way to seal and/or paint the surface of the Lowes foam?
1. expanded polystyrene
2. polyurethane
3. high density polyurethane
4. extruded polystyrene
Thankyou😀👌👏
Doing research for working model aircraft.
Sounds like an ambitious project! Good luck and thanks for watching.
Very informative Luigi. What do you hard coat with? I want to cover my piece with fiberglass in the end but it eats away the foam.
I use a 50/50 mix of Durham's Rock Hard Water Putty mixed with USG Dust Control Joint Compound. The Druhams is WAY too hard to use on its own (it's like sanding iron) and the USG is way too soft. With this blend I get the best of both worlds. I have another video on sealants and hard coats. Thanks for watching.
@@luigib2307 Thank you.
@@luigib2307 How about coating for exterior use? I saw your other video and I am not sure that was mentioned?
Thanks for this, very useful.
What are you using to bond the XPS together? Cheers.
glidden primer.
I'm sure the crappy stuff can be used to bulk out a sculpture...unless for some odd reason they don't glue together
How much of that foam did A. Fuentes sponsor? Nice vid.
Thanks, bro. Happy birthday. You ain't been answering your phone nor skype calls. I've got news to share.
Mr. Luigi B: what do you use to glue the sheets of extruded polystyrene together? Curious to know because I don't understand how you could hot wire thru the glues. Looking forward to your answer! Thx.
He says in another video he uses a primer made by glidden. Pretty ingenious.
Andrew Johnson is correct. I used to use Glidden Gripper, a bonding primer that Glidden no longer makes. I've switched to Sherwin-Williams Extreme Bond Primer.
@@luigib2307 Thanks!!!
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Also, XPS is used by surfboard makers, so you're on same page
Have you ever tried EPP (expanded polypropylene)?
No, in fact I've never heard of it. I will research it. Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching.
@@luigib2307 just heard of it myself. Would be curious what you think of it, since you have so much experience...
Why not just use actual carving foam?
You've got me intrigued. I'm not sure what carving foam is. Thanks for watching.