Love it all the foam tips and tricks bro, great stuff!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy 👊

Great tips, I've never worked with EVA foam and this will help tremendously when I make that jump into the material. Thanks.

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, yeah give it a try at awesome stuff!

Thanks for the idea. The heatgun and then sanding make it look really cool👍🏻

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks , It does give a greatly improved finish in my opinion, cheers for watching!

Thanks, for sure will try it your way. Looks great

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Everyone has their own work flow, hope this works for you!

Thank you for the little details that one has to do, from start to finish. Other prop. builders would just show the first step, then show the finished project. Keep up on those type of videos. Enjoy them very much.

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very kind, I'll keep on nibbling away at little tutorials in between the main prop builds, time will tell if the prove popular 👊 thanks for the feedback!

Really useful tips!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

a truly awesome tutorial, thanks heaps for sharing it!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

👊👊🙏

Wonderful!!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just testing out a shorter format in addition to the longer prop shows 🙂

Thank you for video, great tips!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

No problem, thank you for watching!

You sir, are a Foam Master!!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Well I don't know about that, but I do like working with it though 👊

Very nice and smooth.

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, not a bad alternative technique to dremmel and belt sanding! Although I caved in the end and used the dremmel as there were just so many (millennium falcon) pads! Still finished final sanding passes by hand though... Thanks for watching..

@pixl3l

3 жыл бұрын

@@RebelBaseBuilds Yeah with that many to do an electrical tool is nice :)

You convinced me... I need a heatgun Lol

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Haha you're welcome! Serious though have fun it works great!

Ahhh Heatgun that is where I am going wrong. I need to get one like I used to use at work.

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Yup give it a try mate

Thanks just found your channel thanks to reddit, already hit subscribe. Looking forward to more content from you

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

It’s like magic...heat magic....from a galaxy far-far-away!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man

Watching your videos isn't helping with getting my shoppinglist any shorter But that's an affordable way for achieving such great results!

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks man! Yeah it's a great workflow I'm glad I found.. Have a go!

Thank you once again! Now that you covered sanding.. is there anything special to think of when painting foam? Do I have to cover the foam with something first, before I can apply spray paint?

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'll do a follow up video soon but yes you can use a spray grey primer and then acrylics etc, but if you are after flexibility you should check out flexilpaint, that brushes right on beautifully, if you want to stick with spray then lots of colours now available in the plastidip range, they go better over a primer, that way you will use less as the primer stops it soaking in to the foam... 🙂

@kyr_taap

3 жыл бұрын

@@RebelBaseBuilds Thanks for the quick answer! I've read that I can also mix some woodglue and water to seal up the foam? I have a primer and spray paint in my cellar as well, so I guess I'll try both of these methods first! If I'm going to make something in the future that needs more flexibility, I'll consider your other hint too 👍

If I’ve already glued parts together with contact cement, will the heat gun melt that bond away?

@RebelBaseBuilds

Жыл бұрын

No it doesnt tend to

Great video James btw! I seem to have troubles with my EVA foam edges unless I use my table saw. What grit sandpaper do you use on the second pass? So you use plasti-dip first then paint over top of? Thanks for video! I somehow forgot to comment on this. But I really like the flow. I think this is the first time I learned something on your channel! LOL Just kidding. :)

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, I just use finer paper with each pass 🙂

What would you say is the best electronic means of sanding large foam pieces? Im getting a dremel set but currently looking for larger pieces. Everyone ive asked says get a belt sander, but I'm also looking for smaller electronic sanders. Would you say a mouse sander (aka. detail sander) is good for sanding EVA foam? If not what other electronic sanders would you recommend?

@RebelBaseBuilds

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks you for watching, I definitely use a mouse sander for detailing but have so got hold of a mini belt sander which has been a god send! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GS6ZWDZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_W3XDX8NM1JC5JKNS3MFR?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

@origamininja380

3 жыл бұрын

@@RebelBaseBuilds Ahhh I see. Well im planning on investing in a big belt sander in the future, but if a detail sander works then I'll look into geting one of those for the time being to start up. Thanks for the advice.