I finally scored a foam block connection. A trailer sales business has piles. Found them on FB marketplace, just as you recommended. I've been editing up our interview that will post on July 5th.

Great to see you back Isaac. I'm looking forward to your new videos this year and see what you've come up with. Speaking of foam, have you ever tried to find someone who sprays foam insulation for a living? I myself, I have a foaming machine and spray foam, and I use it to make projects. I form the basic shape with heavy wire, a little heavier than coat hanger wire, and then wire tie onto that wire frame, some chicken wire mess around the quarter inch size, or half inch and double layer it to close up those openings some. Also, run some PVC pipe for electrical as well like for those mushrooms. Run some PVC pipe to the areas on the top where you might want to add an LED light so now the mushrooms glow and of course that always looks better. Then hit it with the foaming gun, and literally within two minutes your project is 80% to 90% done. It's just finishing work at that point. Plus, the spray foam is so much stronger than those foam blocks, and I mean it's like wood, and now add in the wire frame, and you have a project that will last forever, and you can build it in any wild and crazy shape you want. You never have to worry about what you can put on the foam because it will melt, because spray foam, almost nothing touches it, and it will not burn unless a flame is held to it constantly, so it's fire safe. Of course, they'll charge you, but most when they find out you're making Christmas display items, will do it for little or nothing just to help you out, I mean as long as it's not some massively huge project, but your mushrooms, and the hot coco cup with marshmallows, those are nothing for a foaming machine to knock out in less than 5 to 10 minutes for all of them. I mean they spray 40 pounds of foam a minute, and those projects will not take more than a few hits with the spray gun. If you remove too much at home during shaping, and you need to fill in an area, get a can of spray foam and use it. The spray foam sets up in just a few seconds and cools off and ready to throw in your vehicle in 30 seconds after it's sprayed. I know I did it and many times they'd bring me beer or food or whatever as payment when I didn't charge them....just don't bring them Bud Light beer....lol Anyway, just another thought on foam for projects. Keep up the great work.

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

This is actually a brilliant idea. I hadn’t actually thought about that but now I want to look into it. It would definitely help make projects easier. Thank you so much for commenting and staying on my channel.

I’m a designer from Long Island New York and I love supporting anything decorating!!! And you! 😊

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much Patrick! This is so kind of you! Very touched ! Thank you for the support and for being here 😊

Pro tip: Drive around the store and see where they keep their blocks! A couple of years ago I went to Tractor Supply and the “manager” (really just an employee who was in charge for the moment) brought me one block and said that’s all they had. He didn’t realize they had over 100 near the loading dock!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Nice tip!

@barbaraawalsh7407

9 ай бұрын

We have several Tractor Supply Store around Tulsa, since we are surrounded by rural land. Thank you for the info.

Thank you for sharing all the tips 😊

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome ☺️

the Zinnias are so stunning I can't stop looking at them. great tip!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Glad you know what they are. They’re 3x the size now 🅰️

Looking forward to seeing all of your new projects!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for the tips 🙂👍

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome

I used to work at Lowe’s in PA and we got those with the trailers. The truck driver who work with Carry On Trailers take them back but as they get busier, they hire independent truck drivers who would rather leave them. Spring time is the best time as we used to get shipments about twice a month in spring and it starts to slow down in summer and fall

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this tip!

Love these tips!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thank you Isaac!! 😍

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

😍😍😍

I start collecting these blocks from my local Lowe's, Home Depot & Tractor Supply, up to 47 now. Glad I have room in my nice big storage building/workshop. 10 ft ceilings come in handy.

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

8 ай бұрын

That’s wassup! 47 is amazing !

Love this super informative video! Saving it for future reference 👏🏼

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

😊😊

Super helpful!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

🥰🥰

Tractor supply was the jackpot. Thank you!!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help!

Great information for people who will soon be working on all kinds of holiday projects. And can we talk about your fantastic flower bed? Gorgeous!!!!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Yes those are my zinnias and I love them

Thanks for the tip

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

No problem

Love your zinnias !

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. I appreciate the nice compliment! I love my zinnias

Thanks!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! This is really kind of you and I greatly appreciate that, Charles! 🎃🎃you’re the best

And I really like the earrings too!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you

It’s fascinating how you can do all these amazing projects with just styrofoam!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Indeed!

💜🧡💚 You are the best!💚🧡💜 I was just thinking about getting some of these!

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Hope my video helped

@Whatworksthisworks

10 ай бұрын

@@IsaacAlexanderDIY luckily, my tractor supply is right down the road and I am going to go there tomorrow. Unfortunately, my husband is going to freak out.😣 But he will get over it 😅

Hey brother Isaac...Great to have you back...im getting ready for Christmas...🎄🎁...i will be doing your giant LED candy cane...thank you for your GREAT ideas and skills... I usually get my BLOCK foam from Howards furniture stores...They have Steyrofoam backyard areas because they have so much...they cannot keep up with the trash foam... God bless brother...

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much brother! Appreciate the kind words! Must be nice having access to all that styrofoam

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

And I’m super happy that you will be making the candy cane !

Thank you for the info. Tried Tractor supply, they would only give us 4 and that was only because my husband was a veteran, we are going to make the pumpkin you had the tutorial on. I will try the other places you noted. Thank you

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Yea I’ve never had much luck with TS 😕

Your favorite along with pool noodles and spray foam!

@jakeyjokes

10 ай бұрын

I LOVE A POOL NOODLE

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Haha indeed

Im struggling to find them in Australia! However I’ve seen waffle pods on marketplace. Could I also use that even though it isn’t a flat block?

I just stopped by my local TSC and at first they were like "WELL.... We are supposed to give this stuff back to our shipper, but....." then he started stacking the foam blocks next to my truck and said "Tell me when to stop!" Then I said it was time to stop, and he was like "3 more?" haha I guess TSC is putting out their halloween decorations, and they have some super cute skeleton animals.... I saw a picture of the miniature cow, and would have bought it, but they were already sold out....

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Omg that is so amazing! I wish mine was like that! What a score !

@SpousesBuyingHouses

8 ай бұрын

@@IsaacAlexanderDIY I needed 12 more blocks.. Went back to TSC, and they had shipped what they had back to the factory.... DOH!!! Now I need an alternative.. Thinking I may buy 4x8 sheets of 2" thick foam from Menards.

Can you please do a tutorial on how you install the deer on the roof

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

You mean like reindeer?

👍🏼👍🏼

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Thanks buddy!

Believe it or not l cannot find these anywhere on Facebook marketplace here in NY

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

8 ай бұрын

Ugh that’s the worst !

I have been looking for these blocks for nearly 2 years now. Nothing. All the tractor and TSC (Peavey now) use cardboard. No one is using the large styrofoam blocks. Home Depot, Lowe’s, Rona. All cardboard only. Must be a Canada thing. I find that strange since everything is coming from China….

Ang gwapo mo baby

It’s my guess that these are hard to get because they are blocks of fuel. Light one on fire an see what happens. Tragedy has surrounded similar type products and companies don’t want the liability.

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

Good points

I just checked my local marketplace and several people were selling them for $25 EACH! Lol. Unreal.

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS?!? That’s highway robbery

shhhh dont tell everyone...then places will start charging for them because of demand...yeesh ...rule number one with cool free stuff

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

10 ай бұрын

That’s called gatekeeping, and we don’t do that on this channel.

@vickiechandler3112

10 ай бұрын

@@IsaacAlexanderDIY it was a joke...yeesh

Why is Styrofoam being banned? Styrofoam is slow to degrade and frequently leaches chemicals into the environment. Styrofoam manufacturing requires using hydrocarbons, which are released into the air and produce a hazardous pollutant, ground-level ozone. This pollutant can impair lung function and lead to respiratory illness. Did you know? Is this true?

@IsaacAlexanderDIY

7 күн бұрын

Nice copy and paste, buddy

@zenniemoon

7 күн бұрын

not true!

@zenniemoon

7 күн бұрын

Its crazy you say something like this when the USA FDA only tests 4% of the food grown here and shipped into here.

If there really was climate change, crisis, the answer would be, “no where! We have got rid of them because they are killing our earth”. But seeing as it doesn’t then 😂