10 Tips and Tricks for EVA Foam!
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- We're sharing some of our top tips and tricks for working with EVA foam.
Whether you're a beginner starting with foam or just want to improve your foam-work, this video should have some tips to help you out.
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I've had a lot of trouble working with that first foam you used (the really soft one). I bought like 4 different knives, and even tried a surgical knife and I still couldn't cut it well. This video helped me so much! Thanks :)
The softer the foam the harder it is to cut for sure!! We also struggle with soft foam sometimes XD i'm really glad that this helped a bit! :3
Try a hot wire
I love the my hero academia poster in the background
Same ^^
Watching you cut the foam is very satisfying
So, these "tips" go far beyond cosplay, these are helpful in engineering foam solutions, shoe manufacturing, toys, building products, other consumer products so on. This is huge, because this has a tremendous amount of knowledge in a short 5 minute video. Like seriously... engineers and manufacturing facilities would pay good money to learn this stuff. THANK YOU!!!
My jaw was on the floor the whole time watching this, I feel like the game just changed for me. I’m pumped!! 😤✨ Thanks, guys!! 🥰
thank you SO much for these tips!! I am still intimidated by foam for some odd reason even though I've seen a ton of tutorials about using it and have used it in the past! hope to make some really cool armor one day that looks as clean as the work you guys do!
1:10 I thought this was going to be the dull cut at first. A little tip I can provide here is when starting the cut don't just drag it through like it's shown here. You're damaging the beginning of the cut. Instead saw into the very edge to get it started then pull it through.
I have been using EVA for custom shelving in my cube organizers. One tip I can offer if you mess up a cut and end up with jagged lines or angles on your edges is to use a combination of soft sanding brushes (not the drum sanders!) and rubber or wool polishing tips with a Dremel at 15000rpm. The sanding brush will cleanly sand the edge with much better precision than the drum sanders since it's a mesh fiber. And the rubber polishing tip will friction melt large abnormalities, while the wool polishing tip will friction melt smaller ones. This takes a few seconds, but it allows you to fix messed up cuts and conserve materials.
Ohhh… 😮 Eva shelving. Nice idea!
I actually never thought about using gesso to fill seams! Thats an awesome idea!
Where have you been all my life? All my casual research on foam armor always made it feel like rocket science.
Thank you for a very comprehensive jumping off point ❤❤❤
Thank you so much these tips will help out so much
It is really helpful, thank you for your tips, I Never worked with foam but I have a bigger project to do to the next year it your tips will save so Mutch time from mistakes I will not do
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you ! I discovered your Instagram cosplay page by a friend and your ycosplays are amazing ! I was really impressed by your Armored Peach cosplay and it's extremely sweet and nice to know that you are ready to help beginners in the domain with foam ! Thank you !!
Thank you this Video was really helpful!
Thank you! I really needed something simple yet informative!
Thank you for making these videos it’s super helpful much appreciated!
I love a good EVA foam tutorial and this might be the most information packed one I've ever come across. Going into faves.
This is so helpful for beginners! Simple tips that aren't overwhelming. Thank you so much!
This was a MAJOR help!!! Great job!😊
A great video with amazing tips! Watching the foam turn into sculpted armor was like magic. 😎
I'm just entering into foam work, and this was very helpful, thank you!
Thank you 😍 so much. Love these tips and product info.
"Kinpatsu video" instalike and see the full video! You are my muse of cosplay!
Thank you so much!! T^T 💖
Thanks a lot, it's pretty helpful!
Thanks so much for the video! I’m just starting out and I learned a lot.
Excellent video! I've been wanting to get into this for a while, and never knew where to start. This gives me more confidence to get out there and try it!
This is such a great starting point for beginners in EVA! I make costumes for a living and do a ton of leatherwork, but EVA is sooo new and foreign to me. Thank you so much! *smashes the subscribe button & rings the bell*
This gave me valuable insights for what I'm going to work on next!
Wow this is incredibly helpful.. Thank you a lot!!
OMG Thank you for this. I have been throwing around the idea of using foam, but I am more at ease seeing this! CHEERS!
Super helpful thank you!
Kudos! Very helpful video!
Thanks! I was doing nearly everything wrong- a dull hobby knife, hot glue- this really helped.
I just want to say this is a huge help!!!
I am glad I took the time to find these vids. I was about to rush into a big rookie mistake! Thank you so much, and Stay Awesome!
This is my first year of trying to make a costume for cosplaying and in making more of a samuria outfit and this video helps alot with the katana video thank you so much!
Oh the heat gun on fluffy sanded edges was great!
love your explanation 🥰❤️
This is very helpful to those who are beginners like me thank you very much
I didn't know your tip number 6!! Thank you!
Amazing technical process 🥺
Using contact glue, flexible acrylic primer, and the recommendation of using modge podge were really great. Thank you!
Great video. Thank you
This was really helpful thank you
That was very informative, thank you 👍🏽
Love this!
This was super helpful.
Eu amei! I love it!
Thanks for sharing tips
very useful information , thank you
This is really helpful and concise! Instant sub 👌🏽
I’m trying to work my on first Eva cosplay and this will help me astronomically
thank you so much for these
this is a major help appreciate alot
Great tips, even for experienced cosplayers! Thank you! 🤗
Thank you 🙏
THANK YOU! 💗
thank you so so much I've been dying trying to find a way to make Madara's gunbai fan and I never knew there are different firmness levels of EVA foam or even what to use as a glue
Great video!
WOOW~👍 👍
Thank you ~👏 👏 👏 ~💐
Very helpful
great tips, thank you for sharing :)
I must thank you for this tutorial, even though being very informative it is also very helpful for someone who is unexpirienced in this area, once again thank you and my apolagies for any words that have been wrongfully spelled.
Thank you. this was amazing. I Also love your MHA Poster
Thank you. 🏹🤠👍
Thanks for this :)
AWESOME
I am amazed with this! :O
Nice video, it is helpful!
Great video! subscribed! I am new in the cosplay scene and I will try your tips! So far our team leader is a crafter, like you, and he does all the work. But I would like also other costumes, like a Mandalorian or so.
@02:15 that is some serious adhesion...some great tips!....thanks for the video
You make me stan to cosplay!!!
Thank u
U change my life
I can use my gesso on foam? Finally, something else I can use my gesso on besides canvases! (I say as I put gesso on every surface to see if it will stick and let me paint on it.)
Thank you! Amazing video. I've learned tons of these tricks from reading/watching your stuff. This is great refresher 🤩 you always inspire me to craft, you and Kamuicosplay got me to finally start after years of thinking I wasn't capable. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for the kind words T^T we really appreciate it and we are so glad we could help a bit!!
Hello, how are you, where can I buy eva rubber or foam?
Cool, thanks. I’m looking to make a Viking battle axe and you helped me out with figuring out where to start. I got myself an Axe handle from Home Depot, how would I be able to make sure the EVA sticks? I’m a complete newbie to this stuff and this would be the first thing I’m actually gonna make something properly. My last project was a shield made out of a Garbage can lid
Thank you for the video .
Can this sealing make it temperature and fire resistant
THIS WAS SO HELPFUL!! What thickness would you recommend for lightwieght feathers?
also, with contact cement glue, heating your seam can weaken the seam and even make it fail.
for me, living in AZ, hot glue is a no no anyway as it will often fail over time in the heat.
Shout out to the South African products and accent , where did you guys buy foam in SA?
thank you for sharing this tips! ^_^
That thumbnail armor is so beautiful 😍
nice
I really appeciate the video. I hope that one day a will be able to go out of my house, buy eva foam and try all the tips!!!! :)
Have you found that heat sealing is better done before or after shaping, or does it matter at all? Thanks!
Could you do a tutorial on templates to make a costume in the shape of a ball? I want to make a 12", 18" & 36" half circle children's costume.
Hi Taylor! I really admire your work! I wanted to ask you, I primed Eva foam with glue and painted it and didn't like the result. Now I bought a heatgun and plastidip to make the results better BUT I don't know how to smooth the surface that was already primed. I don't wanna waste all the work I did cutting and gluing. Can I sand it? Is there a way to disolve it? Will the heat gun and plastidip all over the paint cover everything again so I can paint?
Thank you so much for this tutorial and your beautiful cosplays
what are the best things to use for filling in seams apart from gesso?
which one would you recommend for Bag stiffeners/inserts ?
I learned my lesson using hot glue for eva foam.
If you live in Arizona, new Mexico, nevada, California, or any country like Australia, or any south American country, etc. Dont use hot glue
Hi! I was wondering what I should use for armor I’m making. Would this be better or pvc sheet foam? Thanks!
Thanks for helpful advice.
Please, what is the Contact glue? (composition, type)
I am struggling to find proper substitute.
them was some good tips
Thanks for these tips, I'm working with very thin foam and need to harden it slightly, would a heat gun do the job? Or should I stick to layering it with pva and modge podge?
I really liked your video
Wow dube That's videos content about eva foam it's a very Amazing wow ❤
What adhesive do you recommend for people who are sensitive to fumes and don't have a well-ventilated workshop?
I love u so much 💕 yours cosplay are wonderful 👏👏👏
Love
и вам спасибо!
3:18 use a stone bit for sanding and it will be much cleaner. If you need to remove a lot of material quickly, cut it off with a blade then refine it with a stone sanding bit, not a sand paper one.