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Offline David_Stack

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Blue foam for building surface?
« on: March 04, 2013, 05:40:11 AM »
Good Morning All;

Don't have access to a search button via mobile, so please forgive the possible redundant question...

Has anyone tried to use a sheet of blue foam insulation as a building surface (atop glass, etc) as an alternative to wallboard, celotex, ceiling tile)? Are they flat/true enough?  Seems they would be firm enough to hold pins, and not prone to breakind down/creating debris like the aforementioned.

Thank you in advance,

Dave

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Re: Blue foam for building surface?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 05:53:03 AM »
Hi Dave,
I have a building board I constructed in honeycomb style and glued blue foam to it.  I've done three stunters and a scale with it and all has been fine.  I really like the consistence of the foam for pins, etc.
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Re: Blue foam for building surface?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 07:43:11 AM »
Hi Dave,

I have a 2'X4' piece of blue foam I tape to my glass table top when I need to use pins.  It's basically the size I need to build the Brodak Warbird wings.

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Re: Blue foam for building surface?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 10:23:28 AM »
I use 1/2" cork from McMaster-Carr. Cork doesn't dent like foam can.

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Re: Blue foam for building surface?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 11:27:23 AM »
I also tried the blue foam and did not have much luck.  It will hold a pin if you just stick the pin into the foam, but when I tried to actually pin a piece of balsa, I found that the pin tended to wallow (sp?) a hole in the foam.  Never could get a firm hold in the foam.  I went back to the ceiling tile.

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