Questions tagged [styrofoam]
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How to avoid bubbles in castings using dissolved Styrofoam?
I'm trying to do low-budget plastic casting. The process is pretty simple. Put Styrofoam in acetone. It dissolves into some goo. Stick the goo in a mold and wait for it to harden.
When I try it, the ...
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Glue for polystyrene foam
I want to glue together several sheets of polystyrene foam (just a prototype / research project). I choose extruded polystyrene foam for its extra strength compared to expanded.
However, I am not sure ...
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Paint or glue porous floral Styrofoam?
Floral Styrofoam comes in some shapes perfect for a craft I'm working on (colorful noodle dinosaurs), but I'm having a really difficult time getting anything to stick because it's so porous.
This ...
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Is there a way to cleanly cut Styrofoam?
My roommate is a bit of a pack rat and has several old TV and computer monitor boxes with Styrofoam supports.
I am thinking of cutting the Styrofoam into little "bricks" and building a small ...
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