Closed-Cell Foam
Cut Foam Easily with These DIY Closed-Cell Foam Cutting Tips
At The Foam Factory, we provide a broad range of foam cutting services, from computer-controlled cuts made with a powerful stream of water, to hand-crafted cuts made by our team with decades of experience. However, not every project requires the precision of machinery or years of honed skill. For simpler jobs, DIY cutting is not […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Cutting Foam, DIY Foam, Gym Rubber, Polyethylene
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Foam in Place of Feet? Keep Your Boots and Shoes Looking Great With Foam Inserts!
When spring peeks around the corner every year, people look forward to warmer weather more than anything. After what feels like ages of snow, ice, doom, and gloom, getting out the sandals, shorts, and t-shirts can make us feel like we’re spreading our wings for the first time. But while cold weather is the last […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, DIY Foam, Foam Tube, Polyethylene, Polyethylene Foam
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Pick The Right Glue For The Job: How to Select Adhesives For Bonding Foam
Whether you’re rebuilding the engine on a car or helping your child with his or her science project, things always go smoother when you use the right tools for the job. This is equally true in the world of foam, whether you’re a homeowner working on a DIY project or a business making custom seat […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, DIY, Foam Glue, Open-Cell Foam, Spray Adhesive
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From Planes, to Trains, to Automobiles: The Many Hobby Uses for Foam
Foam, in all of its varieties, is a material we typically use to get a job done. Whether insulating a home, stuffing a couch cushion, or managing sound with acoustical treatment, foam puts in long hours on the job, helping us perform better in ours. But while foam will always be a valuable commodity for […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, EPS, Hobby Foam, Neoprene, Polystyrene, XLPE
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Waterjet Cutting Offers Fast and Affordable Foam Fabrication
As consumers and businesses demand more control and detail in the products they buy, and with industry always requiring more precision and efficiency, the machines used to create the things we need become more complex by the day. But more often than we realize, it’s the simplest things that can do the most for us, […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Custom-Cut Foam, Foam Fabrication, Open-Cell Foam, Waterjet
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How To Make DIY Tool Inserts From Foam to Organize Your Collection
At the top of the list of the most aggravating household mysteries, along with missing socks and disappearing TV remotes, is how it seems whenever we need a particular tool, it’s always the only one missing from the drawer. Whether your ratchet is MIA, or the wrench you want is in hiding, it’s incredibly frustrating […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Cross Linked Polyethylene, Polyethylene, Spray Adhesvie, Tool Insert
Posted in DIY, Foam Packaging | 17 Comments »
Strike a Bull’s-Eye With Foam Archery Practice Targets
A sport that requires skill, patience, and technical precision, archery is something that may appear easy to an observer, but actually takes an immense amount of practice, focus, and hard work to perfect. Proper form, strength, stamina, and self-awareness are all necessary for consistent success in archery. And the only way to get to this […]
Tags: Archery Target, Closed-Cell Foam, DIY, Neoprene, Polyethylene
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Interlocking Floor Tiles Offer Versatile Comfort and Safety Padding
Sometimes, there are things in life we don’t think about until we’re forced to deal with them. The size of your car’s cargo area when you have to move. The importance of sunscreen after 12 innings at the ballpark. The ink level in your printer after putting off a mid-term essay. Daily life makes us […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Foam Padding, Interlocking Tiles, Safety, XLPE
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Bring Your Idea to Life With Custom-Cut Polystyrene Foam
As people search for smart, creative ways to solve problems in their professional and personal lives, materials that were once thought to only be useful in one way are now being applied to a much wider range of tasks that they were never originally considered for. Versatility, usability and availability are some of the biggest […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Custom Cutouts, EPS, Polystyrene, Waterjet
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Understanding Commercial Item Descriptions A-A-59135 and A-A-59136
The world of foam polymers can become confusing, with the hundreds of minor differences in structure, compounds and molecular makeup creating completely unique and individual products. The large number of ways these materials can be manipulated is what makes them so versatile, with highly-specialized products for a particular job being created, with only a minor […]
Tags: A-A-59135, A-A-59136, Closed-Cell Foam, Packaging, Polyethylene
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