Best Way To Cut Thick Craft Foam

Cut a smooth even line slowly.

Best way to cut thick craft foam.

Cut the foam with cookie cutters. To cut soft or rigid foam that s 1 2 inch 12 mm thick or less lay the foam flat on your work surface. For thick foam cut about halfway through the foam. It was time consuming messy far from accurate and doing the curves was a real pain.

One of the things i neglected to mention in my banquette building post was how to cut the foam. Start cutting the foam place the foam on the floor or onto a hard level surface and use an electric knife to cut along the lines you marked if the foam is not so thin. Our upholstery manager bernie shows you how to cut foam with a bread knife. Purchase your foam here.

Alternatively use a large razor. Push the edge of the foam against the ridge of the cutter at the top so the foam sheet is even and then run the blade along the section to be cut. This technique offers a better cut than straight edge scissors can provide. Move the knife slowly along the markings so that you can see your progress because you will need to cut accurately and linearly so as to ultimately have satisfying results.

Ways to cut craft foam by jeanne paglio. It s the dumb way to cut foam. Cut the foam with an electric knife the type used for carving turkeys.