Polyurethane foam is a practical and convenient thing. It is very easy to use and handle. In addition, the foam does not cost much money. And most importantly - it is often found in everyday life in the form of surpluses or residues. And if after the completion of the construction, there remains assembly foam, crafts for the garden will become affordable and simple. The main thing is to have imagination and some ability to work with a knife.
To make DIY foam crafts, we need:
- Foam . Up to ten cylinders may be needed depending on the size of the figure.
- The basis . The subject on which the foam will build up (suitable in shape).
- The knife . It is best to take a sharp and thin, it is preferable to use a scalpel.
- Paint, varnish .
Planning
To begin with, you need to clearly imagine the size and shape of the figure, which will be the future crafts of assembly foam with your own hands. You need to proceed only from your own desires, other factors have little effect on the result. After that, the basis is selected. You can use any fairly hard objects - bottles, pipes, cardboard, wood and so on. If the figure is standing on the street, it is better to make the frame relatively heavy, so that the creation does not blow away and it does not fall. It is also worth preparing a workplace, where crafts will be created from assembly foam with your own hands - to lay the floor in the garage or workshop, stock up with solvent (to wash your hands after finishing work) and gloves.
Foam coating
We begin to cover the assembled and prepared frame with foam. This should be done layer by layer, giving each ten to fifteen minutes to dry. Attention! Before coating with paint, the foam is very susceptible to direct sunlight, which can adversely affect its properties, so it is better to use it in a room with closed windows. After application, you can adjust the shape with a knife. Some parts of the frame are attached to it separately after applying several layers of foam. You can also create whole individual parts, cover them and attach to the main figure using the same material as glue. Only because of the drying of crafts from polyurethane foam with their own hands are done for a long time.
Dressing
After creating the finished form, you can proceed to design. The main option is coating with several layers of paint. First, two, then, after several hours of drying, when the yellowness of the foam appears, one more. For durability and preservation of color it is possible to cover with a transparent varnish. Ship lacquer is best suited ; it does not turn yellow. Another technique is to paste over with toilet paper and paint it. It is simpler and does not require a lot of paint.
Application
Crafts made from polyurethane foam, photos of which are not difficult to find on the Internet or in relevant magazines, are simple to manufacture and beautiful. Any fantasy can come to life, turning into incredible and bizarre forms. Among other things, they are also incredibly functional - craftsmen make with the help of foam anything, from flashlights to fountains. Foam is easily capable of anyone to reveal his abilities. The main thing in this matter is to clearly imagine what should ultimately turn out and with each step come closer to the result.