The blue or pink foam that you can buy from Lowes has a thin backing on one side that is printed. Does anyone know how to remove that film?

I hear a band saw will do it with a good blade!

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">a piece of sand paper? maybe 150 grit. won't show through 1/32 inch balsa sheeting... whatcha building?</span>

Peel it off, is what I do.

Mig 29 foamies. Here is a picture of it. Made 12 so far

can a moderator change the size of my picture.

I don't know if it's the same stuff but I just used some alcahol and wiped the print off some I had. ENJOY !!! RED

I deleted the picture because it was so big. Don't know what I am doing wrong. That has never happened before.

Picture size isn't your fault.

Sometimes the server working your input just screws up. Very seldom, but it happens.

If you come back in awhile, and get a different server handling your input, you can edit the picture into the post and excellent chance it'll be worked properly.

I will try again. AHHHH! there is joy in Muddville today.

Gene.. use PC Paint to reduce it. Load it up and resize it to 50% both ways and save it with a slightly different name.

See if that helps.

CGr.

Gene, server 5 gives huge photos and I think it is server 7 that has very fast time outs.
Gene

How do you know what server is activated.

It worked this time Gene.

We are on server 2 right now. Go to the bottom left of the magazine and it shows what server is in use at the moment.

Hey Gene

My 7" hand held grinder really takes the backing off. In fact, I can hold the foam up and see through it.

Great advice.

But if you simply pull it from one corner it peals off.

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Great advice.




But if you simply pull it from one corner it peals off.

OH Yea!!! It just comes off in little bitty strips.

For you, it came off in little bitty strips. For me, it comes off in decently large areas. What doesn't come off with the first area gets a corner picked up and controlled pulling gets some more.

It'll all be off in less time than it would take to setup the grinder, get out the pruning shears, go get the shovel, find the machete, prepare the demolition charges, put fresh 80grit in the sanding block, or open the can of hydrochloric acid.

BTW, I use it for lots of things.

When I make boxes to go inside a model, it gets removed so the canopy glue will hold better. It's great for a LiPo box in an electric. It can be made to fit "exactly" and hold securely in every direction but one, and a velcro closes that off nicely. My last glo engine model had it's 4.8V battery pack positioned in the aft fuselage in a foam box. I wanted the pack back there to position the CG, but didn't want to add much weight. win win

I also make building stands with the stuff. The protective film is great on the very bottom, but gets stripped everywhere else.