Fabric Cement and the Streaker Variant

Yes, you're absolutely right. coloring is a problem.
Open-cell mattress foam is easy to color, with markers
and/or Rit dye.

But I have had *no luck at all* trying to color closed
cell foams. I've tried markers, but the colors just
wash off after a few casts. Rit dye doesn't work
at all.

The real solution would be for the distributors to
finally get smart and distribute the right stuff.
Lightweight closed cell foam *is* available,
in multiple colors, but only in wholesale quantities.

It's a problem I wish would get solved.
It's mind boggling to me, that I bought a bunch of
this stuff 15 years ago........and you STILL can't buy it
retail. I've sent samples to several distributors.
But never even got a response.

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Yes, you're absolutely right. coloring is a problem.
Open-cell mattress foam is easy to color, with markers
and/or Rit dye.

But I have had *no luck at all* trying to color closed
cell foams. I've tried markers, but the colors just
wash off after a few casts. Rit dye doesn't work
at all.

The real solution would be for the distributors to
finally get smart and distribute the right stuff.
Lightweight closed cell foam *is* available,
in multiple colors, but only in wholesale quantities.

It's a problem I wish would get solved.
It's mind boggling to me, that I bought a bunch of
this stuff 15 years ago........and you STILL can't buy it
retail. I've sent samples to several distributors.
But never even got a response.


You can spray paint it, with an airbrush and some model paints. This does
not wash off. I use this for some poppers. Have not yet used it for flies,
but no reason why it should not work for them as well.

TL
MC

Well ok for some popper like things.

But if you want to take advantage
of the soft nature of foam, and, for instance,
wind some hackle onto the foam body, then that
won't work so well, not over a hard painted surface,
that won't dimple as you wind the hackle.

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ups.com...
Well ok for some popper like things.

But if you want to take advantage
of the soft nature of foam, and, for instance,
wind some hackle onto the foam body, then that
won't work so well, not over a hard painted surface,
that won't dimple as you wind the hackle.


It stays soft with the right paint.

TL
MC