Best Way To Cut Thick Craft Foam

Cut a smooth even line slowly.

Best way to cut thick craft foam.

One of the things i neglected to mention in my banquette building post was how to cut the foam. Ways to cut craft foam by jeanne paglio. 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. This technique offers a better cut than straight edge scissors can provide. Alternatively use a large razor. It was time consuming messy far from accurate and doing the curves was a real pain.

Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above. 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. Purchase your foam here. It s the dumb way to cut foam.

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. Select a metal cookie cutter in the shape you want to cut and press it down evenly through the foam. Cut the foam with an electric knife the type used for carving turkeys.