Best Way To Cut Thick Craft Foam

Cut the foam with cookie cutters.

Best way to cut thick craft foam.

Foam sheets aren t thick and will fit within the parameters of the cutter. Cut a smooth even line slowly. Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above. This technique offers a better cut than straight edge scissors can provide.

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. 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. 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.

To cut soft or rigid foam that s 1 2 inch 12 mm thick or less lay the foam flat on your work surface. Cut the foam with an electric knife the type used for carving turkeys. Ways to cut craft foam by jeanne paglio. Purchase your foam here.

It s the dumb way to cut foam. For thick foam cut about halfway through the foam. Our upholstery manager bernie shows you how to cut foam with a bread knife.