ground foam help needed

[stokesda]

hi ok got the foam ground up good and got the forest green paint from wally world craft area for the dark green what other colors should i get???

thanks  hobojim 

I'd get maybe a couple of other different shades of green, plus a tube of yellow and some neutral colors like black, white, and brown to use in mixing colors to get in-between shades.

Also, to get a nice blended grass color, you will want to make up some yellowish colored foam and mix in a little with your plain green colored foam. That way, you get a nice-looking natural grass color and not the uniform green appearance of a golf course... unless that's what you're after in the first place.

Also, if you're doing fall colors, get some reds, oranges, golden yellows, etc. If you want to have the appearance of wildflowers, get some violets, pinks, or whatever else suits your fancy to dust in some flower-colored foam amongst the fields of grass.

In short, it's totally up to you what colors to get!

[Hobojim]

hi ok got the foam ground up good and got the forest green paint from wally world craft area for the dark green what other colors should i get???

thanks  hobojim 

[loathar]

Food processors work even better. I could never get my foam ground up fine enough with a blender.

[bogp40]

Most of these gaskets are like a large neoprene fender washer. If you don't find anything large enough, cut one from rubber roofing or gasket material. Any roofer will have small scraps and should be happy to snip off a piece for you.

[Hobojim]

Hi  Thanks all for your great help again!!

by the way i made a seal from a bycyle innertube seems to be holding up fine no leaks once i get some foam in place on my layout i will post some pics.. thanks again!!! hobojim 

[warner brook]

hello hobojim

try taking the base and the grinder blades to a store that sells the blender they may have a replacement seal its just a flat rubber washer.you might be able to get it from wally world.i wouldn`t try making the ground foam without it in place as it probably would make quite a mess.the water in the blender does a couple of things it takes some of the strain off of the blender when grinding .try pulsing the grinder at first then put it on liquidfy to get it finer,now is the time to add your acrylic paint to color the foam.when it is mixed up good have a small bucket with a lid and a strainer that fits on the top of the bucket pour every thing in the strainer you can reuse the water and paint mixture for the next batch and save it for another day.it would also be good to have a rubber spatula on hand turn off the blender when using the spatula in it.after drying the foam run it back through the grinder to get a finer grind(no water).look for a guilotine type of a paper cutter to cut your foam up into small pieces about the size of your thumb,photo shops or stationary stores will probably have these.i use the small acrylics from wally world they are cheap you can vary the shade of the foam by mixing different greens yellows and burnt umber rember use small amounts of paint you can always add more but you can`t take it back out.when done you can put some liquid dishwashing detergent in the blender along with some water and turn it on to clean it out.one more thing put a rag over the lid and hold it down just in case.          dutchman

 

 

[2021]

Got it.  My brain went to grinding clump foliage into finer ground cover that I use for heavy weed and brush coverage.  You apparently are grinding plain foam and adding color to that.  Another thought is to grind it dry and then color it in a bucket.  Probably the easiest way is to do what I did and go to Wal-Mart and buy a cheap, new blender with all the parts (less than 20 bucks and saves the hastle).

As far as dry foam floating up, use smaller quantities and use the pulse mode on the blender.

Ron K.

[BlueHillsCPR]

Hi Ron,

well i use water because that seem to be what i read here in the forum about grinding foam plus if my blender leaks how would i mix the paint in with the foam? as i dont want the pain to just leak down in the motor of the blender as ahouse fire is not part of HO modeling lol hobojim 

I think the idea was the dry foam would just lift above the blades where as the wet foam will stay down in the jar and be ground up.

Lets keep those HO fires to the kind that use flickering LED's if we can!

[Hobojim]

Hi Ron,

well i use water because that seem to be what i read here in the forum about grinding foam plus if my blender leaks how would i mix the paint in with the foam? as i dont want the pain to just leak down in the motor of the blender as ahouse fire is not part of HO modeling lol hobojim 

[2021]

Not sure I understand.  If you just want to grind up foam (I do this all the time), why are you using water?

Ron K.

[BlueHillsCPR]

I would think you could fabricate another sealing ring from some rubber etc.  Otherwise...since it is a ground foam blender and won't really need thorough washing you could just put a bead of silicone in the base and screw it onto the jar.  At least that's my take on it.

[Hobojim]

Hello, i got a used blender to chop my foam up and and figured out the seal is missing from the bleder jar.. and ideas on how i can reseal it so the water dont leak out?? as far as chopping the foam goes that went well.. thanks for any help.. hobo jim