10 Tips and Tricks for EVA Foam!

We're sharing some of our top tips and tricks for working with EVA foam.

Whether you're a beginner starting with foam or just want to improve your foam-work, this video should have some tips to help you out.

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[bry]

I've had a lot of trouble working with that first foam you used (the really soft one). I bought like 4 different knives, and even tried a surgical knife and I still couldn't cut it well. This video helped me so much! Thanks :)

[jefflong]

So, these "tips" go far beyond cosplay, these are helpful in engineering foam solutions, shoe manufacturing, toys, building products, other consumer products so on. This is huge, because this has a tremendous amount of knowledge in a short 5 minute video. Like seriously... engineers and manufacturing facilities would pay good money to learn this stuff. THANK YOU!!!

[MiraScarletMade]

thank you SO much for these tips!! I am still intimidated by foam for some odd reason even though I've seen a ton of tutorials about using it and have used it in the past! hope to make some really cool armor one day that looks as clean as the work you guys do!

[morganleedom]

Watching you cut the foam is very satisfying

[harmonyqueue]

I have been using EVA for custom shelving in my cube organizers. One tip I can offer if you mess up a cut and end up with jagged lines or angles on your edges is to use a combination of soft sanding brushes (not the drum sanders!) and rubber or wool polishing tips with a Dremel at 15000rpm. The sanding brush will cleanly sand the edge with much better precision than the drum sanders since it's a mesh fiber. And the rubber polishing tip will friction melt large abnormalities, while the wool polishing tip will friction melt smaller ones. This takes a few seconds, but it allows you to fix messed up cuts and conserve materials.

[dyscea]

Where have you been all my life? All my casual research on foam armor always made it feel like rocket science.

Thank you for a very comprehensive jumping off point ❤❤❤

[darlingJasper]

My jaw was on the floor the whole time watching this, I feel like the game just changed for me. I’m pumped!! 😤✨ Thanks, guys!! 🥰

[ashturner]

This is such a great starting point for beginners in EVA! I make costumes for a living and do a ton of leatherwork, but EVA is sooo new and foreign to me. Thank you so much! *smashes the subscribe button & rings the bell*

[zalseon]

I love the my hero academia poster in the background

[ArrowheadCosplay]

I actually never thought about using gesso to fill seams! Thats an awesome idea!

[Phillip.E.Newmann]

Thanks! I was doing nearly everything wrong- a dull hobby knife, hot glue- this really helped.

[thefixerer]

I love a good EVA foam tutorial and this might be the most information packed one I've ever come across. Going into faves.

[ImmortalReaver]

1:10 I thought this was going to be the dull cut at first. A little tip I can provide here is when starting the cut don't just drag it through like it's shown here. You're damaging the beginning of the cut. Instead saw into the very edge to get it started then pull it through.

[armandberube]

Thank you ! I discovered your Instagram cosplay page by a friend and your ycosplays are amazing ! I was really impressed by your Armored Peach cosplay and it's extremely sweet and nice to know that you are ready to help beginners in the domain with foam ! Thank you !!

[noxraven]

This is the first video I am watching before freshly joining the cosplay community, already learned so much and I bet I'll come back to this channel for more!

[deliberatelypositive]

This is so helpful for beginners! Simple tips that aren't overwhelming. Thank you so much!

[zachariahbrown]

I am glad I took the time to find these vids. I was about to rush into a big rookie mistake! Thank you so much, and Stay Awesome!

[Black-Heart_X]

Using contact glue, flexible acrylic primer, and the recommendation of using modge podge were really great. Thank you!

[Corspufo.]

Excellent video! I've been wanting to get into this for a while, and never knew where to start. This gives me more confidence to get out there and try it!

[esiuolgirl]

Oh the heat gun on fluffy sanded edges was great!