hey cosplayers I'm super excited about
this video today and I know you've
probably all had this problem you're
trying to Sanding EVA foam maybe cleaning
up a bevel trying to sand down
something shape something and you just
can't seem to get the EVA foam
smooth end up with like rough edges or
these little like fuzzy bits and things
like that you just can't get it to go
smooth if you've had this problem
make sure and comment right below sand
go right now comment in the comments the
word sand alright
I'm super excited to share some tricks
with you guys today on sanding foam so
that you can actually be able to sand it
and get it smooth alright so let's head
on over here
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start off with number one thing that to
determine being able to sand it and get
it smooth is depending on what type of
VV a foam you're using right so not all
EPA foams are created equal
you have the format foam which is
definitely going to be like the cheapest
and expensive find it anywhere
kind of thing but it's a it's a very
soft PVA foam and especially when it
comes to sanding it can be a little bit
trickier I'll show you some tricks some
tips with it and then you move on to
kind of the high density cosplay foams
and you know those work a lot better
they're gonna be smooth on both sides
great for cosplay and I'll show you kind
of how how to work with those as well
and get those to sand smooth similar
similar techniques with those is with
this and then we have our what the foam
which is kind of more of like a
combination between kind of like worbla
and Evi a foam has a little lot more
durability to it density and everything
that and kind of more of a higher
plastic content type of thing to it and
so that's going to be a little bit
different to build a sand as well and it
definitely sands smooth
just by default so let's go ahead and
jump in I'll show you guys kind of what
we're talking about I'm going to put
this on as ice and to kind of protect me
from the sand dust call it the sand it
bandit all right I've got two Dremel x'
here this one is the when rotary tool I
will put the link to this in the
description it's I've had this thing for
three or four years it was only 20 bucks
on Amazon works great especially for
sanding with foam I wouldn't recommend
it necessarily using it to do like
cutting grinding metal or anything like
that but on a UVA foam it just keeps
going and going and it was pretty
inexpensive works great
it's corded which does have its
limitations I've recently got this the
Milwaukee cordless sander and this thing
is phenomenal I love this thing so I'll
put links to both of these in the
description but I'll be using both to
show you kind of the two the different
techniques and what type of heads you'll
want to use for Sammy
so to start off with let me show you you
would think if you're gonna sand foam
that you'd use the sanding barrel on a
dremel right let me show you what
happens with that
so there's those were these three phones
and then here's what the phone and so
you can see it takes away a lot it eats
away a lot really quick and so you have
to be really careful and then also too
it's gonna be pretty rough you're what
you have have left so let me show you on
the what the phone
so now this takes a little bit longer to
eat it away you can press harder and get
it to go but there's a lot less it's not
as deeper grooves it's still a little
bit rougher of a sand than like a
perfectly smooth sand but you can
definitely see that it's a big
improvement compared to some of the the
softer foams but not to say that you
can't work with these other ones I'm
gonna show you how to get those to go
smooth so in with these foams what you
want to do is use the sanding barrel to
sand deep get like you know kind of your
big deep shape get kind of the basic
overall shape going but if you're
wanting to do like a little sand just
kind of barely sand it or get to the
stage where you're gonna actually give
it a smoother it's gonna be similar to
sanding wood or most anything you're
gonna kind of go up to a higher grit as
you go to smoother and smoother and so
basically then what you're gonna do is
switch over to a stone bit if you're
wanting to get a nice really smooth sand
on any of these foams a stone bit is
gonna be where you're gonna be able to
get that right so if I show you you've
got this rough edge right that you have
and you're like oh man I need to fix
this take your stone barrel
I don't know that's translating on
camera but you can see there's not all
those like strafing marks and everything
like that is gonna be a lot smoother
surface that's gonna carry over to the
same thing here I'm gonna actually just
do it right next to it so you can see
the difference
and on on these phones this will
actually still you can still eat a
weight quite a bit with this so
generally I just keep the the thumb
barrel some day
okay so you can see I don't know if you
could hear me while I was saying that
but you can see how you've got these
kind of deep grooves there deep grooves
here these are gonna be a lot smoother
and then from there you can kind of come
in with a high grit sanding stick and I
got this trick from evil Ted check out
his YouTube channel if you haven't heard
of him typing an evil Ted on YouTube
he's amazing I had some awesome ideas he
just took sandpaper got these free paint
sticks and just kind of glues them to it
and you had this little sanding stick
just go up to a nice high grip 220 or
400 and then from there you can kind of
just come in with with these and you
know get that kind of try to sand it
down smoother if you if you couldn't get
it well enough with your with your stone
bit usually I find the stone bit to be
pretty decent but you do have this
option especially if you're just trying
to get like a you know an easier like
just kind of small little sand you can
do the same thing sticks so let me show
you what the stone bit looks like on the
what the foam so I'll do it right next
to this here's the into this so it
doesn't eat it away near as quickly as
on the other one
so you can see just how beautiful smooth
that is there right so that's some of
the basics on sandy
to recap start off with use the sanding
barrel on softer foams minimally unless
you're needing to really just take away
a bunch of heat up a bunch of foam and
really sand it down quite a bit
otherwise stick with your stone bit
because it's really gonna help just kind
of keep it that sanding a lot smoother
and it'll still you know eat through it
a decent pace and then if you're working
with something like what the phone and
you can get away with the sanding barrel
and actually going to get you a pretty
smooth surface for the most part and
then once you heat that up with the heat
gun just run it run it across the smooth
surface and for like paths a quick like
flame across it and then rub it against
a smooth surface and that'll get you a
super smooth anyway but also to the
stoma bit does get you really nice and
smooth on it so those are the basic tips
on that thank you guys so much give us a
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getting some of these sanding techniques
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please answer the question what is your
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working with EB a phone alright so what
is your single greatest challenge when
it comes to working with EB a phone and
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an upcoming video thank you guys so much
cause by all my friends take care
