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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: What Paint to Use on Styrafoam?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:06:19 GMT
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- In article <Mf3YwCm00iV301JV82@andrew.cmu.edu> Lawrence Curcio <lc2b+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
- >You may want to use rigid polyurethane foam instead of styrofoam. It
- >looks the same, but it's impervious to most solvents, its stronger, and
- >it doesn't melt when heated (though it gets soft).
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- >It's a little harder to find, though. Try art stores (it's used in
- >sculpture). Some boating stores actually stock the resin. You can mold
- >your own shapes. The resin may not yield a snow-white foam, but you're
- >going to paint your model anyway.
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- There is a rigid, fine-grained foam that is sold in craft stores (you
- know, the place where you find the popsicle sticks, T-shirt paint, fra-
- ming supplies, oil paints, flower arrangement supplies...
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- Strangely enough the one I like to frequent up in Indy also carries rock-
- ets... I used to go there for covering material.
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- The foam comes in many shapes - donuts, disks, and spheres of various
- sizes.
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