Screen accurate BTTF2 hoverboard foam? What is it?
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Mike J.
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We'd call it 'foamboard' or 'foamcore' over here, I think: about a quarter of an inch of cheap foam sandwiched between two sheets of cardstock. I don't know what you guys might call it over there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore
Any office supply store or crafts store / print shop should have it; it's frequently used for making large / cheap signs, posters, mounting things to, etc.
As far as I know, it comes in all-white and all-black. You're gonna have to use a less ... chemically aggressive paint on it, not like a rattlecan spraypaint (serious solvents) but something more like the cheap, kid-safe paint you'd find at the craft store (acrylic or latex based).
As for a putty or filler to use on that board, I can't think of one off the top of my head... It's an open cell foam and a cardstock paper; they're not at all easy to sand cleanly...
-MJ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore
Any office supply store or crafts store / print shop should have it; it's frequently used for making large / cheap signs, posters, mounting things to, etc.
As far as I know, it comes in all-white and all-black. You're gonna have to use a less ... chemically aggressive paint on it, not like a rattlecan spraypaint (serious solvents) but something more like the cheap, kid-safe paint you'd find at the craft store (acrylic or latex based).
As for a putty or filler to use on that board, I can't think of one off the top of my head... It's an open cell foam and a cardstock paper; they're not at all easy to sand cleanly...
-MJ
I think the craft store 3/4"-1" thick foam core in the states here, is actually two smaller cores "sandwhiched" together with glue, then the paper on the outside.
You could use the pink insulation foam from hardware stores. I know Hdtheater uses those for his gravestones. He glued two of them together to make them thick, but one sheet thickness might be perfect for the hover board dimensions.
You could use the pink insulation foam from hardware stores. I know Hdtheater uses those for his gravestones. He glued two of them together to make them thick, but one sheet thickness might be perfect for the hover board dimensions.
cavx
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What ever it was made from, the board Marty rides was very light and strong enough to be tech screwed to his shoes. There was a 720P video showing them use a Markita cordless drill to screw through the midsole of the MAG shoes into the board. Before that video, we had been wondering why the screen worn pairs all had the same damage. Same treatment would have been done to MJF's stand ins or stunt guys.
