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Re: foam with rondo+ steps for painting foam here and boots galore

heres vid of closeup finish to show how rigid it can be with the 7 step method I posted and real shiny too:D Its 3mm foam painted white for a customer.
 
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the mod podge you're using, it's labeled "clear acrylic sealer gloss" right ? I'd like to try out your method on a neck piece, but none of the stuff you're using even exist here, so I need to find everything off Amazon... And any wood glue would work, not just Elmer I guess ?
Also, the bulldog stuff is impossible to import at all outside the US, would plasti-dip do the trick instead ?

By the way, MK 8 boots soon :lol ?
 
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hey doc,
Your're a legend and you really helped me out with my build.
i came up with a little something that helped give the rondo abit extra strength, during the sealing phase i pva glued some fibreglass cloth onto the foam on areas where it might seem weak. once the glue dried it pretty much made it solid... from there i just applied the rondo over the top... it really helped avoid cracking and any damage onto the rondo
I sort of think of it as a hardening base, anyway i thought ill put it out there as a tip for the future
 
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teragon said:
the mod podge you're using, it's labeled "clear acrylic sealer gloss" right ? I'd like to try out your method on a neck piece, but none of the stuff you're using even exist here, so I need to find everything off Amazon... And any wood glue would work, not just Elmer I guess ?
Also, the bulldog stuff is impossible to import at all outside the US, would plasti-dip do the trick instead ?

By the way, MK 8 boots soon :lol ?
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I think any acrylic sealer should work, And yea any wood glue would work as long as its watered down and I think wood glue would be stronger too. I want to try using wood glue but forget everytime I got to the store lol. As for the mark 8 coming soon lol just been realy busy with orders even building a full mark 7 suit for a customer. But once done with boot you'll be the first one I show:D Is thereany kind of adhesion promoters in your area?

wolf90 said:
hey doc,
Your're a legend and you really helped me out with my build.
i came up with a little something that helped give the rondo abit extra strength, during the sealing phase i pva glued some fibreglass cloth onto the foam on areas where it might seem weak. once the glue dried it pretty much made it solid... from there i just applied the rondo over the top... it really helped avoid cracking and any damage onto the rondo
I sort of think of it as a hardening base, anyway i thought ill put it out there as a tip for the future
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thanks wolf! Thats a great tip never thought of that, I will for sure try that and thanks for posting it:)
 
Re: foam with rondo+ 7 steps for painting foam here and vid of paint job closeup

Just wanna show another job I'm also working on, a full Mark 7 suit for a customer. Arms completed:D
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Re: foam with rondo+ 7 steps for painting foam here and vid of paint job closeup

thanks fellas! makes me real anxious to finish mine:lol
 
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thanks ! and nice job on your arm.
Regarding the adhesion promoter, I have yet to find one here... Auto5 has a decent choice of Motip stuff (it's duple color with another name, go figure...) but didn't see anything labeled adhesion promoter... Gonna keep looking...
 
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teragon said:
thanks ! and nice job on your arm.
Regarding the adhesion promoter, I have yet to find one here... Auto5 has a decent choice of Motip stuff (it's duple color with another name, go figure...) but didn't see anything labeled adhesion promoter... Gonna keep looking...
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No problem, And good luck finding somthing and if theres any way I can help let me know:)
 
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Dude your work is amazing !!! Kudos to you. Ive just read all 27 pages of this thread and i only hope after a few attempts I can build something close to that good!!!!!! Any tips/tricks you could share about the building process in general, any help is good help for me!!!

redir
 
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D3L1V3R4NC3 said:
Dude your work is amazing !!! Kudos to you. Ive just read all 27 pages of this thread and i only hope after a few attempts I can build something close to that good!!!!!! Any tips/tricks you could share about the building process in general, any help is good help for me!!!

redir
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Hey thanks bud:) Sure any way I can help. Ya did a good job on your helmet. Heres is the main tip for building is to take your time on the cuts. The cleaner the better. Which suit are you building?
 
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docholiday78 said:
Hey thanks bud:) Sure any way I can help. Ya did a good job on your helmet. Heres is the main tip for building is to take your time on the cuts. The cleaner the better. Which suit are you building?
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Thanks man means a lot
Im making the Mark 6 helm with the sharkbeetle stealth pdo
 
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wow man lookin class! im a bit worried about doing my paint gonna have to do some experimenting when time comes my arm bits did crack when flexed painted them a while back, will have to finish building first tho lol
 
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thanks Peejfro, check out the finished white version:cool
 
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