Safe Paints For Foam Replica Repairs

[Plokman]

Hey all got myself a small quandary here. A little while back I went to a Comic con like I've been doing for three years now and finally found the perfect replica of The Master Sword and purchased it right then. I noticed a few days later that my playing around with the sword caused the paint on the handel (Since I got the Nintendo Power Comic Black design from that old Zelda comic drawn by the creator of Cyborg 009 it's a Goldenrod like color.) has began to peel. While I knew that would happen and I'd need to touch up now and again I'm not sure if I have paint in the house that won't eat through the foam.

Anyone know what would be safe I'm not positive but I'm 99% sure it's the same foam used for Nerf Swords or thos knock offs of same material horrible design. Thanks everyone.

 

[penabled]

I'm gonna guess that it is what is known to most prop makers and Cosplayers as EVA foam, which is fairly resilient to most chemicals. The stuff that would be likely to melt it isn't used in most paints to my knowledge. At least not the most commonly available paints. However it's still possible you could use some paint that had a solvent that would dissolve the paint that the original maker of the prop used and thus have even more of a problem. Acrylic air dry paint (craft store paint) is probably the safest to use when your not sure.

 

[Plokman]

I'm gonna guess that it is what is known to most prop makers and Cosplayers as EVA foam, which is fairly resilient to most chemicals. The stuff that would be likely to melt it isn't used in most paints to my knowledge. At least not the most commonly available paints. However it's still possible you could use some paint that had a solvent that would dissolve the paint that the original maker of the prop used and thus have even more of a problem. Acrylic air dry paint (craft store paint) is probably the safest to use when your not sure.

Ah I take it the stuff is stronger than it feels. Well I have some Acrylic paint pens just to be safe I'll ask my father to have a look over the foam he should be able to make it a absolute judgement on the foam. Thank you very much I thought it'd be acrylic paint but can never be too careful. I'll have much more choices with my Resin projects since ABS plastic is quite resistant and I plan to use ABS based since that's what Lego's are made of. Got to keep it close as I can am I right?