Where to get EVA foam sheets

[PETEDKAT]

No seriously where is everyone getting all of their foam from? I have tried Walmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, the craft store... and come up empty.

Do I have to special order it? And if so from where?
Amazon? China? The foam fairy?

Thanks in advance

 

[Darth Vapor]

Home depot has 1/2" foam squares in their flooring department. If you want some in stock,mthe only place I can find is Sears Best Step 1/4" rolls. You have to cut and flatten, but that is easy with a heat gun. Sears online has them for 19.99 and will ship free to your door in 2-3 days. 24.99 in the store. You will need 2-3 rolls to complete a suit. Harbor freight also has floor mats.

 

[msleeper]

Sears sells the Best Step in interlocking sheets as well, if you can find them then go for that. Flattening out the rolls is a pain in the ass. In my experience, the 1/2" foam is honestly too thick and too stiff to be any use for anything except N7 style builds.

FoamTiles.com sells 1/2" sheets but the ones I got from them were just a hair thinner (8mm), and they are much less stiff than the 1/2" ones that Lowes or Home Depot carries. Their prices are cheaper and they have free shipping.

I've also been hearing that Big Lots sells large 1/4" rolls of anti-fatigue mat for very cheap. I haven't used it personally but a friend of mine used it on her Iron Man build and the result was amazing.

 

[Recognizer]

My local walmart had sheets of anti-fatigue foam stacked with the doormats, too.

 

[Hobo Wan Kenobi]

Harbor freight has them for 10 bucks

4 Piece Anti-Fatigue Foam Mat Set

 

[Talisen]

Home Depot even has them online

EVA Foam Flooring-BS100-4HDT at The Home Depot

 

[PETEDKAT]

As always you guys have come through for me again! Thanks I will check out Sears for sure and there is a Harbor Freight near by so I will go there too. I think part of it is just not asking for the foam by the right name.... Im going around asking for EVA foam sheets when I should have been asking for "anti-fatigue foam" who knew?

Thanks again!

 

[Blazini]

msleeper - thanks for the Foamtiles.com tip
at 95 cents/sqft its a nice deal

attempting my first iron man build

 

[sq10e]

Another thing to do is go on the websites of those big chain stores, like k-mart or walmart or whatever and type in the search box that you are looking for foam floor mats

 

[Mig407]

Sears sells the Best Step in interlocking sheets as well, if you can find them then go for that. Flattening out the rolls is a pain in the ass. In my experience, the 1/2" foam is honestly too thick and too stiff to be any use for anything except N7 style builds.

FoamTiles.com sells 1/2" sheets but the ones I got from them were just a hair thinner (8mm), and they are much less stiff than the 1/2" ones that Lowes or Home Depot carries. Their prices are cheaper and they have free shipping.

I've also been hearing that Big Lots sells large 1/4" rolls of anti-fatigue mat for very cheap. I haven't used it personally but a friend of mine used it on her Iron Man build and the result was amazing.

I used 1/2 antifatigue mats from harbor freight to build my mkIV. They were cheaper and make a sturdier cosplay.

 

[torx]

lowes has the gray 12mm (i believe) anti fatigue mats in the back by the doors aisle
dunno why theyre back there, but they can be hard to find if you dont know where to look.

im buying from harbor freight next time.
unless someone here has a good place online for huge rolls

 

[Genises]

Anyone here in Australia, The Reject Shop is selling 16 square feet of foam for 12 bucks XD.

 

[darianwiccan]

For those looking for foam mats, Harbor Freight still sells the 4-packs.

4 Piece Anti-Fatigue Foam Mat