Best Way To Cut Thick Craft Foam

Select a metal cookie cutter in the shape you want to cut and press it down evenly through the foam.

Best way to cut thick craft foam.

Ways to cut craft foam by jeanne paglio. For thick foam cut about halfway through the foam. It s the dumb way to cut foam. Move the knife slowly along the markings so that you can see your progress because you will need to cut accurately and linearly so as to ultimately have satisfying results.

Purchase your foam here. Alternatively use a large razor. Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above. Foam sheets aren t thick and will fit within the parameters of the cutter.

It was time consuming messy far from accurate and doing the curves was a real pain. Start cutting the foam place the foam on the floor or onto a hard level surface and use an electric knife to cut along the lines you marked if the foam is not so thin. Cut a smooth even line slowly. Cut the foam with an electric knife the type used for carving turkeys.

This technique offers a better cut than straight edge scissors can provide. Push the edge of the foam against the ridge of the cutter at the top so the foam sheet is even and then run the blade along the section to be cut. One of the things i neglected to mention in my banquette building post was how to cut the foam.