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| |  Posted 6/23/2007 12:12:19 AM | |
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| debbieInSacramento (6/22/2007)
Hi Kathy and any other Tuff-R experts, I went to Lowe's (my Home Depot did not carry) for Tuff-R and I'm ready to get to work this weekend. I have 4 ft. paper copies of the buddies (we have a huge printer at work) and I want to make them look like cut-outs. Need advice: do I glue the paper onto the foam and then cut both the paper and foam out at the same time? Or do I cut the paper out first, trace around the foam, cut the foam, then try to match the 2 together? Then my other question is in gluing: do I glue it to the blue/foil that is on the Tuff-R board, or do I try to peel that off first? HELP! I bought a styrafoam hot cutter which I'm hoping might work on this Tuff-R since I want to try to cut as close to the edge of the figure as possible. Not sure that will work. Any advice is very appreciated! Debbie K pastorjoe777 (6/22/2007)
I am sure Kathy is more experienced on this one, but I will tell you what I did for one of my buddies. I cut the buddy out first (left about 1" white around). Then I used spray adhesive to glue it unto the blue side of the board.* Then I cut around the buddy. Again, this was done with a new steak knife. It cut clean and easily. *Note- I sprayed both the poster and the board and waited about 30 seconds before positioning. My husband and son did just as PJ stated. They started some by applying a Scene Setter background to the foam first then cutting out a larger area but later decided they liked them closer and did it how PJ said without the Scene Setter background. They look great. You can paint around the edges of the foam to match to make it look better. Do not use a hot knife on the Tuff-R. I would think the fumes might be toxic. It is made from polyisocyanurate and I am not sure without looking up the MSDS what the health risk would be. Not sure the hot knife would even work with the backing anyway. Can you return the hot knife? You don't even need anything but a sharp knife with Tuff-R. Just found this on the Dow website regarding their product- COMBUSTIBLE: Protect from high heat sources. Local building codes may require a protective or thermal barrier. For more information, consult MSDS, call Dow at 1-866-583-BLUE (2583) or contact your local building inspector. In an emergency, call 1-989-636-4400. I also read in another article that when burned it produces a thick black toxic smoke.
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| |  Posted 6/23/2007 9:00:29 AM | |
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| | Thanks Kathy and PJ! Have not opened the heat cutter so will return it. Was just talking to my husband about my plans and he also thought it might be toxic. Thanks for watching my back! I'm off to cut with a knife! deb |
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| | I used a skill saw which makes a bit of a mess - snow flurry of white balls - but it's super fast and easy and makes a nice, clean cut. I tried the hot knife but had trouble with it because it sometimes left a scalloped edge, would get too hot and shut off, and it smelled terrible.
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