Best Way To Cut Thick Craft Foam

This technique offers a better cut than straight edge scissors can provide.

Best way to cut thick craft foam.

Cut the foam with cookie cutters. Our upholstery manager bernie shows you how to cut foam with a bread knife. Purchase your foam here. One of the things i neglected to mention in my banquette building post was how to cut the foam.

Select a metal cookie cutter in the shape you want to cut and press it down evenly through the foam. Having no money i cut through five inch thick foam sections by making repeated swipes with a cheapie utility knife like the one above. It s the dumb way to cut foam. To cut soft or rigid foam that s 1 2 inch 12 mm thick or less lay the foam flat on your work surface.

Cut the foam with an electric knife the type used for carving turkeys. 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. Foam sheets aren t thick and will fit within the parameters of the cutter. 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.

Alternatively use a large razor. For thick foam cut about halfway through the foam. Cut a smooth even line slowly.