Foam Experiment

[Perpetua]

In the absence of any of my favourite blue foam, have been doing a little research into alternative suitable substitutes.

This one, has so far been my favourite . . .

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It wicks really well, goes a long way as it's 15mm deep as opposed to 5mm and you get 4 good size pieces.

I also bought a pack of this foam, again it's performing really well - just a bit more work cutting it to size as it's a bag of off cuts, but you get a heck of a lot of foam for 80grams.

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[ragjoy]

perpy,
i was using this before i got the american blue foam precut.
i found it great on both normal and LRs attys, whereas i find foam rubbish on normal 901s, normal 901s dont burn it up quick enough and you get flooding or a gob full IMHO that is.
if i couldnt get the real foam i would always use fluval 2+.
and that price is very very cheap, pet shops £5 to £7.
it took me a week or so to get it right with fluval, but then i was a newbie anyway ( not like now not much i dont know )
raggy...............

[Scylla]

I've got a big box of ornery Fluval, a big piece of Hanow's wadding, and quite a bit of James's blue foam (I bought some and he sent me a freebie of a different type) - and lots of very old unused filled carts

I shan't need any more in a hurry no matter how good it is, which really pees me off

scylla

[beeper]

hey thanks perps for opening a discussion re foam!- hooray, i love experiments : )

the very trickiest thing i find with using the fluval 2+ is peeling down the layers to the best thickness- the width and length is the easy bit, the thickness however is another matter!! i'm still getting it wrong with splitting into two then binning the peeled off excess..does this make any sense to anyone else?! too skinny and the juice runs through- too fat and you have to huff and puff to get a decent draw.. xx

[ragjoy]

Jan 10, 2011 20:30:05 GMT beeper said:

hey thanks perps for opening a discussion re foam!- hooray, i love experiments : )

the very trickiest thing i find with using the fluval 2+ is peeling down the layers to the best thickness- the width and length is the easy bit, the thickness however is another matter!! i'm still getting it wrong with splitting into two then binning the peeled off excess..does this make any sense to anyone else?! too skinny and the juice runs through- too fat and you have to huff and puff to get a decent draw.. xx

beeper,
just my method, cut about 7mm wide and 12mm long max.
dont roll it, just pick it up high up the tweezers ( top and bottom layer clamped) and slide to the bottom of the tweezers, then put it in the cart.
12mm is probably too long but put it in but dont pull the tweezers out, if its to long slide it a bit further down the tweezers and snip off a bit, after using it for an hour or so you might find its not loose enough ( juice wont flow), slide it out (wet) grip it with the tweezers as before and trim a bit of the sides whilst holding it with the tweezers.
i find it best too make it too big first let it swell then trim rather than knowing what size is dead right and going for it in one go.
if you understand this give it a go, if you dont just ask.
you need a good pair of little scissors.
raggy..............

[Perpetua]

I thought it was a great price Raggy, am really impressed with it . . . it's brill in the mega carts as well, as they seem to gobble up the foam.

What I'm doing Beepsie is cutting it across the width to about the right length for a cart, rather than trying to pare down the actual thickness. . . . if that makes sense!

Will send you some to try Scylla in your EM order.

[Scylla]

You twisted my arm, {{{Perpy}}}

scylla

[jimmybat]

fyi foam has arrived over and out

[magicma]

Put me down for some please, Jimmy. Are you back here yet? MM