is it safe to spray paint foam?

[Legolessed]

im building a plane with dollar tree foam board and was curious if i could spray paint the foam or if it would melt like if you put certain glues on it.

[iamdarkyoshi]

It melts

[Slottr]

^ Get some acrylic paints instead of using spray paint.

[ARikozuM]

I haven't seen any spray paints that won't destroy foam, so I'm going to say no.

[NTDaws]

It will melt, just like putting gasoline in a Styrofoam cup.

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, Legolessed said:

im building a plane with dollar tree foam board and was curious if i could spray paint the foam or if it would melt like if you put certain glues on it.

It depends on the paint but most general spray paints shouldn't have a problem especially if it's foam board that has a card layer. 

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

I haven't seen any spray paints that won't destroy foam, so I'm going to say no.

 

It destroys most foams.Some combinations do work.Such as foamie.But If you have a foam board with a cardboard base then yeah why not 

 

[Master Baiter™]

Wrap it with a thin layer of paper.

[Legolessed]

https://www.dollartree.com/Readi-Board-Foam-Boards/p16450/index.pro this is the foam board, i forgot to put it into the post

53 minutes ago, Master Baiter™ said:

Wrap it with a thin layer of paper.

 

1 hour ago, Himommies said:

 

It destroys most foams.Some combinations do work.Such as foamie.But If you have a foam board with a cardboard base then yeah why not 

 

 

1 hour ago, W-L said:

It depends on the paint but most general spray paints shouldn't have a problem especially if it's foam board that has a card layer. 

 

1 hour ago, Being Delirious said:

It will melt, just like putting gasoline in a Styrofoam cup.

 

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

I haven't seen any spray paints that won't destroy foam, so I'm going to say no.

 

1 hour ago, Slottr said:

^ Get some acrylic paints instead of using spray paint.

 

1 hour ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

It melts

 

[iamdarkyoshi]

1 minute ago, Legolessed said:

https://www.dollartree.com/Readi-Board-Foam-Boards/p16450/index.pro this is the foam board, i forgot to put it into the post

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They should work actually

[W-L]

1 minute ago, Legolessed said:

https://www.dollartree.com/Readi-Board-Foam-Boards/p16450/index.pro this is the foam board, i forgot to put it into the post

 

Yeah that should have no problems at all, a good trick with foam board is using hot glue to seal the edge if you are building a model and such.

[Legolessed]

1 minute ago, W-L said:

Yeah that should have no problems at all, a good trick with foam board is using hot glue to seal the edge if you are building a model and such.

 

2 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

They should work actually

im going to try a small piece of it. will report back

[Legolessed]

ignore this post, i accidentally made it

[Legolessed]

6 minutes ago, W-L said:

Yeah that should have no problems at all, a good trick with foam board is using hot glue to seal the edge if you are building a model and such.

 

7 minutes ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

They should work actually

it melts. very slowly though. When i sprayed the foam at first the foam melted partially away and then the paint started bubbling and the foam is slowly going away. welp

[You_are_a_cunt]

Most spraypaints will melt foam. You're looking for water-based paint or rubber paint (Plasti Dip)

[Hackentosher]

See Flite Test, they spray paint foam all the time.

 

[kirashi]

3 hours ago, Being Delirious said:

It will melt, just like putting gasoline in a Styrofoam cup.

Ah yes, the old gasoline and styrofoam mixture of goey dangerousness.  WARNING: Keep out of reach of sentient fire.