• My stash of the green stuff!
      This lot should see me out I reckon. Having begun to finally run out of Woodland Scenics ground foam, it was time to save some money and make my own. After watching how simple it was on YT, I gave it a go. After buying a bag of recycled foam chunks, paint and even a cheap new blender, I’ve saved a lot of money just for this project.

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      • please share the tip

        • @casey-jones sure. I’ll start by saying there a some great how-to’s on YouTube but suffice to say, it is very srraight forward.

          Foam , particularly sponge. I bought a big bag of recycled foam which is just diced up off cuts of various shades. You can used car wash sponges.

          These will need to be reduced in size. I tried a mincer but didn’t have success so I bought a cheap kitchen blender which does the job. To colour it, cheap artists acrylics. I bought a 500ml bottle of blue and yellow but wound up using the smaller plastic squeeze tubes which already have suitable shades of green.

          You squirt the paint into a bowl. Start with a desert spoon full. I added a little water to stretch it out a bit.

          Grab your sponge and push it into the bowl and really squish it right in there. Work it around by squeezing and twisting it up tight. The paint will ooze out, so you can move it to another spot. Once the whole thing is a consistant colour it’s time to shred.

          It doesn’t really matter the sequence, either letting it dry first then shredding, or, shredding while it’s still damp. Damp makes it heavier so it stays down by the blades. Dry makes it fluffy and by tilting the blender the foam flows around and it all gets a turn.

          I’m still thinking of how I can shred it to a smaller particle size with out clagging up the blade assy. I just thought of using my mortar&pestle…that’ll work.

          Once you’re happy with the size, lay it out to dry.

          As you see, I used the larger aluminium baking trays. You might want to put them in the oven to speed up drying. Check on it as you go and you might want to fluff it around.

          Once dry, bag it or have at it!!

        • What a money saver! And looks great too. Nicely done.

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