A person's desire for beauty has always been evaluated.deservedly. And the creation of objects of art from various materials helps to decorate any territory for a holiday in a variety of ways or to establish the resulting product for the joy of the eye for a long time. Figures from polyfoam cope with the task.
Product advantages
Объемные фигуры из пенопласта становятся an essential attribute of any designer when working to decorate a room for a wedding or anniversary. From expanded polystyrene beautiful crafts are created for the dacha or for the area adjacent to the house. Advantages of products are that they have properties that no other material has.
- Ease. Things from this material are lightweight, which makes it easy to place them on the walls in the form of decor.
- Volume Foam plastic figures can easily give the desired look, it is enough to correctly follow the prepared sketch.
In addition, the material is not subject to reaction withcement, gypsum, roofing material, will not harm him or ammoniac, or compounds of organic acids. However, it is worth remembering that polystyrene foam instantly reacts to liquids that contain acetone or gasoline.
Tools
To create a foam piece with your own hands, you should stock up on some tools:
- Эскиз.The picture from which the figure will be created must have clear details and take into account the width of the volume of the future masterpiece. It will not be superfluous to have several copies of sketches if the part has too complicated edges.
- A piece of foam.It is necessary to take into account the thickness of the material when calculating the manufacture of the product. For a quality result, it is better to take a polystyrene foam with a fine-grained structure. It will crumble less, and the edges of the crafts will be smooth.
- Jigsaw. This tool allows you to cut off the waste surface from the piece and form the product as a whole.
- Nichrome wire or metal string, saw, hacksaw, devices for trimming excess parts of foam.
- Станок для поддержки заготовки.With a small craftsmanship the need for a machine is not necessary, but if the workpiece has a large number of parts or its size is large for a hand, then it is worth thinking about fixing.
Some craftsmen warm up the cutting tool before cutting out for smoother edges of the product. In addition, this operation allows the foam to not crumble.
Decoration of products used in the room
The foam figures themselves serveintermediate material between the finished crafts and a piece of material. To bring the product to an aesthetic appearance, you can use various additional things. This can be fabric or paper for decoration if the form will be used indoors. Beautifully look indoors products from foam, decorated with leather. With proper performance and a bit of fantasy, you can create a thing for repeated use.
Decorating products for the street
Handicrafts for use in gardensrequire more diligence in the final processing of the product. First of all, you should think about the protective properties of the product from atmospheric phenomena. This may be cement, assembly foam, putty for external works or plaster, which will give the foam hardness and the desired structure. To weight some designs, the material can be poured both inside the product and placed on top of it. After the protective layer is completely dry, you can start painting the object, you just have to remember about the choice of material - kerosene-based paints, benzene can damage the finished product.
