Foam Fall "Mounting" Troubles

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Foam Fall "Mounting" Troubles

Post by Specter » Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:57 pm

Long time no post! :i10:

Anyway, I recently had a request for all foam falls. I've added foam to falls before but never made a pair of "Just Foam" pieces.

I tried the "hole punch" method a long time ago but never had 'great' success with that, so this round I decided to try the "folding method", using multi-colored layers and rexlace. I started two pair, with different foam widths, and different Millimeters in density. Here's a snapshot:

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Now I got all the pieces cut, folded, and laced... The looked pretty awesome to me, until I tried to "mount" them on elastic, and then ribbon...

I guess the issue is that the 'pieces' are too wide and too thick to put a bunch together without most of them "falling flat" on the side of a bun or ponytail... :i6:

Showing the width compared to my hand (and these are only half the pieces! FOR ONE FALL!)

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This is the weird bundle of them I tried to lace together to "overlap" them in hopes they would all sit on top of hair

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My question is has anyone ever made "just foam falls" or even with "just foam and rexlace" and found a good way of mounting them so they aren't flopping to the side and laying flat?

The pink and black ones I made were much thinner and they seemed to string quiet nicely, but still I can only fit a few together before they start 'falling to the side' of the hair itself when mounted.

Any suggestions would be great! I wouldn't mind changing the "mounting media" like using a clip or something, but the request for the cool colored one specifically asks for ribbon or elastic.

Let me know f you have input! I'm all earbuds :i9:

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Re: Foam Fall "Mounting" Troubles

Post by rivetlicker_ » Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:00 pm

Only fold over 2 pieces at most, tie the rest to the back of the fold :)

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Re: Foam Fall "Mounting" Troubles

Post by dreadviolet » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:36 am

Foam is best when paired with some tubing that is lightweight and falls nicely. Rexlace does nothing but looks nice, so it doesn't really help.

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Foam strips need to be thin, but it is possible for them to be about 2cm wide.

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Re: Foam Fall "Mounting" Troubles

Post by Specter » Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:43 pm

Thanks for the input - I'm gonna deconstruct a little and see what happens...

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