Anyone know where to get "pluck & pull" foam? Want to reline my Royale & Boss cases for ZERO movement while transporting. Coulda Googled it but I like hearing from you guys!
PLUCK & PULL FOAM?
- Thread starter Gerry52
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Search Amazon and ebay. The sizes are usually close to those of the high dollar cases but I have found some close to the plano cases. Regardless, trimming the outer edges isn't a big deal when dealing the pluck foam.
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I’m about to pluck my new foam case tomorrow. Any tips? I was going to trace the outline, keeping it as tight as possible. Never done it before.
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The real trick is getting solid foam and using a hot wire or a buddy's laser to cut it exactly. I use both in various gun/camera cases. Just my 2c.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=foam+cutter
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=foam+cutter
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@Gerry52 if you want ZERO movement as you said, then get the thick solid foam from these guys and cut the pattern out yourself, it will look and hold better than pluck and pull foam:
https://www.thefoamfactory.com/packagingfoam/pickandpullgridcr.html
Then trace the outline of what you want in the case with a Sharpie marking pen and cut it out with this cutter.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=foam+cutter
Or use an electronic meat carving knife. I used a new $15.00 electric meat carving knife to cut the foam in my case and it worked perfectly. Though there is likely one sitting in a drawer in the kitchen not being used. There's a lot of videos of the process on YouTube, searching "cutting foam cases". The one rule to cutting foam with a meat carver is to not push the carving knife into the cut too hard. You let the knife oscillate and cut at it's pace, you just move it slow and steady along the traced line.
https://www.thefoamfactory.com/packagingfoam/pickandpullgridcr.html
Then trace the outline of what you want in the case with a Sharpie marking pen and cut it out with this cutter.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=foam+cutter
Or use an electronic meat carving knife. I used a new $15.00 electric meat carving knife to cut the foam in my case and it worked perfectly. Though there is likely one sitting in a drawer in the kitchen not being used. There's a lot of videos of the process on YouTube, searching "cutting foam cases". The one rule to cutting foam with a meat carver is to not push the carving knife into the cut too hard. You let the knife oscillate and cut at it's pace, you just move it slow and steady along the traced line.
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@MikeVV, I know about Google but I figured guys on the forum had real, like experience relating to gun cases & might have some applicable tips. It's nice to get human, as opposed to search engine replies. Thanks for pointing out the obvious!
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Just did my Uragan in the Plano. A bit tedious since I didn’t want to overly enlarge the hole. I went one little square of foam smaller all the way around initially, then could see where I needed to pluck the final pieces out. Mine is still a bit tight in some places but am going to leave it that way for a few uses and decide if the few remaining tight spots actually need to be removed or not.
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The electric filet knife works good too. I have a row of foam where plucking the whole thing will give too much play so I’m going to use the filet knife to trim half the pluck cube as needed.
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