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#1 Drew is nerfing

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 05:55 PM

I am interested in purchasing foam. I have made several hundred stefans using home depot, grey foam, but when I play outside in a wooded area with my friends, they are hard to see on the ground. Not to mention that the quality of the foam is only mediocre. Do you guys know where I can get some red/orange colored foam that fits well in 1/2inch CPVC? I plan on buying several hundred feet.

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#2 ace of nerf

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:02 PM

Get some white foam from SwiFTNerf. It fits great in 1/2 cpvc and is easy to find.
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:05 PM

Get some white foam from SwiFTNerf. It fits great in 1/2 cpvc and is easy to find.

I would prefer red, orange, or other bright colored foam
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#4 Draconis

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Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:13 PM

Get some white foam from SwiFTNerf. It fits great in 1/2 cpvc and is easy to find.

I would prefer red, orange, or other bright colored foam



Well, that's the trick, isn't it? EVERYONE want bright, easy to find foam. Not many manufacturers, though. Check the trading section for Mrcrouse's red foam. That's really the only red or orange stuff around, though.
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:16 PM

Get some white foam from SwiFTNerf. It fits great in 1/2 cpvc and is easy to find.

I would prefer red, orange, or other bright colored foam



Well, that's the trick, isn't it? EVERYONE want bright, easy to find foam. Not many manufacturers, though. Check the trading section for Mrcrouse's red foam. That's really the only red or orange stuff around, though.



Well, Mod Man foam works pretty well in cpvc and it is red.
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 06:36 PM

Another option is painting the ends of your stefans with fluorescent colors.
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Posted 08 April 2009 - 07:18 PM

You use BBs as weights, right? Just get a damned metal detector (If you have one) or a magnet wand out and start waving it around. BBs are usually steel shot, plated in copper, and they're definitely magnetic. This is what I do with my stefans.



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Posted 08 April 2009 - 08:45 PM

Get some white foam from SwiFTNerf. It fits great in 1/2 cpvc and is easy to find.

I would prefer red, orange, or other bright colored foam


I find that SwiFTNerf's foam is quite a bit easier to find than gray foams. It sticks out in the grass, though not as well as red foam.
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#9 Drew is nerfing

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 09:14 PM

You use BBs as weights, right? Just get a damned metal detector


plastic bb's are not metal though...

Another option is painting the ends of your stefans with fluorescent colors.


I do that already, I use shiny gold glitter glue. However, most stefans, including mine, are weighted so that the tips are to the ground after they are shot, and the head of the dart isn't visible, so bright/brighter colored foam is a must.
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#10 Draconis

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Posted 12 April 2009 - 09:30 PM

You use BBs as weights, right? Just get a damned metal detector


plastic bb's are not metal though...

Another option is painting the ends of your stefans with fluorescent colors.


I do that already, I use shiny gold glitter glue. However, most stefans, including mine, are weighted so that the tips are to the ground after they are shot, and the head of the dart isn't visible, so bright/brighter colored foam is a must.



And plastic BBs are pointless as weights. They are less dense than hot glue. So just add more hot glue, right? Use metal weights, or don't use them at all. It's silly.
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Posted 13 April 2009 - 12:07 AM

Unless you're nerfing in the snow, white darts are just as easy to find as orange/red darts, and white foam is so much easier to find online. White foam also seems to be inherently very dense and high-quality.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 09:12 AM

i suggest getting this mile high foam right now its on sale for 10 cents per foot from its manufacturer http://www.bestmater...acker-rod-12-cc. I just ordered 100 ft of this foam for 15 dollars with shipping and handling to my front door.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 09:36 AM

Unless you're nerfing in the snow, white darts are just as easy to find as orange/red darts, and white foam is so much easier to find online. White foam also seems to be inherently very dense and high-quality.

I have nerfed in the snow with them, and they are surprisingly easy to find.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 10:20 AM

I like whatever is able to fit my barrels. And you're welcome.
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#15 Drew is nerfing

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Posted 17 April 2009 - 11:24 AM

I like whatever is able to fit my barrels. And you're welcome.

Thanks alot. I have a question though, how much is 1 quantity? it says 10 cents per quantity, so what is the quantitative value? 1 foot?
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 12:17 PM

I like whatever is able to fit my barrels. And you're welcome.

Thanks alot. I have a question though, how much is 1 quantity? it says 10 cents per quantity, so what is the quantitative value? 1 foot?


yes so if you want 20ft you put quantity 20, if you want 40ft you put quantity 40, and so on and so forth
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:24 PM

I am interested in that red foam as well. If anyone buys it I'd be happy to buy a sample, or at least see a review of it.
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 03:26 PM

Isn't OMC going to have a new supply of colored foam sometime soon?
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Posted 17 April 2009 - 04:55 PM

Just a heads up on that BSI foam. NOT RED. More info here

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Posted 27 February 2010 - 08:50 PM

You use BBs as weights, right? Just get a damned metal detector (If you have one) or a magnet wand out and start waving it around. BBs are usually steel shot, plated in copper, and they're definitely magnetic. This is what I do with my stefans.



And, I could swear there's a rule, or at least needs to be one, about posting these threads.

i think so to
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 11:13 PM

I cant agree any more. I must have seen half a million of these threads asking "What foam fits cpvc?" "What barrel materials are good for stock darts?" "Were can i get good foam?". People, search. If you cant find anything in the site's search engine, then search with google. Remember, google is your friend. This is all you have to do:
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Edited by erich76, 28 February 2010 - 10:36 AM.

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