Great video Ron. Thank you so much for the tutorial on how to do this. I have already made eight batches and four different colors. I also found that I can put small amounts in a small magic bullet blender. And it runs it up to fine foam. I do this with it dry. Thanks again

Great to see you practising safety with the blender 👍🏼 Loved the blooper, too 😁 Great vid. Thank you 🙏🏼

Hi Ron, very inspiring. Instead of a mixer I used a simple coffee grinder to dry grind the foam little by little. Then I just colored the 'fluffs' with acrylic paint & water. Just enough, for the foam sucks up the moisture anyway, and put it to dry in our wood burner over for about one hour. Result is the same. Works great ! Thanks for sharing !

I like the color you got from the avacado tint. I made quite a bit of this ground foam ground cover last year. I got a huge amont of foam from the left overs of the apartment next door's new carpet project. I still have several coffee cans full of uncolored foam that I ground in a coffee bean blender (no water for that technique). I used regular artists acrylic paints for coloring my ground cover. I got that avacado color by adding some burnt umber to the grass green blend I had already mixed for several batches. Thank you Ron, your tutorial turned out very nice.

Thanks for sharing Ron. and taking the time to make it.

FANTASTIC! Thanks for making the 'how to' video Ron. I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciated this. Again, great video! Now I just need to find an upholstery shop! ~Deryk Glass

Love the video Ron, great ideas, your sense of humour is very dry.👍👍👍 You'd do well here in the UK .Thanks for posting .

I am going to try this! I am at the point on my layout i can use this! Thanks for your ideas!

Great tutorial... I'm on a modeling forum where a member did something similar using spray foam insulation and acrylic craft paint. You spray the spray foam out of the can into a "loaf", let it set fully, then cut off the outer skin (which doesn't take paint well). Cut the "skinned" loaf into cubes, and grind/color much as you have... Not as cost effective, but not super expensive either. The benefit of using acrylic paint is that it is more colorfast than the "Tints-all" which is just pigment, without any kind of binder.

Tried this but with cheap acrylic paints and just water - no good. I recently tried again using an alcohol / water mix and hey presto! The tubes of paint cost $1.50 each the foam was from an old couch so super cheap ground cover/foliage. Nice video Ron

Thanks Ron, great help for Granddaughters project of Angel Falls.

I do my grinding and chopping up dry but I am going to try your method, as I don't have access to hobby supplies apart from on line making our own has always been the way, thankyou from Wairoa in New Zealand

Woodland Scenics who??? = )) This IS AWESOME, thanks so much Ron!

Hi Ron great video am in the uk England and I'll be doing this to my layout thanks for the video I think KZfaq is great for stuff like this cheers Paul

Great video ! Nice job ! Looks really good ! Thanks for sharing ! Martin

Thanks Ron definitely going to try this!

Thx. Been having difficy,type in finding tintsall. Found some spring green at Amazon and their price was 16.00 + for one tune . Still trying to locate product, I like your concept. Thx again

I wish I saw this video before I through out the foam I had laying around for years. Oh well!! Great video!! I'm just getting started on my N scale layout. This video was very helpful!!

One last tip. You can reuse the dye left over after one blend, it just makes it lighter, and it looks good.

Yea buddy! That's great to save money! Thanks for posting.

Absolutely brilliant vid! Thank you!

Hi Ron, seen your foam video for at least three times.. great job continue to make videos. I have blender will chop. Thanks Richard Gist Clovis, California

Well done Ron. Definitely worth doing it once I get an old blender. Not sure where I'll buy the tint locally however as all I have around here is Home Depot and Lowes. Hope they sell it. All the small hardware stores around here were forced out of business by the huge stores unfortunately.

Thanks very useful and clear instructions

Hi Ron. An alternative method is to grind the foam first with just water or water plus a few ice cubes to help cut the foam into a finer grind. Then, you strain and squeeze out as much water as you can and color with craft paint by hand in a separate bucket (messy, but gets the job done). I've seen some of the war gaming guys add white glue to the paint but I think you can skip that step. Thanks for the videos. The layout is looking fantastic.

thanks ron you just saved me a whole lot of money went to walmart spent pennies compared to if i bought a bag from woodland scenics!!!! thank you thank you!!!

Very nice !!! Great video,thanks a lot !!!

Great Vid Ron!

that a awesome how to video ron awesome video too!!!!

Great information. Thank you for sharing this. Technical suggestion: Audio levels need to be better balanced. The transition music just blasts our ears. Also, your narration with the blender open was drowned out by the blender motor. Most video programs allow you to do overdubs and/or mix audio channels. Cheers.

Thanks Ron for your advise. Regards, Gopal Daga/India

Great how to Ron. RT

You know it’s funny about two weeks ago I just started doing almost this exact thing except I was using acrylic paint from Walmart for around $.53 a bottle. The Kelley green looked really good. Except I was taking larger chunks and cutting them up with the scissors, consistently over and over again and I often try to figure out what would work to make them finer. Thank you for the video. This helps a lot!!!

I watched your video and was captivated on how this can be achieved with a minimal outlay of cash.. the best part for me is that rubbish,( trash) is being used, off cuts etc...great video.. well done and best wishes from the UK..

I do the same thing but use an electric coffee grinder and use cheap acrylic paints from Walmart. I believe the coffee grinder is much faster. Got my coffee grinder at a yard sale for $1.00.

Thank you Ron.

To save even more money, don't forget to go through local thrift stores for old blenders, electric knives, etc.

Took my eye of my blender for a few seconds and the foam blew the top right off it. What a freakin mess! Well, it’s a learning process right? Thank you for the video it’s gonna look great on my grandsons Zelda shrine diorama

Thank you.

thanks for the info

Loved it sir....pls suggest on making statics grass...homemade?

also thrift shops have cheap, nice, blenders. Make sure they have a tight lid, you don't want your re dye going everwhere

Cool and usefull vidio! Im trying to figure out a way to do this and mince it real fine for grass but im still watching your vidio maybe you cover that but awesome vidio!!

I tried sponges .... chop them up to small cubes but it gummed up my blender and the blender burned out. It seems upholstery foam is the best to use then? Can any other type of foam be used? The blender cost me 10 bucks so maybe I got what I payed for!

NICE!

Another source of foam to grind up is that old lounge someone is throwing out. I use it all the time.

I took a bit different tack. I had a defunct refrigerator. I got the molded plastic parts and shelves out, then removed the motor and heat exchanger as a unit right out the back of the freezer. I then stripped the plastic coating off the inside and beneath that is about 2-3" of rigid foam. I actually wanted the steel for car body repairs (it's a bit thin, but works in a pinch), but I also kept the foam. I started by grinding the foam right in the "box", but it soon filled up and started flying around. I then cut the fridge shell apart and removed the foam with a flat wrecking/crow bar. I shred the foam with my angle grinder and a wire cup brush. This raised a mess and a lot of waste, so I just recently cut a hole in some plywood for the tool arbor, fashioned a guard out of part of the metal from the fridge bottom, put that plywood into a large garbage can, and started shredding. The rigid foam grinds REALLY fast - a 6X6 inch chunk a few inches thick in a matter of a minute. But I warn you - this is VERY messy. You will need a filter mask, eye protection, and hair protection (a knit hat works fine). That stuff comes off the wheel and sticks to EVERYTHING. So a smallish fridge (14-16 foot) yielded 3 large trash bags of foam chunks. I'm through most of one bag and have created about 6 gallons of medium-grind foam. I feel much better about putting that into my blender. It should tax the motor much less than the soft stuff. I think I'll have to shoot a video on this.

Ron, could one use RIT Dye instead? I think I can get that here in Canada. I just went looking for a used blender and found one for $15. I passed but then went to Canadian Tire and got one on sale. Reg. $55 for $20 brand new.

Is this better than using sawdust? You know what? I'm going to do both.

great hints. ron tintsall available through amazon

Can I take Polisch Alcohol - Wódka 52% ? Great tutorial !!!

thx dude.. brilliant

Would this make a decent looking topsoil if chopped fine enough?

could you put the ground cover back in to the blender after it was dry to chop it up finer

Very nice model

Hi Ron, Made up a batch of flock sawdust in about 10-15 minutes. Paint, water, and sawdust. Super easy and super cheap. How do you adhear your stuff to the mountains? How do you adhear the very fine stuff as grass to your benchwork - with elmer's?? or modge podge? Bob

What could be an alternative to Tints all? I'm in Canada and have never seen it here. Blenders must be the number one wedding present everyone gets but never uses, see them at second hand stores and yard sales all the time.

What's the best way to apply the groundcover to your scene? Glue?

H Ron, Nice tutorial. For what I need the 93% alcohol? I Can't buy in our country 93% alcohol in the pharmacy or etc. Can I replace with wodka :) or some color thinner ?

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Can you offer some tips for applying the ground foam to a nearly vertical surface?

kind of worked,some crumbled,some stayed square,after 20 minutes.maybe pieces too large,1 in cubes.used acrylic,couldnt squeeze until dry,or original look.would appear?

Really impressed. Thank you very much. One question: Is the colouring paint acrylic?

Blend cheap car cleaning sponge in a little WATER. then you can SEE the scale of the chopped sponge. Colour with acrylic paints later!

I have a question, could this same way be done for flocking

Excellent...could you put it back in the blender to get a finer result?

Hi Ron, I am currently interested in making miniature models. May I know if we can use styrofoam to make the ground instead of foam? Thanks!

Could you use Acrylic paints to color the foam?

Quick question...can i use RIT die inplace of the tints all? Thx

How do you make your mountains? Also, Can I sell this stuff?

Can you get texture and size down enough to use for N-Scale?

Whats a cheaper kind of ballast? For HO

you could put it back through the blender while its dry to make it even finer .

What product do you use to apply the groundcover foam?

the cops are gonna be like uhm sir, lets roll one up

Nice job! Of course you need a full beard and to ramble a bit more, but I'm sure you'll take care of that in your next video ...

Can you use this outside ?

Was wondering if anyone has used fabric dye for this process?

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The cc on this video said blend for 83 minutes. Was that seconds I hope?

Here in Canada we don’t have Target

Hi I copyed what you did part from the paper it took days to dry next time am going to you paper cheers Paul

What can be used instead of Tints-all?

TY, Woodland Scenics is a ripoff! The BLENDER is the one issue I could not figure out.

I found a good blender at Goodwill for $4.

I have used craft paint. It works better than Rit, which I understand is pretty crappy dye.

Dihydrogen Monoxide

The best thing to do with politics, cover it up with green goob. Hahaha :))

blender 13.00 foam very cheap acrylic paint dirt cheap!!

Enjoy the hobby but PLEASE always use a mask and do this in ventilated place away from others. The chemicals and fumes from foam are so bad for you. My father loved to fix things/make things with his hands but he never protected himself. Later in life he developed Leukemia, a type that is linked to chemical exposure to paints, foams, benzo, gasoline, etc. Please take precautions.