V-Flats

[mpdkorat]

Anyone have any idea where can I buy foam boards for making a studio V -Flat

 

Thanks

[emanphoto]

An excellent question and was just thinking about this this morning.  In rental studios they buy, so I hear, 4x8 1" thick boards in large stacks direct from the manufacturer after making a custom order.  How individuals like ourselves find these in lower quantities is the question I've been asking for years with no answer.  Most immediate method would be to buy 2 pop up reflectors of the desired size and work with that.  Since some have removable/changeable color covers, you'd get mobile reflectors in white, silver black and gold in one reflector.   

[mpdkorat]

I just do not understand why they do not have foam board/core here.

[emanphoto]

There is and you probably see it everyday in shop signage but it seems flimsy or it is in this climate.  Where the sign people get it is another mystery.  The type boards I've seen here in rental studios would be called gator foam in the US, which is a more dense and rigid type of foam.  

[rhythmworx]

Can I ask you guys what material these are usually made from?

 

I thought people just used gypsum/glass fibre plaster boards and painted the sides and gaffer taped them together.

[emanphoto]

Foam core or gator foam.

[emanphoto]

Gypsum aka drywall would be terribly heavy and would  leave chalk marks all over as it is dragged.  Fiber glass I suppose would work but again, weight makes this impractical when you're talking about 4'x8's X 2 taped together.  Given drywall's weight, I doubt there is a tape made capable of keeping 2 pieces together.

[Tanlic]

search for praneefoam or the pipatgroup may be able to help the latter actually advertise them. round abott 1200 baht persheet

No luck you could use cork board and stick gypsum to both sides for strength probably just as cheap and stronger

[emanphoto]

I needed to rent a studio recently and the guy there said he got his here.  http://www.siamfoam.com  From what he was saying you'll need a Thai speaker to communicate your needs.

 

[KDee]

On 11/13/2016 at 10:44 AM, emanphoto said:

I needed to rent a studio recently and the guy there said he got his here.  http://www.siamfoam.com  From what he was saying you'll need a Thai speaker to communicate your needs.

 

thanks! 

[mpdkorat]

On 11/13/2016 at 10:44 AM, emanphoto said:

I needed to rent a studio recently and the guy there said he got his here.  http://www.siamfoam.com  From what he was saying you'll need a Thai speaker to communicate your needs.

 

Thank you good info.