Foam for lining flight case

[richardash1981]

To date I've always used "second hand" bits to box up equipment into the boxes at hand, but now need a reasonable large piece which is close to 10mm thick (to go down the side of a Yamaha O1V mixer which is a snug fit in the box). Most of the rest of the lining can be retained, but one side needs to be about 10mm thinner to make the mixer fit in at all!

The rest of the box is done with a quite hard/dense black foam with very tiny bubbles, which seems right for this job (it doesn't give a lot with a heavy mixer sitting on it), but I have no idea what to search for - I've only ever seen it in flight cases for bits of kit!

Any ideas on the right thing to look for / suppliers / comparison charts?

[dje]

The various products you need can be found here:

https://www.efoam.co.uk/packaging-foam.php

[richardash1981]

Brilliant - that's the kind of "here are the things which exist, pick the right one for the job" catalogue I needed.

[sandall]

Having decided what you need you may well find there is a local supplier you can visit (I found a local one by chatting to someone I saw carrying a sheet of HD foam).

[richardash1981]

Worth bearing in mind. I've got the piece I need on order from efoam this time as it made life easy (and isn't very big).

[d_korman]

Check here too, looks cheaper than efoam.

https://www.flightcasehardware.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=61_108

I bough mine from them when I built my X32 flight-case.

[J Pearce]

Adding to the info - Flightcase warehouse do an offcuts box that can be handy to have for bodging bits.

[musht]

Plaztazote and Ethafoam , typically LD45, are the big brands in closed cell foam.

[ANDYLASER]

Another vote for E Foam. If you go for the Plastazote closed cell foam, they will cut it to size.

https://www.efoam.co.uk/closed-cell-polyethylene-foam.php

[richardash1981]

A sheet (I went for a sheet rather than cut to size on the basis I'll probably do this sort of thing again in the future) has arrived from efoam, now I just need the time to unwrap it and stick it inside the box!

[Theatre Solutions]

I agree with all the posts & suggested sites on 'closed-cell foam'. Worth pointing out that cheaper open cell foam (sponge) is often used for lighter protection like small headsets but it will not hold heavier equipment, is more likely to tear and cannot be cleaned as easily.