Uploaded January 2013 | Updated September 2026, 46 minutes ago
*EDIT: LOOK HERE: *** tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=39255#11 *** I have since found a better source for foam and have gone back to an earlier method for making these pads since the sticky tape doesn't adhere well to the foam like it did using the foam in the video above. I now use a very thin smoothed out layer of vinyl glue to adhere the clear plastic tape/film to the foam.
Watch as I cut foam into 1 7/8" x 1/4" x 5/16" strips and then finish them into perfect replacement pressure pads. Yeah, it took a half an hour to make 5 foam pads. Without a camera in my face and working slow to show how its done, I can usually turn out 15-25 pads in a half an hour. Still no machine but when you don't want to pay 50¢ each for them from someone else and you just enjoy doing it yourself, this is how you do it. Another thing to add onto the almost not worth it labor is how the green foam used here is obtained and prepared. This foam is sold for use as a air filter on a small engine, because of this, it comes pre-oiled. That oil has to be flushed out and it is sure not the easiest and quickest to do. The foam is soaked and flushed with Dawn dish soap and warm water until there is no traceable oil left in the foam. The foam filter itself cost $1.25 from Fleet Farm and one filter is enough foam to cut out 40 pads. After thinking about how much double sided tape and shiny clear tape was used, each pad should come out to less than 10¢ each. The density of this green foam is perfect, I have tried all kinds of foams and so far this has been the best. I have tried different kinds of upholstery foams, very soft weather stripping, mystery foam from a surplus store and more. This is the easiest to cut to shape and the right density.
*EDIT: LOOK HERE: *** tapeheads.net/showthread.php?t=39255#11 *** I have since found a better source for foam and have gone back to an earlier method for making these pads since the sticky tape doesn't adhere well to the foam like it did using the foam in the video above. I now use a very thin smoothed out layer of vinyl glue to adhere the clear plastic tape/film to the foam.
Watch as I cut foam into 1 7/8" x 1/4" x 5/16" strips and then finish them into perfect replacement pressure pads. Yeah, it took a half an hour to make 5 foam pads. Without a camera in my face and working slow to show how its done, I can usually turn out 15-25 pads in a half an hour. Still no machine but when you don't want to pay 50¢ each for them from someone else and you just enjoy doing it yourself, this is how you do it. Another thing to add onto the almost not worth it labor is how the green foam used here is obtained and prepared. This foam is sold for use as a air filter on a small engine, because of this, it comes pre-oiled. That oil has to be flushed out and it is sure not the easiest and quickest to do. The foam is soaked and flushed with Dawn dish soap and warm water until there is no traceable oil left in the foam. The foam filter itself cost $1.25 from Fleet Farm and one filter is enough foam to cut out 40 pads. After thinking about how much double sided tape and shiny clear tape was used, each pad should come out to less than 10¢ each. The density of this green foam is perfect, I have tried all kinds of foams and so far this has been the best. I have tried different kinds of upholstery foams, very soft weather stripping, mystery foam from a surplus store and more. This is the easiest to cut to shape and the right density.
