Hello friends,

Please give me the alternate or local names for

1. coroplast - eg.sunpack sheet
2. Foam sheet /foam core board

Also provide some close up pictures of the material to reveal its characteristics.As I have not seen a EPP or Foam core(i have coroplast)sheet I cannot explain them to the local shop keeper or even if they have it I cannot identify them.

Thanks in advance 

Foam board goes by many local names such as:
Insuboard
Biofoam
XPSboard

Can we not take this thread deeper?

e.g. Corro:
Alternate names - Corroplast, Sunpack, Corrodex
Characteristics: High Strength to weight ratio, Good Impact resistance, Good surface finishing (does not need covering), Good adhesion, can make hinges easily,
Disadvantages: Can lead to heavy builds, does not bend easily- not good on compound curves

etc. etc.

I am sure we can all share from forum members' experiences

Guys ,could anyone tell me what this foam is called??
Is it depron??

It looks like normal cheap packing foam, Plasticine in nature, wonder what it is called

Guys who have depron...please post close up shots of it....

The piece I have looks similar to depron,


IS IT THE SAME??

Sorry to disappoint you but what you have doesn't seem to be Depron. Depron is known as BioFoam in India. What you have is foam that is used for packing computer peripherals. It is almost spongy but water proof.

Depron is the stuff that picnic plates (it is NOT Thermocole) are made out of. Get some picnic plates, stack 6 of them and glue them together with Fevicol. Once that is dry, you will get an idea what Depron/Biofoam looks and feels like.

Send me your address and I will send you a sample of Depron. You can take it to the market and show it around to find retailers in Coimbatore.

No santhosh this is not depron.. it is kind of eps material..
Not go or for rc.. its not stiff..

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What you have looks like a type of EPP foam but im not sure 100%.

edit- Arun, i dont think its eps.

Thank god , I thought of asking you guys first instead of showing this to the seller and buy it thinking it as depron...

Quote from: pravesh736 on June 26, 2013, 09:11:37 PM
What you have looks like a type of EPP foam but im not sure 100%.

edit- Arun, i dont think its eps.

I dont think that is EPP too it looks more like packing foam. EPP is a bit denser then that

As VC sir said even i think its for packing computer peripherals as it is waterproof

It looks similar to this:
http://www.google.co.in/imgres?q=cheap+packing+foam&sa=X&biw=1517&bih=752&tbm=isch&tbnid=oC-4kNwi0pIXDM:&imgrefurl=http://gardenbot.org/howTo/soilMoisture/&docid=-cDJRraj0JdXsM&imgurl=http://gardenbot.org/howTo/soilMoisture/2010-06-29_0017_b_big.jpg&w=600&h=429&ei=dxLLUfyqFMP6iQeV7IGQBw&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:31,s:0,i:180&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=181&tbnw=234&start=19&ndsp=26&tx=116&ty=18

Quote from: RCNeil21 on June 26, 2013, 09:38:16 PM

Quote from: pravesh736 on June 26, 2013, 09:11:37 PM
What you have looks like a type of EPP foam but im not sure 100%.

edit- Arun, i dont think its eps.

I dont think that is EPP too it looks more like packing foam. EPP is a bit denser then that

some packaging foam like in the picture is a type of EPP. it comes in many density varieties.

Oh didnt know that

See this is a biofoam i got from delhi i think it kind of depron foam its tough and it can bend like curves

Quote from: santhosh-r on June 26, 2013, 08:38:15 PM
Guys ,could anyone tell me what this foam is called??
Is it depron??

that is a EEP foam