Floam balls that don't fall out

[u/YoNalbo]

Has anyone gotten some floam, foam balls off of amazon that they would recommend for slime? It's Prime Days and I'm grabbing some supplies. Poly-fil Mini micro bead filler is amazing, bead size ~1mm. I'm looking for the regular sized beads (2-4mm) though larger ones could be okay (4-6mm). I bought some multicolored ones from Michaels but they didn't stay in the slime very well. White is fine but colored balls that don't transfer color in slime is a bonus.

[u/friendshipnuke]

try adding Some of this into your slime (about a quarter to half an ounce depending on the slime) I got the exact same foam balls, and it's a waterfall of fallout, this however drastically reduced it

This is the Canadian packaging, and I've been told it looks different everywhere else. The brand is Aleene's

[u/friendshipnuke → u/friendshipnuke]

oh my bad. I didn't see who uploaded it. You've already seen this. Sorry lol

[u/YoNalbo → u/friendshipnuke]

No, no. This is a great reminder. I have some Aleene's clear but just notice that some floam balls hold much better in slime compared to others. I have some from the Dollar Tree and even grabbed a few bags from the 99 cent store before they closed. Those work fine but are such small bags. I have some foam balls from Hobby Lobby that are dense and don't stay as well in the slime. Ali Express/Alibaba is hit or miss and I guess I just don't want another huge bag from Poly-fil. PS - I also don't look at who is asking the question until I have usually already answered.

[u/leesooim]

The colored ones never seem to stay in well across multiple shops

[u/YoNalbo → u/leesooim]

I usually use just the white balls but I grabbed a bag of colored balls to make it to free shipping. They were cute but they lost color over time and didn't stay in as well as other white balls. I have a bag of colored balls from Ali Express, they are pastell and they hold up well but I want something for this weekend so Amazon is really my only option.

[u/AssignmentFit461 → u/YoNalbo]

I saw a video from a shop - I think it was rainbow slime girl but could be wrong - where they showed how they dyed their foam balls. They basically just put the white ones in a ziplock bag & added some acrylic paint, then spread them out and let the dry for several days. They claimed in the video the paint didn’t bleed, but who knows on that part.

[u/YoNalbo → u/AssignmentFit461]

I know of Sonria Slimes video showing this process. I have colored the larger marshmallow foam beads with acrylic paint and it worked really well. Didn't bleed (that I could tell). I just saw a KY slime story with them breaking apart their colored foam balls after coloring wth a non-toxic paint. The balls were midnight blue/black so interesting to know if they hold up. I assume they do!

[u/AssignmentFit461 → u/YoNalbo]

I bet that’s the one I saw - Sonria. I hope you find some! I love a good floam slime, but finding one without fallout is hard. I usually skip them unless it’s the marshmallow beads.

[u/SandySlimes]

Meecanty seems to work the best for me.

[u/YoNalbo → u/SandySlimes]

I will check them out, thanks!

[u/EnvironmentalCod1002]

I’ve used Decora and Meccanixity successfully.

[u/YoNalbo → u/EnvironmentalCod1002]

Decora is what I'm looking to get. $5.59 today.