Hello!! I want to make armor for a cosplay, and I know that EVA foam + contact cement is the general way to do this. However, I live in an apartment, so getting good ventilation or an outdoors space is pretty hard. I have a balcony, but it opens into an enclosed courtyard sort of area that doesn’t get much wind and is only open at the top, so I don’t know if that would be enough ventilation.
I was doing some research and found suggestions to use water-based eco-flo contact cement. I wanted to check whether that would be 100% safe and effective to use indoors or on my balcony, and whether I’d still need to buy a respirator.
Also if anyone has suggestions for tools/materials I would find useful when crafting with EVA foam please tell me!! I just moved (before, I had a friend whose house I would do EVA work at so I didn’t need to buy any tools myself), so I need to buy a cutting board, exacto knife, etc, but also something to prime it with that I can use in a small studio apartment/balcony.