15 More Kaizen Foam Tips And Tricks! 

Well done. Great how-to video. Very organized, very clear description with reasons why, and no distracting background music. I wish more YT videographers would take a page out of your book!

Seriously, you deserve an Oscar for this video. It is THE "industry standard" for how-to videos. Thank you for the in-depth tips. I can't tell you enough how invaluable they will be as I start my Kaizen projects.

Superb plan & wonderful Job! Outstanding organizational skills you have!

Can't thank you enough for all the good information! I REALLY appreciate it.

Stan, Thanks for the video! You mentioned the kaizen markers @28:40 drying out and I wanted to share that I pop the markers open, fill the tube up with Isopropyl alcohol, put the cap back on, shake it up, and wait a couple hours to return to a seemingly brand new marker. Now Ive done this only with Sharpies and Milwakee markers but Id like to think the problem is the same. Hope you see this. Your toolbox is really something to strive for!

I use to have a friend that was just like a brother to me. Sadly he passed away a few years back. Anyway he had the same perfectioness blood running in his veins that you do. Just wish he was here to see this video. Once again Thank You for sharing your time and expertise! Looking forward to trying out the tips you have listed and I will bewatching for more of your video's!!!

Very well done sir.

Very helpful tips and tricks. Excellent video.

Very thorough! Good for anyone planning to work with Kaizan foam.

This was soooooo good.

Great tutorial! Well done.

congrats man !!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Best & detail video

Attention to detail👌

Excellent video

SUPER GOOD VIDEO JOB. THANK YOU

Well-done on a great how-to video!

Very helpful!

REALLY good tips and advice...thanks for taking the time to go into great detail on the process. Personally, I use foam for tools that don't have a pre-made rack or holder. Love the drawer with layout tools...for me, thats where I will use foam. Thanks!

Fantastic video sir!

Awesome! Many thanks for the video. It didnt cover how to make accurate round holes for sockets but I figured it out, use a stencil and the blue tape trick is super helpful.

Thanks for the video, Stan. A lot of hard work went into it. What a great approach to utilizing the kaizen foam. I've used it once before and your ideas would've made a huge difference. Especially cutting tight to the outline, leaving proper spacing, and layout. And as odd as it sounds, you're exactly right- there's something strangely satisfying returning a tool to it's nice little snug home! Lol Those tool drawers are inspiring! Thanks once again for the great tips. Troy

You know your audience! My eye was twitching with the black specs. This is super neat work.

Awesome video, that really helped me up my game. Love the layout examples.

This is "awesome". Thank you for sharing sir. I'm a Kaizen foam user too for bicycle tools. cheers 🇨🇦 🤙 🚴‍♂

great vid!

Wow! This is a really detailed video. I worked for the guy that owns the company that sells kaizen foam, it’s a great product and I used it so many times to this day. This is one of the best detailed videos on all the nuances with layouts. I also find it hilarious all the hating comments on here-people are just jealous. I applaud you

Great!

Thanks!

Dude! That was excellent! Super helpful. You are as OCD as I am 😂

Damn dude. Nice.

07:08 Really nice and cool layout. Love these tolbooxes.

I had 17 drawers to do, as a start, and wasn't happy after the first one. Fortunately I found your video and used the tips/tricks and tablesaw to great success. At first I was thinking how time-consuming it would be to tape everything, but in the end it's actually faster because the inserts tear out much, much more cleanly. Gotta couple of your affiliate items as thanks. Cheers.

Great idea my problem is I’m always buying new tools it’s bad addiction, I have. This is a much better idea than those rubber mats they supply with tool box I’m always arrange the tools every time I open and close drawers very annoying. I will have to try this out good video.

You sir, are a genius! This video was super helpful, full of information, and very well done. Not sure if you have a video on this (I'll look) but I would love to see you do a Milwaukee packout (or other toolbox) insert for power tools. That's my next project - I have like 8 to do.

Excellent vid!

Stan, came across your Kaizen Foam videos and gotta say they are the best out there on YT. You have a talent for describing the steps required and your tips are very valuable. I have question. You mention how you can buy 8 sheets of foam for the price of four individual sheets by buying 8 sheets at a time. Love it! But I can't find a place where I can get that kind of deal. Would you mind sharing where you're able to get that deal? Thank you

Another option for thin tools is to buy cheaper foam in various thicknesses, cut a thin, top layer completely through, and then adhere it to a backer piece with spray adhesive - no plucking and cleaning up the bottoms.

Great video. I’d say the “issue” with Kaizen foam is the low quality, rough surface finish vs. a higher density foam (I.e. gym mat foam). Sure, you lose the multiple layers and bottom color (unless you glue two pieces together) but when going max-OCD like we are here… I feel a higher quality top finish would be ideal. Also, can’t you just go hot knife vs. blade for cleaner cut lines?

One thing I do is heat my razor knife over a candle. The kaizen foam has a very low melting point, and it makes the cuts easy and smooth like butter. The knife partially melts the plastic as it cut so there are no jagged edges.

$43.00 per sheet?!?! Damn! I've always gotten toolbox foam free from wherever I worked. It's more like a yoga mat & thinner but works perfectly! I do not understand why you cover the foam with blue painters tape. Depth doesn't matter to me as I cut my holes all the way through. It's then laid & glued on top of a thin, different color foam or mat. I traditionally used utility knives to cut but am considering a small reciprocating saw or a Dremel with a rotary saw attachment this time to speed things up & make it easier. Wow, this method in this video is really complicated, contains many, IMO, unnecessary steps & procedures, but it does look & work well. During my career in aviation maintenance my cutouts look & work just as well. I follow strict edge distances to ensure foam integrity between tools and between tool-drawer edge & foam. I cut each piece a tiny bit larger than measured drawer dimensions (no template), do logical tool layouts (1/2" min. edge distance) with a Sharpie, cut tool holes all the way through, lay & glue (glue is not necessary, though) on top of a different color, thinner mat, and I'm done. I have also found no issue the time or two that I ended up with a piece a tiny bit smaller than the drawer dimensions.

Hi, can see instances where I will need to label a cutout for very similar tools. Have you done this at all and if so what did you use?

I had to use foam in my boxes but not keizen, I worked on helicopters and used the same things but I used a drimel for the cutouts after border was cut with a exactor blade, it's work, Eck usmc

OCD much? Great video. Maybe a little overboard, but I get it. You like your tools very well organized.

Where do you order the 8 sheet bundles?

I'm going to use a simple pen refill to mark outlines. They are smaller diameter than the pens sold by Kaizan, and it is not neccessary to use water base ink if you are covering surface with tape.

And a final couple of tips. Kaizen foam is actually pretty fragile and kind of crap and most people are waaay overspending on an inferior but trendy product. Buy the anti fatigue foam mats from Harbor Freight, 4 large mats for $10. If you like the 2 tone, buy some colored versions for the base layer. Cut the top layer with a razor blade or a foam hot knife. Once the top layer is cut, use spray adhesive to bond them together. There is no digging the cheap foam out and trying to make it look good and get it flat. Go and grab this foam and compare it to the foam I am talking about and you’ll never go back to this over priced crap that you have the fiddle with and never looks perfect.

Is the foam going to trap moisture? Prevent air flow?

I want to do this so bad but my ratchet collection already got out of hand and now I need a second toolbox. There’s just not enough space in the two toolboxes I have and tools are already stacked on each other as it is.

Do u have a link to the shims?

Where do you buy them in bundles? The link goes to Amazon where it is $71 dollars per sheet, so bundling is obviously the way to go.

My man made a full time job out of it

Where do you order your kaizen sheet

Thanks for the video. 0:59 I'm sorry, that car is hideous. To each there own brother. I have an ugly Jeep TJ. Comment for the comments, all hail the algorithm!

I buy 3 beach foams and stick them together and it costs me $15

Pica are the better markers

I would love to tell some of the old school mechanics i know how much people are paying to make their tools look pretty inside their tool box.

To thin

I have to let you know that I like your videos but I had to stop watching this one because you kept moving in and out from were you were working and it started to make me sick but I do like your video's sorry

nice info but stand still when talking. annoying

thanks bro!

lol @ $800