Question about Foam painting & scuplting

[biblebetty]

Hi Everyone, I’d like to ask a question? I'm looking at a lot of your puppets and I noticed that some of the puppets are not covered in material, the foam is painted. Does painted foam last long? How old are some of your puppets that are painted (no material)? And if you sculpt foam what kind of tools do you use just to cut the foam. I have used many tools, razor blades, carving knives, scissors, etc. I can’t seem to get a piece of foam to form nice. The surface always looks like I cut large chunks of foam so it looks like there are holes in the surface. I’m trying to sculpt a face and I want it to look smooth?