HELP WITH FLOCKING

[PARTSMARTY]

Hey guys,i need some help.i start doing interior flocking on floors again"been a while" and i seem to be having a recurring problem.i dillute the glue or use paint and in some spots it doesn't stick and no matter how i try to break the flocking up it lays down kind of clumpy and inconsistent.it doesn't lay nice and even,looks a little lumpy and bald in spots-help!.

thanks a lot

marty

[Ramfins59]

Hi Marty. I absolutely LOVE doing interiors. If you are using paints as the glue to hold the flocking, paint only say a square inch of the area to be flocked with a fairly wet coat of flat paint... I say fairly wet coat because flat paints tend to dry quicker than enamels. Do this over either a paper plate or a piece of paper... My successful method of applying flocking is to pour the flocking into a small strainer (find them in the gadget aisle of your supermarket) and while holding the strainer over the part you just painted, tap the edge of the strainer with your finger and let the flocking "snow" down onto the part until it is very well covered. After a minute or so, turn the part over (holding it over the paper plate) and tap the part, letting the excess flocking fall onto the plate. Move on to the next area to be flocked and repeat the whole procedure until you have finished. When you are done, simply fold either the plate or the paper so you can pour the excess flocking back into the container.

If you are using thinned white glue (Elmer's glue) instead of paint, again thin it so it has the consistency of paint, and just use the same process outlined above.

If you plan on applying more than one color of flocking, let the first color dry completely overnite before you add the second color.

Also, if you have spots that need BMF or silver paint on door panels or dashboards that you are going to flock, make sure you apply the foil or paint BEFORE you do the flocking, because you will have a hell of a time trying to do it after you do the flocking.

I hope this advice helps. Good luck with your interiors.

[GeeBee]

I've been wanting to try the flocking for some time, and got to use it on the Morgan 4/4 I recently finished, I've done a small piece on the flocking stage on my website, hope this helps you ...

http://geebeesmodels.webs.com/howtoflocking.htm

[turn1wonder]

I have never done flocking but was looking for a different kind of effect, more like sound and heat insulation.

You will never guess what I used...

...tried sand but it was way no good...

[turn1wonder]

The seats, roll-bar and the face of the dash are just paint but overall it works for me...

Bob

[PARTSMARTY]

you guys are the real deal-thank you so very much!if i can ever help-i've been building for 47 years,just not a lot of flocking experience.i have a million tips if i can help.

thanks again

marty

[crazyjim]

I use basically the same process as Ramsfins59, Marty. I always use slightly thinned Elmer's and always over a flat paint as close to the color of the flocking I'm going to use. I only use Ken's Fuzzy Fur that I buy from Scale Dreams. I'll cover the whole interior tub with the Elmer's and apply the flocking through the strainer thing (Wal-Mart). When the area is covered, I tamp the flocking down gently with a finger - straight down and up - no sideways or finger twisting.