Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:44:12 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Distressing fake fur


Sissor cut it to give it different variant 
lengths.... Paint bleach on it... Paint darker 
dyes on it.... Blow dry it very close to melt 
damage it some... makes it curly depending how long.




.At 04:56 PM 10/7/2009, Mathieu René wrote:
>Hi all.
>I am currently working on my Halloween mask, which is a Satyr helmet mask.
>Its hair will be fake fur, but the fur I found is boringly even, perfect,
>and wispy.
>I want it to look more like it's been around a while,m and for some strands
>to form, to mkae it look like actual fur.
>
>I know old stuffed animals, such as my official Alf plush from the eighties,
>get like this after a few washings.
>
>I wouldn't want to wash the fur more than once or twice, I hate wasting
>water.
>
>Anybody out there know of a better technique?
>
>
>I know from reading the Swazzle blog that one can boil fake fur and turn it
>into a very interesting matted texture, but that's far from what I need for
>this goat-man.
>
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
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