DIY flocking kits - Saxperience

Gandi699 · 14th July 2011, 14:54

These worth a crack? any good?

mark1311 · 14th July 2011, 16:03

got a link to one your looking at?

Gandi699 · 14th July 2011, 16:37

Theres one on ebay at the moment, dont have the link to hand

Olly · 26th July 2011, 07:59

i would have thought the effectiveness would be limited. if there the type where you have a bottle you blow it on with....

KamRacing · 26th July 2011, 10:13

cheap ones dont really give a nice even effect as they dont stand the fibres on end..

MuZiZZle · 27th July 2011, 08:10

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Originally Posted by KamRacing

cheap ones dont really give a nice even effect as they dont stand the fibres on end..

This is something I have been looking into, you need to "polarize" the surface so the fibres stand on end to get the best result.

It seems like the ebay kits are aimed more at lining jewellery boxes and things like that, rather than car dashes.

You can get a hobby one from here : http://www.modelshop.co.uk/product/F...e_Noch_TU10003 for about £150, thing is these are used for doing grass on model railways, I think something a bit larger scale would be needed for a dash.

I'm planning on buying a dash and attempting to flock it myself once I get back from my holiday, might be worth waiting to see how I get on?

Gandi699 · 28th July 2011, 10:22

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Originally Posted by MuZiZZle

This is something I have been looking into, you need to "polarize" the surface so the fibres stand on end to get the best result.

It seems like the ebay kits are aimed more at lining jewellery boxes and things like that, rather than car dashes.

You can get a hobby one from here : http://www.modelshop.co.uk/product/F...e_Noch_TU10003 for about £150, thing is these are used for doing grass on model railways, I think something a bit larger scale would be needed for a dash.

I'm planning on buying a dash and attempting to flock it myself once I get back from my holiday, might be worth waiting to see how I get on?

Yes I look forward to that mate, please post up some pics and instructions if it goes well?

KamRacing · 28th July 2011, 10:39

Its just over a grand for a decent flocking machine.

MuZiZZle · 28th July 2011, 11:01

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Originally Posted by KamRacing

Its just over a grand for a decent flocking machine.

This is true, but I do fancy buying a £20 dash and a kit and seeing what the result is like, probably very poor, but at least I'll know

probably this one

http://www.frost.co.uk/flock-colour-trim-kit.html

Alex^p · 28th July 2011, 13:47

Depending how handy you are i've heard about people making their own flocking machines using an electric fly swatter to get the static charge.

I've got the frosts kit as i need to touch up a couple scratches on my dash, Might have a go at doing some small bits and check results.

MuZiZZle · 28th July 2011, 14:10

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Originally Posted by Alex

Depending how handy you are i've heard about people making their own flocking machines using an electric fly swatter to get the static charge.

I've got the frosts kit as i need to touch up a couple scratches on my dash, Might have a go at doing some small bits and check results.

I just watched a guide on youtube, seems easy and cheap to do.

Could you show us how you get on with the frost kit, it seems to be flockit bags? same kit sold on ebay?

frosts postage is £7.50 on a sub £90 spend

In all honesty though, after trawling youtube, I think I'd rather send my dash away, maybe use the kit for smaller parts

dave_1 · 28th July 2011, 21:17

There are a few flocked dashes knocking around on the forsale section thats where ive just got mine from