Anyone ever done flocking?

[hermit]

Well, I have, and I flocked it up royally. I must have spread the paint too thin, cause I didn't get good coverage. You can see lightness (wood underneath, as well as brush strokes. My question is how do I fix it. I figured I would just try second coat, but not sure how the paint will work over top of the flocking. I don't see as how I have much choice though. I have 9 drawers to do. Ideas?

Todd

[jonathan55]

It's probably not much help now but I always put a coat of something like shellac under the flock paint, otherwise it soaks in to much and you don't get goood coverage.

[hermit]

It's probably not much help now but I always put a coat of something like shellac under the flock paint, otherwise it soaks in to much and you don't get goood coverage.

Actually, I did that. As I finished number 9 yesterday, I thought, maybe I should have done a coat of paint, let it dry, do a second coat, then flock, but it was too late.

Thanks for the quick feedback.

Todd

[mpc]

I just tried flocking on a bandsaw box as a fix... the polyurathane coating came out miserable and I had no way to remove it from the drawer insides... so I decided to hide it with flocking. Went pretty easy though I did lay on the adhesive fairly thickly using a foam brush. Didn't know any better; it just seemed to want to go on that way.

I did get the stupid adhesive on my tabletop and then stuck my arm in that puddle... and didn't notice it for a while. Mineral spirits cleaned it up perfectly, even after it had dried. If the rest of your project's finish can tolerate it, I'd slosh a little mineral spirits in the flocked-up areas to see if that'll clean it out.

mpc

[drumpriest]

I've flocked BS boxes, and have had some similar frustrations. It's difficult to get the paint/adhesive in only the places that you want.

[crokett]

I've flocked up on of projects but that's probably not what you mean.

[ragswl4]

I tried it once on a jewelry box and it turned into the biggest flocking mess I ever made. Got some velvet sheets from Rockler with Peel and Stick Adhesive (PSA) on the back. More expensive but it looked really flocking nice.

[JimD]

I used the stick on felt on jewelry boxes a couple Christmas ago. Worked well.

Jim

[MilDoc]

I've use DonJer's Suede-Tex system on many BS boxes and jewelry cases. No problems at all. Tape off edges you don't wnt to apply their glue to and have at it!

http://www.donjer.com/index.html

Check several places (Rockler, WoodCraft, even Amazon) for best prices.