Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey...How tight to felt
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Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey...How tight to felt
I have this event coming up and i wanted to take a stab at felting my own dreads to make a replica wig.
I noticed that her dreads look really loose, barely look felted. To get this fluff, would i just felt the wool and not really roll it n let it hang dry.
I noticed that her dreads look really loose, barely look felted. To get this fluff, would i just felt the wool and not really roll it n let it hang dry.
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oooooh. i know OT, but how AWESOME is that wig
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Re: Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey...How tight to felt
some of them don't look felted at all. i think if you were wanting something like that, you would need to avoid getting the wool completely soaking like you normaly would for felting and i think i would actually hang them off something so that i could roll them between my hands without too much pressure. you could try it by just spritzing the wool with water and wetting your hands
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Would i still need to use the high PH water formula when i sprtiz it?
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nah i wouldn't bother. just use warm water. the more i look at the pic the more i'm pretty sure most of it hasn't been felted
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You can still get it large when you felt.
(see princessofpoi viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1574
and fragglelox http://www.fragglelox.com/ )
The advantage to felting is, it'll be more durable, and it won't shed wool fibers on your clothes.
(see princessofpoi viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1574
and fragglelox http://www.fragglelox.com/ )
The advantage to felting is, it'll be more durable, and it won't shed wool fibers on your clothes.
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So i guess i can steam the dreads then...
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Re: Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey...How tight to felt
They look just like flumps!
Awsome.
And I love asian girls with big black eye makeup.
Cute.
But what I'm wondering, seeing as they're not felted.. if they were installed wouldn't they felt together?
Awsome.
And I love asian girls with big black eye makeup.
Cute.
But what I'm wondering, seeing as they're not felted.. if they were installed wouldn't they felt together?
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Re: Righty Tighty Lefty Loosey...How tight to felt
Perhaps felt it in water that is not so hot. I notice how much looser they get when it is cooling down. The pictures are amazing, hope you post how yours turn out.
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