So do you just sprinkle the flocking fibers over things or use a sprayer or what?
I googled and found this
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That's the second route -- the first few sets I did I used an air puffing method. You use a cardboard tube with another slightly smaller tube inside it. The larger tube has some holes poked in it, and when you fill this setup with flocking and then make a pumping motion, the flocking is propelled at whatever surface you want to flock. The one you show here requires an air compressor (which I don't have at home) and is probably for doing something really large, like an automobile interior roof -- but it's still very cool!
I'm using an electrostatic device that model railroad and miniature artists use for coating bases and landscapes with flock to simulate landscapes. It's electrostatic, and there's this metal pin attached to it that makes whatever it is attached to into the 'target' of the field that is created. So the flock "flies" along those field lines, and (hopefully) into the target with more force (and greater density) than air flocking. It's called Scooters Flocking Stick -- right here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scooters-Static-Stick-Grass-Flock-Applicator-/220774262653It's a pretty simple device, and there are people online who have hacked flashlight cases into flocking applicators. I'm not an engineer, or even an electrician, so I opted for just getting what I hope is the right tool. I haven't suffered any shocks just yet. There are more professional electrostatic flocking wands out there, but they cost in the hundreds and thousands, so, I'll pass.
So this time around, I've covered my cardboard skid with aluminum foil in the hopes that it will make it a better target for the flock. I need the skid so that I can turn the whole thing around to do the sides as well, and the trick seems to be to put down what seems like way more flock than you actually need. Which is okay, because you can recover the excess flock afterwards. This QFR is going to get the sage-colored flocking. I'm most concerned about the corners of the function row "wells" -- the masking will keep the straight line edges pretty well, but those turns... we'll see. I'm going to get a small brush and just try to be careful -- as quickly as I can, LOL!
No matter how it turns out, I'm excited about trying to flock a case.