Title
Flocking In Multiple Colors

Author
Hemi

Published
Sunday, September 7, 2008

This tutorial shows you how to flock the interior of your model in more than one color. Nothing is carved in plastic here this is just the way I do it. If you feel you have a tip to make it easier to do then please share it with us all.

First off are the tools you will need; nothing real fancy here just some basic stuff. All you need is a small tea strainer, a tube of flocking, paint to match the flock, a pencil, a hobby knife with a new blade, and masking tape.



1) First off if there is any part that needs to have BMF such as window cranks do this first.



2) Now on to the flocking. I start by doing the darkest color first. Apply a medium thick coat of paint to a section of the part. I like to mask around the area of the first color to get a good straight separation line.



3) As soon as you paint sprinkle the flock heavily over the painted surface and press down with your finger or a pencil eraser. After about 10 minutes (depending on the type of paint used) tap the part on a sheet of paper to catch the loose flocking. Repeat this step until the entire area is covered. You should now have a part that resembles the picture below.



4) Now take a soft brush and go over the unflocked areas of the panel to remove any dust and move on to the next color. Be careful not to let the next paint color bleed into the section you just flocked. Again, apply the flocking in a heavy coat.



5) Repeat all the steps you did in the first color. Keep doing this until you have used all the colors.



6) Once you have been through all colors of flocking and removed the extra dust, set the part aside for about an hour to let the paint dry and set the flocking well.



7) Now it has been an hour so. Pick the part up holding it by the edges and blow across it gently to remove any dust that may still be there. You are now ready to assemble the interior and install it in your model. On the interior of this Mercury you can see that I still need to finish the rear seat and carpet. I am out of the paint I mixed up and need to get more white paint in order to finish it. Also I mentioned before to use paint as close as possible to the color flocking you are using. The reason for this is that the paint color will drastically change the look of the flocking if there is much difference in the two colors. Again this is just the way I do this. If you know of a better way of easier way please share it with the class. Thanks for reading and I hope this works out well for you. If you have any questions feel free to SiteMail me.